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The New York Times, July 29, 2006
"EPA seen lax on pollution enforcement"
"Cancer Risk From Industrial Chemical Rises, Study Finds"
"Wind farm delays pit senators against FAA"
"Pollution Cuts Could Restore Lake Tahoe Clarity, Study Says"
"Study of Songbirds Finds High Levels of Mercury"
"Unexpected invaders sting R.I. beaches"
"Young bats wilting in the heat"
"Logging plan may hasten projects in Sierra"
"Officials seek safety zone for endangered dragonfly"
"Push Is On to Stem Future Tide Of Storm Damage to Waterways"
"Warming to the Inconvenient Facts"
"Judge Says Plans by Yosemite Park Violate U.S. Rules"
"Newly Approved Trash Plan Puts Emphasis on Recycling"
"House panel OKs land preserves"
"Beetles battling invasive weed"
"State gets environmental heat"
"Seismic testing shakes up environment"
"Heat prompts record energy use"
"Early warning system going up on Colorado peaks to detect warming"
"Diggers trying to turn the tide/State seeks to revive clam harvest"
"Soybean Tops Corn in Fuel Study, But It's No Gas"
"Some Dry Cleaners Told to Phase Out Toxic Solvent"
"Pumped Up on Carbon Dioxide, Vines Strengthen Their Grip"
"State toughens rules on a household pesticide"
"Schwarzenegger Acts to Guard State Wilderness"
"China Is Called On to Rein In Its Growing Use of Electricity"
"Climate report sees a thirsty future"
"Could Global Warming Lead to Sour Grapes from Napa, Sonoma?"
"Welcome Home, but Leave The Pests Outside U.S. Borders"
"Repeat of Tragedy Feared in San Joaquin Drainage Plan"
"Navy Agrees to Sonar Precautions"
"Conservationists venture farther afield to save land"
"A Border Dispute That Focuses on Water, Not Immigration"
"Scientists sound alarm for world's amphibians"
"Fireplaces targeted as polluters"
"Rising fire threat tied to global warming"
"Record Rainfall Favors Mold, Health Officials Warn"
"More Lenders Join in Pledge To Safeguard Environment"
"Plan May Ease Air Pollution at Ports"
"DDT Study Finds New Hazard to Young Children"
"Mining for Diesel Fuel; The Search for New Oil Sources
"Growing Acidity of Oceans May Kill Corals"
"Judge Blocks War Game, Cites Danger to Wildlife"
"Rain Falls Hard on Doubts About Global Warming"
"Something Is Killing the Marsh Grass, but No One Is Sure What It Is"
"Climate change puts parks at risk"
"Coyote Encounters on Rise as Suburbia Spreads"
"A Refinery Clears the Air To Grow Roses;
"Detroit Takes Different Turn Onto Green Road"
"State looks to aid salmon industry"
"Ford Abandons Pledge On Hybrid Production"
"Storms could affect bay grass, fish"
"Tollway's forest preserve plan under fire"
"Baby whale count allays fear for species in warmer ocean"
"State Expected to Allow Pacific Lumber to Transfer Habitat Restriction"
"Senator Moves to Suspend New Arsenic Limit for Tap Water"
"L.A., Long Beach Ports Produce Plan to Reduce Diesel Emissions"
"Supreme Court to Hear Greenhouse Gas Case"
"Companies Resist Bid to Limit Emissions"
"Small frog is a big mystery"
"Panel affirms rising Earth temperature"
"Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Refinery Emission Standards"
"California Emissions Up 85% Between 1960, 2001"
"Protections for wetlands are upheld"
"Report links suburban sprawl with health woes"
"Waste oil dumps threaten water supply"
"Science: Our Oceans' Future"
"Japan gains support on whaling, sparking fears of new slaughter"
"Suburban growth seen as crimping regional water supplies"
"Global Warming Threat Is Seen in Siberian Thaw"
"Japan May Have a Majority on Whaling Panel"
"Democrats Say Key Superfund Data Is Being Withheld From the Public"
"Bush to Create World's Largest Marine Protected Area Near Hawaii"
"Reducing Night Flights May Ease Winter Global Warming, Report Says"
"Empty net is good news in search for Asian carp"
"Bald Eagles Make Soaring Comeback"
"Preserve to bolster creek's watershed"
"EPA Rule Loosened After Oil Chief's Letter to Rove"
"Road plan could threaten birds"
"Manure problem reaches Capitol Hill"
"Western Governors Take Aim at Global Warming"
"Aging nuclear plants pushed to the limit"
"Invading Mud Snail Tiny, but a Big Headache"
"Development spells trouble for coast in Carolina, group says"
"To Stem Widespread Extinction, Scientists Airlift Frogs in Carry-On Bags"
"Mass. is urged to lead the way on wind farms"
"Canadian firm to assess its pollution in US river"
"BUILD urges cleanup of chromium dump"
"$92 Million More Is Sought for Exxon Valdez Cleanup"
"Chemical linked to prostate cancer"
"Stricter water-use limits imposed"
"Chemical in Plastics Is Tied to Prostate Cancer"
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