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Its Economy in Shambles, The Midwest Goes Green

It took awhile, but the U.S. Midwest finally has recognized that the industries that once powered its economy will never return. Now leaders in the region are looking to renewable energy manufacturing and technologies as key to the heartland’s renaissance.

Source: YaleE360, 07/17/2009

"43 New Coal Plants Would Escape Climate Bill CO2 Standards"

"A new burst of coal-fired power plant construction now underway -- the largest in decades -- will put 43 new coal plants on American soil in the next five years, and all of them will escape the performance standards written into the climate bill now moving through Congress."

Source: SolveClimate, 07/17/2009

Navajos Mark Uranium Spill 30 Years Later

"Thirty years ago today, an earthen tailings dam near the United Nuclear Corp. Church Rock Uranium mine collapsed, spilling ninety million gallons of liquid radioactive waste and eleven hundred tons of solid mill wastes into the Rio Puerco. The spill contaminated water, land and air at least 50 miles downstream on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico and Arizona."

Source: New Mexico Independent, 07/17/2009

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Its Economy in Shambles, The Midwest Goes Green

"43 New Coal Plants Would Escape Climate Bill CO2 Standards"

Navajos Mark Uranium Spill 30 Years Later

"Biobutanol Creeps Toward the Market"

"Bayer Pesticide Seal of Approval Stings Britain's Beekeepers"

"California Mulls Controversial Alternative to Methyl Bromide"

"Ketchikan Mill Is Awarded Orion North Timber"

"Governor Furious Over Possible Storage of Mercury at Idaho National Lab"

"Florida To Begin Issuing Permits Friday for Python Hunt"

"Obama Adminstration Drops Bush Logging Plan for Western Oregon"

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