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Toxaphene in Lake Superior Fish Poses Risk

"The largest, deepest and coldest Great Lake holds another distinction -- the highest levels of the contaminant toxaphene in the region and possibly anywhere in the world."

Fish & Fisheries

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)

Source: South Bend Tribune, 06/15/2009

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"Report Cannot Link Lejeune Water to Diseases"

A National Research Council report says it may be impossible to know whether contaminated drinking water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base caused birth defects and illness among people seeking $33.9 billion in claims.

Chemicals

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 06/15/2009

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"Dredged Mud Can Save Louisiana Coast, State Says"

If the Army Corps of Engineers and private companies used all the mud they dredge from wetlands and waterway to rebuild Louisiana coastal marshes, it would be a boon for coastal restoration.

Natural Resources

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/15/2009

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"Iowa Air Pollutants Push Federal Limits"

"The air across Iowa is so polluted that the state is perilously close to violating new federal limits aimed at protecting human health."

Air

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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD)

Source: Des Moines Register, 06/15/2009

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"Agriculture Offsets -- a Savior or a Boondoggle?"

"A dispute is heating up over the role of farms and forests in climate legislation."

Climate Change

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National (U.S.)

Source: ClimateWire, 06/15/2009

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"DOE Revives FutureGen, Reversing Bush-Era Decision"

"The Obama administration gave conditional support today for a federal-industry partnership that would build an advanced coal-burning power plant in Illinois to trap and store carbon dioxide emissions, reversing a Bush-era decision to abandon the FutureGen project."

Energy & Fuel

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National (U.S.)

Source: Greenwire, 06/15/2009

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"Communities at Risk, But Coal Ash Sites Secret"

"Dozens of communities nationwide are at risk from a coal ash spill like the one that blanketed a Tennessee neighborhood last year, but the Obama administration has decided not to tell the public about it because of the danger of a terrorist attack."

Disasters

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National (U.S.)

Source: AP, 06/15/2009

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Covering Penguins And The Politics Of Denial

By BILL MOYERS
(Excerpts from the keynote address to the annual convention of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Austin, Texas, October 1, 2005. The full text is available at www.sej.org/confer/austin/PenguinsandthePoliticsofDenial.pdf)

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