"FDA Urged To Ban Feeding of Chicken Feces To Cattle"
"Food and consumer groups say the practice increases the risk of cattle becoming infected with mad cow disease. A beef industry trade group say a ban isn't needed."
Source: LA Times, 11/02/2009
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"Sewer Plants Pollute Water"
"Iowa's outdated sewage treatment plants regularly dump excess pollution into rivers and streams that provide drinking water for up to 900,000 people and recreation for many more, a Des Moines Register analysis of state records shows."
Source: Des Moines Register, 11/02/2009
"The Evolution Of An Eco-Prophet"
"Al Gore's views on climate change are advancing as rapidly as the phenomenon itself."
Source: Newsweek, 11/02/2009
"State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks"
"[Oregon] State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told, an investigation by The Oregonian shows."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 11/02/2009
"Burn Pit Smoke May Be Making Local Soldiers Sick"
"The Department of Defense says its studies don’t bear out that burn pit smoke causes chronic illnesses. But Congress isn’t so sure, having recently sent President Barack Obama a defense spending bill with provisions that restrict and monitor burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president signed the bill Wednesday."
Source: Tacoma News Tribune, 11/02/2009
"China-U.S. Group Plans to Build Texas Wind Farm"
"A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China."
Source: NYTimes, 10/30/2009
"Boxer, Republicans Spar Over Climate Bill Timing, Economic Studies"
"Senate Democrats are still aiming for a committee markup on global warming legislation next week despite Republican calls for a slower pace on the sweeping measure."
Source: Greenwire, 10/30/2009
"Multiyear Arctic Ice Is Effectively Gone: Expert"
"The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/30/2009
"No Deal: Chamber Chief Battles Obama"
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is working to defeat the Obama administrtion on key issues, delighting some members and causing others to quit. On climate change, the group says warmer temperatures could help by reducing deaths related to cold weather.
Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/30/2009
"Long To-Do List for New US Parks Chief"
Incoming head of the National Park Service Jonathan Jarvis "knows the park service's problems are epic. Its maintenance backlog is $8 billion, for one, and it is seeking more money from Congress to fill potholes, improve ranger living quarters, and build more visitor centers and campgrounds."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/30/2009
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