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'Hotspots' of human impact on coastal areas ranked
Published July 10, 2009, 1:51 am, New Kerala
Washington, July 10 : A new study has ranked 'hotspots' among coastal marine ecosystems that are at risk worldwide as a result of human activities.
Top Three Green Tips: Hazards can be no day at the beach
Published July 10, 2009, 12:48 am, The Morning Call
Summer beach trips are great, but be wary of health hazards. Ask country health officials for water quality results and, if your schedule's flexible, don't visit during or after a stormy week that may send contaminants into the water.
EPA accused of failing to protect polar bears
Published July 9, 2009, 12:49 am, San Francisco Chronicle
Just as the federal Environmental Protection Agency failed to protect imperiled species around San Francisco Bay from pesticides, the agency hasn't shielded the Arctic polar bear from harmful chemical exposures, an environmental group charged in an intent-to-...
Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears
Published July 8, 2009, 9:12 pm, KING5 Seattle
An environmental group said Wednesday that it plans to sue the federal government to stop approving pesticides that end up in food eaten by polar bears.
United Nations Environment Programme
Published July 8, 2009, 7:40 am, United Nations Environment Programme
Beijing, 16 October 2006 – An international conference to combat sewage, pesticides and other forms of pollution coming from the land into the seas and oceans got underway today in the Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
O.C. milk company shuts down
Published July 8, 2009, 7:07 am, Laguna News Post
Laguna Beach-based 'heart-healthy' milk maker calls it quits.
Groundwater program offers free water testing
Published July 8, 2009, 4:19 am, Grand Traverse Herald
Anyone with a drinking water well may participate in an upcoming free water screening. Directions and sample bottles may be picked up at Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) offices in Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Otsego counties.
Blight that caused Irish potato famine strikes tomato and potato plants throughout the Eastern U.S.
Published July 7, 2009, 10:32 pm, The Republican
The blight that caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840s is showing up on tomato and potato plants throughout the East, its spread accelerated by persistent rain and modern-day retail sales.
California's Disappearing Towns -- Huron may not be here a year from now
Published July 7, 2009, 3:35 am, New America Media
A rural community that was once the source of 95 percent of U.S. tomatoes is increasingly relying on handouts as a persistent drought dries up job prospects and the threat of ICE raids looms over the residents.
Crop Watch South: OSR desiccation nears completion, says Swaran Bachoo FWi
Published July 7, 2009, 2:12 am, Farmers Weekly Interactive
Most oilseed rape crops have been sprayed off with Roundup Ultimate (glyphosate), and those which are very uneven will be sprayed next week with Quad (diquat) when 90% of the seed in the middle third of the raceme is brown.
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