"A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind"
Residents of West Virginia's Raleigh County hope to save Coal River Mountain from being destroyed by mountaintop removal mining by building a wind energy project there.
Source: NYTimes, 08/16/2010
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"Across America, Bedbugs Are Biting"
"Without DDT and the other now-banned pesticides that kept bedbugs in check for more than 50 years, the United States is as vulnerable as parts of the world where the insects remain a plague."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/16/2010
"States Struggle To Curb Pollution by Cruise Ships"
While cruise ships can be a boon to local economies, they also produce huge amounts of waste and pollution.
Source: InvestigateWest, 08/16/2010
"Judge's Ruling Uproots Use of Biotechnology Beets"
"A federal judge has revoked the government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more thorough review of how the scientifically engineered crops affect other food."
Source: AP, 08/16/2010
Oil Rigs' Safety Questioned as Governments Rely on Private Inspections
"To ensure that oil rigs, tankers and other commercial ships are in safe operating condition, governments around the world, including the U.S. government, often rely on inspections by private firms that are hired and paid by the vessels' owners. But how much confidence should the world have in the maritime watchdogs?"
Source: Wash Post, 08/16/2010
Climate Disaster: "UN Chief: Never Seen Anything Like Pakistan Floods"
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in Pakistan, and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million people affected."
Source: AP, 08/16/2010
"Railroads' Secret: Not Even Hazmat Teams Are Told What's on Train"
"Trains carrying deadly chemicals rumble through our backyards every day, but railroad companies hauling them refuse to publicly disclose exactly what those substances are, or how often they travel through the area."
Source: Gannett, 08/16/2010
"Analysis: Rare Earth Monopoly A Boon To Chinese Clean Tech Firms"
"In the race to build hybrid cars and wind turbines to feed growing demand for green technology, China has one clear advantage, it holds the world's largest reserves of rare earth metals and dominates global production."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2010
"The Last Stand? Rallying Behind a Primeval Forest"
As archetypal as a scene from Grimm's tales, the 580-square-mile Bialowieza Forest, said to be the last remaining stand of primeval forest in all of Europe, is being logged.
Source: Green (NYT), 08/13/2010
"EPA Proposes Rules On Greenhouse Gas Permits"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new rules to ensure factories and power plants will be able to obtain permits they will need to emit greenhouse gases starting next year."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2010
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