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The environmental stories in this section are selected from news sources around the country and the world. They do not necessarily reflect official NRDC positions or the opinions of NRDC staff.
EPA Might Not Act to Limit Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water
5/6/2008  Associated Press
Reservoir Larger than Manhattan Planned to Help Everglades
5/6/2008  Associated Press
Increasingly Intense Storms Threaten Coral
5/1/2008  United Press International
Hundreds of Ducks Die After Landing in Oil Sands in Canada
5/1/2008  Associated Press
Pittsburgh Surpasses Los Angeles as Nation's Sootiest City
5/1/2008  Associated Press
Yellowstone Bison Population Halved
4/29/2008  United Press International
Judge Orders Federal Government to Decide Polar Bear Listing
4/29/2008  Associated Press
US Senate Panel Questioning Environmental Officials on Chemical Risk Assessment Program
4/29/2008  Associated Press
A Look at Some Chemicals Awaiting Risk Assessments
4/29/2008  Associated Press
Using Chemicals to Cut Global Warming May Damage Ozone Layer
4/24/2008  Associated Press
EPA Scientists Complain About Political Pressure
4/23/2008  Associated Press
Government to Release Proposed Fuel Economy Rules
4/22/2008  Associated Press
Panel Finds Smog-Mortality Link
4/22/2008  Associated Press
Give Kids Hands-on Ecology Lessons
4/22/2008  Chicago Tribune
Aviation Chiefs Pledge Climate Action in the Face of Government Pressure But Not Targets
4/22/2008  Associated Press
Norwegian Automaker Plans to Sell Sub-$25K Electric Car in US
4/22/2008  Associated Press
Gas Guzzlers a Hit in China, Where Car Sales Are Booming
4/21/2008  Associated Press
Loggerhead Turtles on Decline in Florida
4/21/2008  United Press International
US Interior Dept. Wants Another 10 Weeks to Decide Whether Polar Bears Receive Protection
4/17/2008  Associated Press
Yellowstone Bison Deal Opens Thousands of Acres to Animals; Many Still Subject to Slaughter
4/17/2008  Associated Press
Bush's Call for Curbing Emissions Called Too Little, Too Late at Paris Climate Talks
4/17/2008  Associated Press
Bottled Brands Also Put to the Test
4/17/2008  Chicago Tribune
Lower Emissions a Global Auto Mission: Challenge Issued in Technology Race
4/17/2008  Detroit Free Press
Bush Revises Strategy on Curbing Greenhouse Gases
4/16/2008  Associated Press
Gov't Raises Safety Questions About Chemical in Plastics
4/16/2008  Associated Press
EPA Urges Great Lakes Residents Not to Flush Old Meds
4/15/2008  Associated Press
Fight Over Border Fence Environmental Waivers Could Reach Supreme Court
4/15/2008  The Dallas Morning News
Gas Prices Could Pass $3.50 in Weeks
4/14/2008  Associated Press
Warming Could Sap Superior: Great Lakes Face Algae, Disease
4/11/2008  Detroit Free Press
EPA Advisers Slam New Smog Rule
4/10/2008  Associated Press
Groups Decry Yellowstone Bison Slaughter
4/10/2008  Associated Press
Beekeepers Stung by Disappearing Bees
4/10/2008  The Miami Herald
Climate Change Brings Health Risks
4/9/2008  Associated Press
Polar Bears Caught in Climate Spat
4/9/2008  Chicago Tribune

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