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With funding scant, intersex fish in Potomac remains mystery

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From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Tropical Storm Ida's wallop leaves Assateague a mess

The Virginia half of Assateague Island has been closed because of damage from Tropical Storm Ida, which downed trees, buried parking lots in sand and washed thousands of tires onto the beach last week, federal officials said. The storm brought heavy ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Potomac Conservancy blames chemical runoff for intersex fish

Pollutants that mimic natural hormones have created a "toxic stew" in the Potomac River, altering the sexual development and the immune systems of fish, a local nonprofit group warned in a report Wednesday. In its third annual "State of ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Report warns of 'toxic stew' in the Potomac

Pollutants that mimic natural hormones have created a "toxic stew' in the Potomac River, altering the sexual development and the immune systems of fish, a local nonprofit warned in a report Wednesday. In its third annual "State of the Nation's ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  11 Nov 2009

EPA lawyers told to edit YouTube video critical of climate legislation

Two attorneys for the Environmental Protection Agency, who made a YouTube video calling current climate legislation a "huge mistake," were told by the agency to remove the clip and edit out some references to their employer, one of the ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Allan Zabel,  Laurie Williams,  U.S. Senate,  Washington Post Company

EPA plans to get tough on states in bay cleanup effort

The Obama administration, trying to exert a new kind of oversight on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, announced Tuesday its plans to get tougher with states that don't clean their water fast enough. This plan, officially a "draft strategy," ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Barack Obama,  Lisa P Jackson

Climate legislation is running into a chilly reception

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the U.S. Senate finally, balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change.Is this really the time to talk about the threat of climate change? Now, some ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Center for Biological Diversity,  U.S. House of Representatives,  American Petroleum Institute,  U.S. Republican Party

Rise in sea level threatens Atlantic coastline

Sea-level rise could imperil low-lying areas along the length of the Atlantic Coast, but people are still building beach houses and condominiums there, which could lead to hard decisions about what to save, according to a scientific study released ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2009

Ailing planet seen as bad for human health

The study, released Monday by the Trust for America's Health, an advocacy group focused on disease prevention, examines the public-health implications of climate change. In addition to pushing up sea levels and shrinking Arctic ice, the report says, a ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, EcoEarth News,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Maryland's Sen. Cardin says his bill would prod states to clean Chesapeake Bay

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) said Monday that he will introduce legislation to punish states that lag in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, adding a regulatory hammer to a process that has let several deadlines slide by. Cardin announced the bill in a ...

From DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Benjamin L. Cardin,  Barack Obama

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