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"Senate Agriculture Panel Begins to Stake Its Claim in Climate Bill"

"Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee will vet options this week for the sweeping energy and climate bill, which they are expected to play a significant role in shaping."

Source: ClimateWire, 07/21/2009

"Gulf Waters Imperil Tribes' Way of Life In Louisiana Bayous"

"As Wetlands Shrink, Oil and Gas Jobs Replace Farming, Fishing and Trapping."

Source: Wash Post, 07/21/2009

"Nestlé: Draining America Bottle By Bottle"

"It takes a smart and politically well-connected company like Nestlé to get a drought-stricken state like Florida to give it tens of millions of dollars worth of water to resell at enormous profits to its neighbors in states like the Carolinas and Georgia."

Source: NRNS/Washington Bureau, 07/21/2009

"Meeting Shows U.S.-India Split on Emissions"

Seeking collaboration on climate change in her visit to India, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was met instead with simmering grievances.

Source: NYTimes, 07/21/2009

"Ban Set on Mining Claims Adjacent to Grand Canyon"

"In a modest victory for environmentalists, the Obama administration said Monday that it was designating nearly one million acres of Arizona land near the Grand Canyon off limits to new uranium mining claims for two years."

Source: NYTimes, 07/21/2009

"Kids' Lower IQ Scores Linked To Prenatal Pollution"

"Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain."

Source: AP, 07/20/2009

"Genetically Engineered Corn Causes Concern"

The agricultural giant, Syngenta, has petitioned the USDA to grant its new genetically modified corn a non-regulated status. Some experts fear that the strain, meant solely for producing ethanol, could end up in the food supply.

Source: Living on Earth, 07/20/2009

"Outbreak of Fungus Threatens Tomato Crop"

"A highly contagious fungus that destroys tomato plants has quickly spread to nearly every state in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic, and the weather over the next week may determine whether the outbreak abates or whether tomato crops are ruined."

Source: NYTimes, 07/20/2009

"UN's Shipping Agency IMO Agrees to CO2-Cutting Proposals"

The UN-based International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which regulates ocean shipping, agreed Friday to voluntary proposals aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

Source: Reuters, 07/20/2009

Fishing for Solutions for Poisoned Trinity River

An abandoned river -- the Trinity -- runs through Dallas. Storms wash old industrial poisons into it via ditches. As poisons accumulated in its sediments, fish became dangerous to eat. "So people stayed away, and over time, it no longer mattered which came first -- the toxic fish or the abandoned river."

Source: Dallas News, 07/20/2009

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