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Drought heats up state war for water. At the center of the 16-year legal battle over Lanier and the Chattahoochee River, known as the tri-state water wars, is one question: How do three states share water when there isn't enough? Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Water: We drank 26m bottles in one week of heatwave. But at what cost? Bottled water companies last week reported the biggest sales increase in their history - with 26 million bottles sold last week alone, a rise of 80 per cent on the same week last year. London Independent
Amazon rainforest 'could become a desert.' The vast Amazon rainforest is on the brink of being turned into desert, with catastrophic consequences for the world's climate. And the process, which would be irreversible, could begin as early as early as next year. London Independent
State's power supply starting to feel strain from record heat wave. California basted Saturday in a heat wave described by meteorologists as unprecedented, breaking temperature records and pushing the state within a hair's breadth of a power crisis.
San Francisco Chronicle
Lawns may cause new water issue for state. A new front has opened on the longtime war between the North and the South over water, the very lifeblood of California. Oakland Tribune
100 degrees - get used to it. Britain experienced its hottest July day on record last week and forecasters say more is to come as climate change tightens its grip on the country London Observer
State orders Olin to resume some water shipments. Olin Corporation has been ordered to resume shipping bottled water to 61 households in the Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy area after engineers determined that 40 wells may still contain unsafe concentrations of perchlorate. Gilroy Dispatch
Critics say EPA standards leave kids in harm's way. For years, scientists have warned that government safety standards leave children too exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. Dallas Morning News
Dioxins all around us. A recent national report that stressed links between dioxin and cancer is raising concerns in Delaware, where thousands of tons of dioxin-tainted wastes have been spilled, buried or stored. Wilmington News Journal
Dangerous secrets ride the rails. In Fort Wayne, nearly 36,000 people live within a few blocks of railroads that each year carry millions of tons of poisonous gas, corrosive acids and explosives past homes, businesses, schools and child-care centers. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Senate bill would open gas and oil fields in Gulf. Senate Republicans have agreed on legislation that would open four times as much of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling as the Bush administration was seeking, and a vote on the bill is expected next week. New York Times
The ANWR opinion machine. No one's made a penny drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But the decades-long debate over the Refuge's fate has produced a gusher of money for pollsters, consultants, advertisers and activists in Washington. Living On Earth.
It's official: Green Team deemed a committee. The Green Team was established last year to help make Nashua an eco-friendly place, helping to curb greenhouse gases and pollution that has been linked to global warmiing. In June, it became an official city committee. Nashua Telegraph
Texas City's levees contain faults cited in New Orleans. Local government and industry officials say they're confident of Texas City's levee's integrity, but at least four of the deficiencies that caused the New Orleans levees to fail during Hurricane Katrina also may exist in Texas City. Houston Chronicle
100,000 ordered to evacuate as record rains pummel Kyushu. Record rainfall killed four people and left another person missing in Kyushu, Japan, and about 100,000 people were advised to evacuate the region, officials said Sunday, as heavy rains continued to trigger mudslides and floods across the country. Associated Press.
Report may show DNA damage in Vietnam vets. A report to be released this week is expected to say that Vietnam war veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides might have damaged their DNA. New Zealand Press Association
EPA to detail Ford cleanup. The cleanup at Ford Motor Co.'s former dump seems to have slowed, and the 18-wheelers have stopped barreling through the Upper Ringwood neighborhood carting out toxic waste. But appearances are deceiving. Bergen County Record
Climate change: US ignores science at its peril. Why isn't there universal recognition that we must meet the challenges of this new reality with cleaner fuels, alternative sources of energy and a determination to mend our profligate ways? Salt Lake Tribune