"Fluoride Fight Has Long Roots, Passionate Advocates"
"Set aside the science lessons. The fight over fluoride is as much or more a clash of philosophy."
Source: Wichita Eagle, 10/29/2012
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"Research Predicts Vulnerable Forests"
"Park Williams remembers the forest when he visited Mesa Verde more than two decades ago as an inquisitive third-grader on a family vacation. 'Back then, it was wet and green,' the 31-year-old scientist recalled."
Source: Albuquerque Journal, 10/29/2012
"For Regulators, Sand Mine Riches Are Tough To Refuse"
"As the sand rush intensifies, county regulators are being hired away by the industry, creating backlogs of work and fears of conflicts of interest."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/29/2012
"Runoff From Iowa Farms Growing Concern in Gulf"
"CHAUVIN, La. -- Generations of shrimpers, crabbers and oystermen have set out from this bayou village to net their catch. They share an emotional bond with Iowa's farmers: Both harvest nature's bounty to earn a livelihood. These fishermen depend on the sea, just as the nation's top corn growers rely on the rich Midwest soil."
Source: Des Moines Register, 10/29/2012
'Frankenstorm' Newspaper Coverage Ignores Connection To Climate Change
"Media have dubbed the hurricane barreling toward the mid-Atlantic and northeast a 'Frankenstorm.' But despite the hysteria surrounding Hurricane Sandy, not one major newspaper has reported the scientifically established link that carbon pollution fuels more extreme weather."
Source: Climate Progress, 10/29/2012
"Hurricane Sandy Blows U.S. Election Off Course"
"Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland and fueling fears that the massive storm bearing down on the East Coast could disrupt an election that is already under way."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2012
"Sandy Strengthens As Nears Coast; Wall Street Shut"
"Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years.
About 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada were in the path of the nearly 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-km-wide) storm, which forecasters said could be the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history. It was expected to topple trees, damage buildings, cause power outages and trigger heavy flooding.
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2012
Chemical Industry Uses Wallet To Block Tighter Regulations: Enviros
"In an effort to block a ballot measure in California that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, shape a Senate race in Ohio with potential repercussions for fracking, and influence a host of House contests key to toxic chemical reform -- the chemical industry has been busy wielding its wallet, say environmental advocates."
Friday, October 26, 2012
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"Fish Off Japan’s Coast Said to Contain Elevated Levels of Cesium"
"TOKYO — Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year’s nuclear disaster have accumulated on the seafloor and could contaminate sea life for decades, according to new research."
Source: NY Times, 10/26/2012
Obama And Romney on Environmental Issues: a Grand Canyon of Difference
"Two months after taking office, President Barack Obama signed a historic wilderness bill that banned logging, mining and oil drilling across 2 million acres of scenic federal lands, including the Sierra Nevada, wildflower meadows on Oregon's Mount Hood and vast vistas of California desert."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 10/26/2012
