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Environment groups cite Lansing power plant for coal ash pollution.
Near one power plant in New Mexico, ranchers have reported losing hundreds of livestock who drank polluted groundwater. In a Montana town, people have been sickened by drinking water contaminated with high levels of sulfate and boron, the same metals discharged into groundwater by a nearby plant. Gannett News Service. 10 September 2010.
Lawmaker to open new front in case of soldiers exposed to carcinogen in Iraq.
National Guardsmen from three states who charge defense contractor KBR Inc. with exposing them to a carcinogenic chemical during the Iraq war scored a win in an Oregon federal court last week -- and more high-profile help for the soldiers' plight could be coming soon on Capitol Hill. Greenwire. 10 September 2010.
Gulf oil spill dilemma: Accept payout from BP or sue.
Thousands of business owners, fishers and others along the Gulf Coast are confronting a conundrum. Those who accept a check for their long-term losses from the victims' compensation fund will have to give up their right to sue BP. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. 10 September 2010.
Climate-change study: Today's power plants aren't the problem.
When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions contributing to global warming, the big problem isn't the power plant on the outskirts of town. Rather, the big factor is the plants that will be built a decade or two from now. Christian Science Monitor. 10 September 2010.
Traces of cosmetics, medications create water supply concerns.
Colorado and federal authorities are ramping up efforts to control rising pollution of waterways by emerging contaminants like drugs, cosmetics and caffeine. Denver Post, Colorado. 10 September 2010.
Egg inspectors failed to raise alarms.
U.S. Department of Agriculture experts found growing sanitary problems including bugs and overflowing trash earlier this year on the Iowa farm at the center of the national egg recall, but didn't notify health authorities, according to government documents and officials. Wall Street Journal. 10 September 2010.
Sweet comeback.
Honey bee populations appear to be rebounding after their mysterious disappearance four years ago sent agricultural pollinators into shock. Durango Herald, Colorado. 10 September 2010.
Climate's link to plague.
Warmer, drier conditions in the Southwest may be bad for gardeners, real estate developers and fish, but this climatic trend promises to depress the risk of bubonic plague, an international team of scientists reports. Science News. 10 September 2010.
Algae-based biofuel plant to be built in Puerto Rico.
State-owned utility AEE and the firm Bio-Lipidos on Thursday announced plans to build a plant in northern Puerto Rico that will produce a pure fuel based on tropical marine micro-algae. EFE. 10 September 2010.
Before Iowa's tainted eggs, there was Maine.
Long before August's egg recall which was linked to Jack DeCoster's Iowa egg operations, DeCoster henhouses in Maine had a salmonella problem for decades. Atlantic Monthly. 10 September 2010.
N.J. had more than 60 food-contamination incidents in 13 months, group says.
New Jersey has experienced more than 60 food-contamination incidents during the past 13 months, according to a stern report released Thursday by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group. Bergen County Record, New Jersey. 10 September 2010.
Egg recall presented worries, opportunities for Oregon farmers.
Word of a massive egg recall focusing on a sprawling farm in Iowa had barely hit the news when the telephones started ringing at Willamette Egg Farms near Canby, the state's largest egg producer. Worried consumers wanted to know if Willamette's products were safe. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 10 September 2010.
Experts say big egg farms can mean big problems.
From the first days of the recent recall of 550 million eggs from two Iowa farms, one issue about large-scale agriculture has been clear: When something goes wrong on a big farm, it's going to be a big problem. Associated Press. 10 September 2010.
Consumers will pay for better meat.
The trend of ethical eating in Canada, whereby consumers want to know more about where their food is coming from, how it was processed and how far it has travelled to the grocery store, inevitably includes a discussion on meat. Edmonton Journal, Alberta. 10 September 2010.
N.S. probes farmed fish kill.
Provincial officials are investigating what caused the deaths of 500,000 fish at a Pictou County hatchery a few kilometres from last month's oil spill, Fisheries Minister Sterling Belliveau said this morning. Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia. 10 September 2010.
500,000 fish die near tanker spill.
An oil spill at Barneys River may have led to a massive fish kill downstream, Nova Scotia's environment minister says. CBC Canada. 10 September 2010.
Plastic bag spotted near RMS Titanic.
Ships towing long nets have found plastic pieces floating across hundreds of miles of the North Atlantic during the past 22 years. On the other side of the world, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, lies the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," an area of open sea hundreds of miles across littered with floating bits of plastic debris. OurAmazingPlanet. 10 September 2010.
Organic land care takes longer, but it's safe and it lasts longer.
Early autumn is the time to strengthen your landscape in anticipation of winter’s challenges, says Dana K. Millar, of Dana Designs, an organic land-care company based in West Kingston. Providence Journal, Rhode Island. 10 September 2010.
Algae blooms were not red tide, officials say.
Yes, that stuff floating in the water last week was reddish, but no, it was not red tide. Nor was it toxic, environmental officials from New York and New Jersey said on Wednesday. New York Times. 10 September 2010.
Companies involved in Gulf oil spill play 'name that disaster' with eye on posterity.
What do you call the largest oil spill in the history of the Gulf of Mexico? The answer depends a lot on who you are. Greenwire. 10 September 2010.
Feds issue Cotter health report.
A federal agency has delved into health concerns for residents living near the Lincoln Park/Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site and has issued its findings. Drinking contaminated well water may have put some Lincoln Park people at risk for health problems. Breathing air around the site was not found to be a health hazard. Pueblo Chieftan, Colorado. 10 September 2010.
Creek running clean again.
Moon Creek's east fork was once a nasty little stream contaminated with lead, cadmium, arsenic and other heavy metals. Spokane Spokesman-Review, Washington. 10 September 2010.
Blast, fire raze Bay Area homes.
A massive explosion believed to have been caused by a gas line break sparked an inferno that consumed a San Bruno neighborhood Thursday night, killing at least one person, leveling 53 homes, forcing residents to run for their lives and leaving about 23 people injured. Los Angeles Times, California. 10 September 2010.
Alaska GOP candidate pledges to 'take power' -- and land -- from federal government.
Joe Miller, Alaska's Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, says Alaska should take over management of those of federal lands and seek responsible development of oil and gas, minerals and timber that could help wean the state off of its dependence on federal subsidies. Greenwire. 10 September 2010.
Saying no to 'GMO.'
It's my faith in Mother Nature's wisdom that spurs a knee-jerk skepticism every time I hear news of technology tampering with a system that has been working wonders since the beginning of time. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. 10 September 2010.
Have you ever thought about what goes downstream?
The substances that someone "upstream" has flushed down the toilet, rinsed down the drain, or sprayed on a yard or field will eventually end up in someone else's back yard, food or drinking water. Muncie Star Press, Indiana. Opinion, 10 September 2010.
Rachel Carson, DDT and bedbugs.
The latest horror purportedly unleashed on an unsuspecting nation by Rachel Carson is the widespread outbreak of bedbugs. Mt Pleasant Morning Sun, Michigan. 10 September 2010.
Carbon trade or carbon con?
In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers? Daily Climate. 9 September 2010.
China takes lead in clean energy, with aggressive state aid.
Until very recently, Hunan Province was known mainly for lip-searing spicy food, smoggy cities and destitute pig farmers. Now, Changsha and two adjacent cities are emerging as a center of clean energy manufacturing. New York Times. 9 September 2010.
Proposal: Calif. farmers could own water pipes.
The federal government is considering giving Central California farmers some massive water infrastructure to settle a lawsuit over drainage problems that killed birds and left farmland too salty for crops, according to a draft proposal. Associated Press. 9 September 2010.
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