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"First Ocean Acidification Lawsuit Filed Against EPA"

"The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Lisa Jackson over the agency's failure to recognize the impacts of ocean acidification on waters off the state of Washington."

Source: ENS, 05/15/2009

9 More Bird Species Red-Listed

"Nine more bird species have been added this year to the list of Critically Endangered birds that face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild...."

Source: ENS, 05/15/2009

21st Century Dust Bowl in West?

"Dust storms accelerated by a warming climate have covered the Rocky Mountains with dirt whose heat-trapping properties have caused snowpacks to melt weeks earlier than normal, worrying officials in Colorado about drastic water shortages by late summer."

Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009

Chevron Faces Ire in Equador

Chevron is preparing for an unfavorable ruling in what looks like the world's largest environmental lawsuit. Dwellers in the former oilfields of Equador bitterly resent the pollution -- and the deaths they believe resulted.

Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009

Decision on Largest Lead-Tainted Neighborhood

The nation's largest residential lead pollution site reached a key milestone today with the signing of an EPA decision on how to clean up thousands of residential yards in eastern Omaha contaminated over decades by emissions from the former ASARCO lead refinery.

Source: ENS, 05/15/2009

"Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas"

"A new analysis halves longstanding projections of how much sea levels could rise if Antarctica's massive western ice sheets fully disintegrated as a result of global warming."

Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009

"New York City Official Is Obama Pick for C.D.C."

"President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...."

Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009

41st Annual National Conference on Radiation Control

This year's event, "Advancing Radiation Protection in the 21st Century," includes an Environmental Session of May 20th.

International Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors

The Air & Waste Management Association will present sessions on thermal treatment technologies for the management of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, munitions, medical/pharmaceutical, and municipal wastes.

Growing A City In A Greener Way

For many small town mayors, growth is all good. After all, more houses means more tax revenue, more retail, more jobs. One Alabama mayor agrees, but he also recognizes green space is an amenity worth keeping. And for that, the timing couldn’t be better. The Environment Report's Gigi Douban reports.

Source: Growing A City In A Greener Way, 05/14/2009

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