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Mercury Found in All Sampled Fish in U.S. Streams

USGS researchers have found that it may be impossible for people eating fish caught in US waters to avoid eating mercury-contaminated fish.

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Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You?

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.

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October 6, 2009 to October 7, 2009

The Natural Step: Strategic Sustainability for Leaders - Level 1 Course

Companies and communities can thrive within naturally sustainable systems. The workshops focus on The Natural Step Framework, a proven, science-based method for achieving strategic sustainability. “Green initiatives are a good start, but not enough,” according to TNS-USA Executive Director, Regina Hauser. “We use a comprehensive framework that helps people develop a vision and strategies for long term sustainability, building on short term successes.” Learn More: http://www.naturalstepusa.org/SSFL

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"White House Initiates Task Force to Restore Damaged Gulf Coast"

"President Barack Obama is creating a new federal interagency task force to coordinate the "economic and environmental resiliency" of Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast region."

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Source: ENS, 09/02/2009

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"'Pacific Garbage Patch' Expedition Finds Plastic, Plastic Everywhere"

"Scientists who returned to the Bay Area this week after an expedition to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" brought piles of plastic debris they pulled out of the ocean — soda bottles, cracked patio chairs, Styrofoam chunks, old toys, discarded fishing floats and tangled nets."

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Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/02/2009

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California Water Wars Continue

"San Francisco Bay and the delta are dying. Salmon runs are collapsing. Droughts are getting worse. And big agriculture still wants more water."

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Source: SF Bay Guardian, 09/02/2009

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Enviros Demand That EPA Toughen Chesapeake Pollution Rules

"Environmental groups presented a federal official with more than 19,000 signed letters and postcards Tuesday asking the U.S. government to set stricter rules to prevent pollution in the Chesapeake Bay."

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Source: Wash Post, 09/02/2009

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"As Hybrid Cars Gobble Rare Metals, Shortage Looms"

"The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements .... That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells."

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Source: Reuters, 09/02/2009

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"Nations Plan to Undertake Global Climate Forecasting"

"A Global Framework for Climate Services that would provide climate forecasting the way that weather forecasting services do is in the works."

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Source: ENS, 09/02/2009

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"World Must Plan For Climate Emergency: Report"

"Humans may have to reset the Earth's natural thermostat and develop new technologies like reflecting sunlight back into space if climate talks fail, Britain's top science academy said on Tuesday."

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Source: Reuters, 09/02/2009

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