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Reuters reports that: "Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower, scientists warned on Monday."
Time Running Out for US Farm Bill
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Amanda Paulson of The Christian Science Monitor reports: "This was supposed to be the week that Congress finally passed a new farm bill, to replace the one that expired six months ago. It still might happen. But the behemoth $300 billion piece of legislation - which covers not just commodities subsidies and payments to farmers, but also food stamps, nutrition programs, and numerous conservation and energy programs - is having a rough time in Congressional conference as leaders in both houses try to hammer out the differences between their two bills and figure out how to pay for the extra spending."
Derrick Z. Jackson | One Less Burger, One Safer Planet
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"Earth Day is a week away, so brace yourself for cuddly, hug-the-planet blubbering from the presidential candidates," writes Derrick Z. Jackson for The International Herald Tribune. "John McCain will tell you we must be the 'caretakers of creation.' Hillary Clinton will talk of recycling and efficient light bulbs. Barack Obama will surely tell us we 'cannot afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake.' Ah, but what about hamburgers? When the candidates tell us to stay out of McDonald's, then we will know their light bulbs are on. The end of timid politics is when they say that with the planet at stake, you must eat less steak."
Chemical in Plastic May Harm Human Growth
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Marla Cone of The Los Angeles Times reports: "A controversial, estrogen-like chemical in plastic could be harming the development of children's brains and reproductive organs, a federal health agency concluded in a report released Tuesday."
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