"Eating Venison, Other Game Raises Lead Exposure"
"New research raises questions about the safety of eating wild game, and triggers a renewed debate about banning lead ammunition."
Source: EHN, 09/29/2009
Search results
"Federal Judge Throws Out Most of C8 Suit Against DuPont"
"A federal judge on Monday dismissed most of a lawsuit filed against chemical giant DuPont Co. by Parkersburg (W.Va.) residents over the pollution of their city's water with the toxic chemical C8."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/29/2009
"Officials Knew for Decades That Park Was Contaminated"
"In the woods on the northern edge of Scofieldtown Park are remnants of its days as a landfill. Containers lay strewn among the trees -- milk and 7UP bottles that haven't been used since the 1950s. More sinister are rusty paint cans and empty, decaying 55-gallon chemical drums."
Source: Stamford Advocate, 09/29/2009
"Met Office Warns of Catastrophic Global Warming in Our Lifetimes"
"Unchecked global warming could bring a severe temperature rise of 4ºC (7ºF) within many people's lifetimes, according to a new report for the British government that significantly raises the stakes over climate change."
Source: Guardian, 09/29/2009
"Exelon to Quit Chamber Over Climate Bill"
"Exelon, one of the country’s largest utilities, said Monday that it would quit the United States Chamber of Commerce because of that group’s stance on climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 09/29/2009
"G20 Agrees On Phase-Out Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
"The world's largest economies agreed on Friday to phase out subsidies for oil and other carbon dioxide-spewing fossil fuels in the "medium term" as part of efforts to combat global warming."
Source: Reuters, 09/28/2009
"Lawsuit Weighs Atrazine's Threat To Water Supplies"
"A Madison County [Ill.] class-action lawsuit filed in 2004 over the use of the popular herbicide atrazine is gaining steam, and one lawyer says it could reshape farming practices nationwide."
Source: Belleville News-Democrat, 09/28/2009
"30-mile Fish Kill at Dunkard Creek"
"Three weeks ago, fish started dying in Dunkard Creek, a scenic stream that winds along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border in Monongalia County."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/28/2009
"Breaking Ground With a $1.6 Billion Plan To Tame Water"
"Philadelphia Has Announced a $1.6 Billion Plan To Transform the City Over the Next 20 Years by Embracing Its Storm Water - Instead of Hustling It Down Sewers and Into Rivers as Fast as Possible."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/28/2009
"Environment Groups Turn From Corzine"
"Four years ago, environmental groups hoped Jon Corzine would put the environment high on his list of priorities. today, many of the same groups say Corzine, now seeking a second term as governor, has failed to live up to his promises...."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/28/2009
Advertisement 
