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"Obama's EPA Plans Fewer Toxic Cleanups"

The Obama EPA, like the Bush EPA, is cleaning up fewer Superfund hazardous waste sites -- saying the remaining sites are getting harder to clean up. Unline Bush, however, Obama is seeking to reinstate the lapsed tax on petrochemical companies that originally funded the cleanup of abandoned sites.

Source: AP, 08/10/2009

"Monsanto Rounds Up Support, Dissent For Idaho Mine"

"As it races to replenish phosphate supplies for its weed-killing cash machine Roundup, Monsanto Co. insists its history of polluting southeastern Idaho’s high country shouldn’t prevent it from digging fresh open pits here."

Source: AP, 08/10/2009

"Alaska Glaciers Shrinking Fast: Survey"

"Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have thinned and shrunk dramatically, clear signs of a warming climate, according to a study released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey."

Source: Reuters, 08/07/2009

"EPA Proposes Curbs on Ship Emissions at Meeting in Long Beach"

"LONG BEACH -- More than a year after California was rebuffed in federal court for pursuing emission rules on freight ships, federal authorities are pushing to adopt similar restrictions that could prevent up to 33,000 premature deaths annually in the U.S. and Canada."

Source: Contra Costa Times, 08/07/2009

"Iowa Universities Will Not Alter Coal Ash Disposal Practices"

"Iowa’s three largest public universities have determined that their coal ash disposal method does not pose a risk to the public health, a decision some say was made without sufficient evidence or regard for experiences with contamination in neighboring states."

Source: Iowa Independent, 08/07/2009

$2 Billion in Grants for Electric Car Batteries

"Seeking to put the nation back in the lead on an important technology, the Obama administration awarded more than $2 billion in grants on Wednesday for manufacturing advanced batteries and other components for electric cars."

Source: NYTimes, 08/07/2009

Senate Clears $2 Billion Refill for 'Cash for Clunkers'

"The U.S. Senate approved and sent to the White House on Thursday a $2 billion extension of the 'cash for clunkers' autos sales incentive program."

Source: Reuters, 08/07/2009

"Battle Over Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans Heats Up"

DuPont will try to persuade New Jersey state drinking water regulators to go easy on cleanups of PFOA, a chemical used in non-stick pans -- even before the regulators hear scientific evidence from their own scientists.

Source: ENS, 08/07/2009

"EPA Reviews Risk to Children of Perchlorate in Drinking Water"

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said the agency will look at new evidence in reconsidering the Bush-administration decision not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water.

Source: ENS, 08/07/2009

"Corn Syrup's Mercury Surprise"

When FDA researcher Renee Dufault found residual mercury in high fructose corn syrup in 2004, the FDA ordered her to stop investigating. Mercury is used to make lye -- and lye is used to make the corn syrup that constitutes one in every ten calories that Americans eat.

Source: Mother Jones, 08/07/2009

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