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More Than One Quarter of Yangtze Water Undrinkable
More than one quarter of the water in the Yangtze River is so polluted it cannot be treated to make it drinkable, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Japan Finds Radioactive Matter around U.S. Ship
Japan said on Wednesday it found radioactive matter from water samples taken around a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine off its eastern coast, but the amount was small and posed no harm to humans or the environment. >> Read the Full Article
Senator Seeks to Speed Nuclear Waste Shipments to Yucca Mountain
A Senate committee chairman said Wednesday he wants to start shipping nuclear waste to Nevada's Yucca Mountain in 2010, seven years ahead of the Bush administration's schedule. >> Read the Full Article
Dutch Company Says Chemical Waste in Ivory Coast Contained No Toxic Substances
The co-founder of the Dutch company that unloaded chemical waste blamed for the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast said Monday that tests by the firm on the substance showed it contained no lethal elements. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Says Will Pull Alaska Wetlands from Oil Drilling
In a win for environmentalists, the U.S. Interior Department says it is willing to withdraw sensitive wetlands from a large area in Alaska's western Arctic region that it wanted to open next week to oil and natural gas drilling. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Judge Rejects Bush Rule on Logging Roads
In a setback for the Bush administration, a federal judge rejected a rule that allowed logging roads in national forests and reinstated environmental protections put in place by former President Clinton. >> Read the Full Article
Bumps on the Road for U.S. Ethanol Vehicles
Driving flex-fuel sports utility vehicles on E85 15,000 miles (24,000 km) a year can cost consumers an additional $400 per year, according to the Department of Energy. >> Read the Full Article
Iowa Company Turns to Ammonia for Fuel
An Iowa alternative fuel engine manufacturer has reached an agreement with an irrigation pump maker in California to make the world's first ammonia-powered irrigation pump system. >> Read the Full Article
Three States to Work on Pacific Ocean Health
The governors of Oregon, Washington and California announced an agreement Monday to work together to improve Pacific Ocean health, saying "oceans should be managed on an ecosystem level." >> Read the Full Article
Malacca Strait Meeting Asks Users to Help Littoral States
Maritime officials from 31 nations gathered in the Malaysian capital on Monday to hammer out ways to offset the cost of ensuring the safety, security and environmental protection of Asia's busy Malacca Strait waterway. >> Read the Full Article