"Controversial Roundup of Wild Horses Underway"
"A controversial roundup of 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands in Nevada began on Monday amid protests from activists who call it needless and inhumane."
Source: LA Times, 12/30/2009
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"FDA To Miss Third Deadline on BPA Ruling"
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will miss its third self-imposed deadline on letting consumers know whether it is safe to use products made with bisphenol A, a chemical ingredient in the lining of most food and beverage cans."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/30/2009
"Beef Group Challenges U.S. EPA Climate Finding"
"A beef industry group has challenged a ruling by U.S. environmental regulators that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, saying the move would hurt agriculture."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
"Citizen Scientists Flock To Annual Bird Count"
This season marks the 110th year for the Audubon Society's Christmas bird count, which has been the basis of hundreds of scientific publications about changing bird ranges linked to global warming and habitat change.
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
EPA Research Head Confirmed After Vitter Deal
"EPA Administrator Lisa Perez Jackson and Sen. David Vitter, R-La., reached a Christmas Eve accord that will give the National Academy of Sciences a role in the EPA's review of the risks of formaldehyde, and allowed the Senate to confirm Paul Anastas as the EPA's director of research and development."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12/30/2009
"Quebec Adopts California's Auto Emission Standards"
"Quebec will become the first province in Canada to adopt California's strict auto emissions standards, the province's environment ministry said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
"Contaminated Day-Care Site Being Demolished"
"Kiddie Kollege, a day-care center that opened inside a heavily contaminated building in Gloucester County with a fresh coat of paint and little else, is about to be razed, nearly four years after state inspectors discovered the contamination."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/29/2009
"Morton's Practices Questioned"
Chemical company executives withheld from the Illinois EPA detailed information about a 1978 chemical spill as plans were being made to clean it up.
Source: Northwest Herald, 12/29/2009
Homeowners Hope for Justice on Chinese Drywall from No-Nonsense Judge
"If the victims of contaminated Chinese drywall have a hope of relief, it is likely U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon."
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 12/29/2009
"Toxic Chemicals in Water Wells Have Grundy County Residents on Edge"
"Toxic chemicals have crept into the drinking water in a corner of rural Grundy County [Illinois], stoking fears and raising suspicions about who is to blame."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 12/29/2009
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