FWS to study coastal plain, ANWR areas for wilderness status - Oil & Gas Journal

"-- Reviews of the coastal plain and two other study areas within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for possible federal wilderness designation will begin now that initial public comments have been gathered for updating ANWR’s 1988 comprehensive conservation plan, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said on Sept. 27"

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Meth Home Decontamination Database Delayed - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis

"A push to create a database of homes contaminated with dangerous chemicals left behind by the making of methamphetamine likely won't get off the ground this year, supporters said"

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New map offers a global view of health-sapping air pollution

"Wind, for example, lifts large amounts of mineral dust aloft in the Arabian and Saharan deserts. In many heavily urbanized areas, such as eastern China and northern India, power plants and factories that burn coal lack filters and produce a steady stream of sulfate and soot particles"

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Possible methane leak at Maryland Heights landfill « KMOX-AM

Fred Weber Inc. is currently analyzing samples of the gas to determine whether it is coming from the landfill, or from a naturally occurring source, such as buried vegetation from a former wetland area."


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MSHA to publish emergency temporary standard for rock dust

MSHA to publish emergency temporary standard for rock dust: "The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that on September 23 the Federal Register is expected to publish an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust."

MSHA to publish emergency temporary standard for rock dust

MSHA to publish emergency temporary standard for rock dust: "The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that on September 23 the Federal Register is expected to publish an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust."

The Day the Water Died: Detoxing after the Gulf Oil Spill, by Gabriela Segura, M.D. : Veterans Today

The Day the Water Died: Detoxing after the Gulf Oil Spill, by Gabriela Segura, M.D. : Veterans Today: "The excitement of the season had just begun, and then we heard the news: oil in the water, lots of oil killing lots of water. It is too shocking to understand. Never in the millennium of our tradition have we thought it possible for the water to die, but it is true."

Study Shows Consumer Products Make Indoor More Toxic Than Outdoors!

"new study confirms that indoor uses of consumer products, including pesticides, are the primary sources of indoor exposure to endocrine disruptors –chemicals that disrupt hormones and cause adverse developmental, disease, and reproductive problems– and shows that indoor levels are higher than those outdoors."

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Coal plant in Iloilo faces sanctions for causing ailments - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

"A $405-million coal plant project here faces sanctions after emitting foul odor during a preliminary operation of its steam generator last week believed to have caused ailments to residents living near the plant site."

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Diesel pickup suspected in forest fire | Laramie Boomerang | Laramie, Wyoming

"The U.S. Forest Service believes a diesel-powered pickup truck started a wildfire near Fox Park that has been burning since Tuesday and has consumed 112 acres of forest about 37 miles west of Laramie."

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Recycling Symbols Standardized -- Finally | StarTribune.com

"beginning this month, Recycle Across America and industry leaders will introduce and provide standardized signs for recycling bins for everyone"

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Activation of Immune Pathway by Electromagnetic Fields!

"Using an electrophresis mobility shift assay, the researchers looked at the ability of STAT3 to bind to DNA as part of a study into signalling of the transcription factor in microglial activation induced by electromagnetic fields (EMF)."

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SACE - New Report: The Toll from Coal

"landmark report released today, the Clean Air Task Force has determined that reducing emissions of fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants, one of the top contributors of air pollution in the U.S., can have a direct and significant positive effect on public health, including here in Georgia"

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Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog » Blog Archive » Third Biological Opinion Finds Pesticides Jeopardize Endangered Species

Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog » Blog Archive » Third Biological Opinion Finds Pesticides Jeopardize Endangered Species: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received a new Biological Opinion from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with a finding that the application of products containing any of 12 organophosphate (OP) pesticides are likely to jeopardize federally listed threatened or endangered Pacific salmon and steelhead and their designated critical habitat."

Canada Acts to Strengthen Ban on Toxic Fire Retardants

"OTTAWA, Ontario - September 2 - Environmentalists are welcoming a new federal strategy that outlines a comprehensive ban of toxic polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PDBEs), a common flame retardant used in consumer products."

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US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides

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"A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators."

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