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"Storm Fells Hundreds of Trees in NY's Central Park"

"Hundreds of century-old trees lay snapped in half and uprooted throughout Central Park on Wednesday after a severe thunderstorm with winds as high as 80 mph barreled through the city overnight."

Source: AP, 08/20/2009

"Seattle Voters Don't Buy Shopping-Bag Charge"

"Seattle voters have turned down Referendum 1, which aimed to reduce throwaway bag use in Seattle by charging shoppers 20 cents for each disposable plastic or paper shopping bag provided by stores."

Source: Seattle Times, 08/20/2009

"Judge Tosses Chemical Weapons Incineration Suit"

"The Army on Wednesday won a court challenge to its plan to incinerate chemical weapons at storage sites around the country over objections from a watchdog group that says the practice releases toxic pollution."

Source: NYTimes, 08/20/2009

"Mexico Hit By Lowest Rainfall In 68 Years"

"Mexico is suffering from its driest year in 68 years, killing crops and cattle in the countryside and forcing the government to slow the flow of water to the crowded capital."

Source: Reuters, 08/20/2009

"New Gov't Study Shows Mercury in Fish Widespread"

"No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country."

Source: AP, 08/20/2009

"CANADA: Storing Nuclear Waste a $24-Billion Problem"

Canada faces a monumental challenge in finding a way to store or dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. The problem has dragged on unsolved for decades, and any solution is likely to prove costly.

Source: CBC, 08/19/2009

"The Carbon Case for Downloading Music"

"A new study has found that downloading music is substantially better from an emissions perspective than buying compact discs."

Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2009

"Kenya May Lose All Its Lions in 20 Years"

"Kenya's lion population could disappear altogether in the next 20 years because of climate change, habitat destruction, disease and conflict with humans, the country's wildlife authority said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 08/19/2009

Herbicide Glyphosate Deadly to Liver Cells

"Very low doses of some types of the herbicide Roundup can disrupt human liver cell function; the formulations' toxicity may be tied to their 'inactive' ingredients rather than the active weed-killing ingredient glyphosate."

Source: EHN, 08/19/2009

"Taking Fresh Fruits and Veggies To 'Food Deserts'"

Some parts of the U.S. are "food deserts," where liquor stores may vastly outnumber grocery stores. Now one Detroit group is fixing that by taking fresh veggies to an inner city neighborhood in what looks like a Good Humor truck.

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 08/19/2009

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