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Increase in breast cancer linked to pollution levels. Exposure to everyday environmental pollution could be a factor in the rising rates of breast cancer, new research suggests. Glasgow Sunday Herald
A stinging loss for U.S. farms as honeybees vanish. In New Jersey, as in at least 26 other states around the country, commercial beekeepers and hobbyists are reporting catastrophic losses of honeybees this year. Newark Star-Ledger
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film, but our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail. London Independent
Map software pinpoints environment hotspots. A sophisticated new breed of mapping software on the Web is allowing users to pinpoint toxic hot spots and hazardous sites beneath the ground using a wealth of new information and mashed-up existing technology. San Francisco Chronicle
Court rulings on environment go against Bush administration. A string of federal court rulings in recent weeks has gone against Bush administration environmental policies. Associated Press via KGW.com
Global warming called security threat. Private consultants to the government are warning that human-driven warming of the climate poses risks to the national security of the United States. New York Times.
Interior reviewed studies weighing risks to polar bear. Interior Department officials--who for months said that they did not analyze how human activities were affecting Arctic warming and endangering polar bears--completed a review on this very subject. Washington Post.
Ethanol plants come with hidden cost: water. David Pitts doesn't begrudge the farmers and investors who see a new ethanol plant as a way to make some good money. He's just worried he won't have any water to drink when they're through. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
China's economy reaching environmental limits. China's booming economy is being increasingly constrained by shortages of energy and natural resources as well as environmental concerns -- forcing the nation to seek a more efficient growth model. Agence France-Presse.
l Private well owners bypass water restrictions. A growing group of North Texas homeowners, real estate developers and school districts are turning to water wells to escape watering restrictions. Dallas Morning News
Monsanto having a cow in milk label dispute. Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. is challenging a growing trend among dairies to label their milk "hormone free," saying those claims mislead consumers into believing that the cow growth hormone Monsanto makes is unsafe. Chicago Tribune
Cow TB 'may spread between people'. British investigators describe 20 cases of humans being infected with Mycobacterium bovis, a type of tuberculosis normally confined to cattle. Reuters.
2 moms sought own answers. Some specialists think autistic behavior can be attributed to environmental toxins. Charleston Post and Courier
Blair and Merkel lean on Bush to join battle against climate change. President George Bush is coming under unprecedented pressure from Tony Blair and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to agree to tough new international measures to stop global warming accelerating out of control. London Independent
Edwards rallies 350 to energy, clean air causes. John Edwards appeared as featured speaker at the Fort Myers, Florida Step it Up 2007 rally to press Congress into passing regulations to cut carbon emissions like car exhaust by 80 percent by 2050. Fort Myers News-Press
Activists for climate change. Parents holding babies in their arms, graying activists, biking enthusiasts, organic gardeners - as many as 200 people gathered at the Morse Farm in Montpelier, Vermont on Saturday to march to the Statehouse for the Step it Up event. Rutland Herald
Bay Area residents 'step it up' for nationwide protest. Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben created an event that drew far more participants than a march in the U.S. capital likely would. Oakland Tribune
Eco-rally turns heavenward. Combining elements of a Sunday service and a political rally, Denver-area congregations gathered to call on Congress to reduce carbon emissions and fight global warming. Denver Post
Rally for the Earth: Missoula's Step It Up demonstration urges action against global warming. Missoula was one of more than 1,300 communities across the nation to participate in the Step It Up campaign, which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Missoula Missoulian
Climbers become reluctant witnesses to global warming. Mountaineers are bringing back firsthand accounts of vanishing glaciers, melting ice routes, crumbling rock formations and flood-prone lakes where glaciers once rose. Associated Press via Ancorage Daily News.
Iowa House panel kills renewable energy mandate. Environmentalists had hoped that if a new coal-fired power plant were built in Iowa it would at least be required to get some of its energy from renewable sources. Sioux City Journal
Conservationist to speak in Triad. Richard Leakey, the famed fossil hunter and wildlife preservationist, will speak Wednesday at a conference in Greensboro, NC that will focus on alternative fuels and new transportation technology to combat air pollution linked to global warming. Greensboro News & Record
LNG decision charts new territory in regulations. The California Coastal Commission entered into uncharted waters Thursday when it unanimously rejected BHP Billiton's proposed $800 million floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the Ventura County coast. Ventura County Star
Katrina evacuees 'remain poor'. Hopes that evacuees who fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina would find a better life elsewhere have been dashed and many remain jobless and poor, new research shows. London Observer
Biofuels hot topic at meeting between senators, farmers. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska said the next federal farm bill really should be called the Food and Security Act of 2007, because it will have implications well beyond the farm. "Our agriculture economy is no longer just about food production," said Nelson, a Democrat. "It's also about fuel security as well." Omaha World-Herald
Berkeley scientists look up to garden for solar energy secrets. Berkeley scientists have found that light-loving bacteria--and probably plants--rely on quantum physics to turn sunlight into usable energy rapidly and efficiently, overturning the standard explanation for how green living things get their energy. Oakland Tribune
FDA is struggling to ensure safety of imported food. The U.S. pet food scare has raised the specter that surging imports from China and other nations with poor sanitary standards are outpacing U.S. inspectors and could threaten food safety for humans. Cox News Service via the Deseret News.
Natural-beef ranchers filling niche U.S. market. Wyoming ranchers are increasingly marketing natural beef - meaning cattle raised on family ranches instead of corporate feedlots - and happy customers around the country are eating it up. Associated Press via Billings Gazette.
Less water, more people. Prolonged drought, perilous forest conditions and rapid population growth are combining to create serious challenges for the eight-state Rocky Mountain region. Denver Post
Getting the lead out. Sheldon Whitehouse is known for being the newly elected Democratic senator who replaced Republican Lincoln Chafee. But for the people of Rhode Island, Whitehouse is also known as the former State Attorney General who initiated what is proving to be one of the most important public health victories of the past century. The Nation.