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"SC Utility Votes To Drop Coal-Fired Power Plant"

"COLUMBIA, S.C. -- State-owned utility Santee Cooper decided Monday to drop plans for a controversial coal-fired power plant in South Carolina, a move lauded by environmental groups that had criticized the facility."

Source: AP, 08/25/2009

"Revealing Secret Spots That Evoke Dark Secrets"

A simple brass plaque in Tarusa, Russia, stands as a reminder of an epic tale of scores of nuclear disasters in the former Soviet Union that were hidden, or never completely reported.

Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2009

"Environmental Research in an Age of Arctic Sovereignty"

"In an age of angst about security and Arctic sovereignty, it's no mean feat piecing together an oceanographic expedition involving scientists from the United States, Russia and elsewhere and launching the whole affair from a northern U.S. port."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

"Encyclopedia of Life grows; Clues on Ageing, Pests"

"An online encyclopedia aiming to describe every type of animal and plant on the planet has reached 170,000 entries and is helping research into aging, climate change and even the spread of insect pests."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

"Europol Expects More Arrests In Carbon Fraud Probe"

"European police agency Europol expects further arrests in connection with suspected carbon credit tax fraud after Britain's tax office said two more people were arrested in London late on Wednesday, bringing the total to nine."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

"EPA Tweets That It's Putting Bay on Pollution Diet"

"The Environmental Protection Agency says it's putting the Chesapeake Bay on a pollution diet. The federal agency used the Twitter social networking site to 'tweet' the message Friday to its followers on the site."

Source: AP, 08/25/2009

"Scientists Discover Virus That Could Explain Drop in Bee Population"

"A mysterious disease that has reduced honeybee populations in Europe and the United States could be caused in part by a virus, according to research."

Source: London Times, 08/25/2009

"The Dark Side of Dairies"

"Milk may have a wholesome commercial image, but the dairies that produce most of the nation's supply aren't always healthy places to work. Dairy workers are injured at a much higher rate than other workers in the U.S." Most of the West's 50,000 dairy workers are immigrants with families to feed, many undocumented. Government rules to protect them are as weak as skim milk.

Source: High Country News, 08/25/2009

Watchdog: "Illinois Pollution Enforcement Hampered by Politics"

Feuds and politics seem to have kept former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's state EPA from referring criminal pollution cases to Attorney General Lisa Madigan for at least 2 years.

Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/25/2009

A 'Near Miss' Disaster at Citgo's Corpus Christi Refinery

A July 19 fire at Citgo's Corpus Christi refinery released deadly hydrogen fluoride, maimed one worker, and threatened a poor, largely minority community at its fenceline. Now larger questions are being asked -- about how authorities responded to it and whether it could have been prevented.

Source: Texas Observer, 08/25/2009

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