"EPA Agrees To Update Radon Emissions Standards From Uranium Mills"
"The Environmental Protection Agency agreed Friday to update its standards on radon emissions from uranium mills."
Source: Canon City Daily Record, 09/09/2009
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"Endangering Species: Listing Can Make Animals Valuable Black Market Commodities"
"By certifying species as endangered, government programs can backfire."
Source: Scientific American, 09/09/2009
"CDC Rarely Probes Cancer Clusters"
The CDC rarely gets requests to investigate cancer clusters, and it is rarer still that the agency finds a cancer cluster exists, much less what caused it.
Source: Northwest Herald, 09/09/2009
"Federal Survey Finds Coal Ash Sites in 35 States"
"The toxic leftovers from burning coal for power are sitting in nearly 600 sites in 35 states, according to a federal survey released Tuesday."
Source: AP, 09/09/2009
"Half the World's Fish Meals Are Farmed Fish, Fed on Wild Fish"
"Half of all the fish eaten in the world now is raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild, according to new research by an international team of scientists."
Source: ENS, 09/09/2009
"EPA Moves To Block West Virginia's Largest Mining Permit"
"Citing 'clear evidence' of likely environmental damage, the Obama administration has moved toward revoking the largest mountaintop-removal permit in West Virginia history."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/09/2009
"Environmental Groups Wait to See Definitive Action From Obama"
"While [Van] Jones was criticized as a left-wing zealot, the Obama team's record so far on the environment has been far from radical."
Source: Wash Post, 09/09/2009
"Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight"
"Developing nations' urgent need for more energy has become a central issue this year as developed countries -- including the United States -- push for a global reduction in carbon emissions ahead of a climate change conference scheduled for December in Copenhagen."
Source: Wash Post, 09/09/2009
"U.S. Company and China Plan Solar Project"
"Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert."
Source: NYTimes, 09/09/2009
"Polluted Caves Endanger Water Supplies, Wildlife"
"Caves are home to some of the planet's most unusual creatures and important drinking water supplies. Now these underground resources are being polluted by surface activities, ranging from sewage spills to old factories. Experts call the problem 'extensive and serious.' Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, Crevice Cave in Missouri and Whispering Canyon Cave in Alaska are examples. 'People need to be aware that there’s a subterranean ecosystem and that what happens on the surface impacts these unique ecosystems in a very real way,' said David Culver, a biologist at American University."
Source: EHN, 09/08/2009
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