"Overuse Threatens East Fork of the San Gabriel River"
"Cutbacks leave rangers outnumbered in dealing with car burglaries, drug deals, gold prospectors and rowdy parties along the mountain creek."
Source: LA Times, 10/01/2012
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"Hydrofracking: It Has Polarized Voters and May Decide the Election"
"BINGHAMTON -- Broome County Executive Debbie Preston has been a consistent supporter of natural gas drilling in the Southern Tier, but challenger Tarik Abdelazim speaks passionately against hydrofracking until more studies are done."
Source: Binghamton Press, 10/01/2012
"US Polar Bear Researcher Cleared of Scientific Misconduct"
"The Obama administration has wound up its controversial investigation of a government polar bear researcher without finding any evidence of scientific wrongdoing, campaign groups said late Friday."
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2012
"Pakistan Floods Kill 371, Affect 4.47 Million"
"Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 371 people and affected nearly 4.5 million, the government's disaster relief agency said on Friday."
Source: AFP, 10/01/2012
"Some Bugs Like it Hot: Climate Change and Agricultural Pests"
Climate change and warmer temperatures are already hurting agriculture in California.
Source: Quest/KQED, 10/01/2012
"GenOn Power Plant in Alexandria Is Set To Close"
An ancient coal-fired power plant that has generated electricity -- and pollution -- in the heart of the nation's capital is finally closing for good.
Source: Wash Post, 10/01/2012
"Unexploded Bombs Lurk Off US Coast"
"Disposed World War II explosives and munitions in the Gulf of Mexico pose a threat to offshore oil drilling, according to Texas oceanographers."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/01/2012
"Swift Action Needed To Save World's Declining Fisheries -- Study"
"Swift action is required to save many of the world's fisheries that are declining faster than expected, a study in a leading scientific journal shows."
Source: Reuters, 10/01/2012
"Resort’s Snow Won’t Be Pure This Year; It’ll Be Sewage"
"FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Klee Benally, a member of the Navajo tribe, has gone to the mountains just north of here to pray, and he has gone to get arrested. He has chained himself to excavators; he has faced down bulldozers. For 10 years, the soft-spoken activist has fought a ski resort’s expansion plans in the San Francisco Peaks that include clear-cutting 74 acres of forest and piping treated sewage effluent onto a mountain to make snow."
Source: NY Times, 09/28/2012
"Rats Harmed By Great-Grandmothers' Dioxin Exposure, Study Finds"
"Pregnant rats exposed to an industrial pollutant passed on a variety of diseases to their unexposed great-grandkids, according to a study published Wednesday."
Source: EHN, 09/28/2012
