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Feds warned company in Mich. spill about pipeline (AP)

Crews clean up oil, from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, near booms where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River in Marshall Township, Mich., July 30, 2010.  The Canadian company that owns the pipeline that leaked the oil estimates the spill at 820,000 gallons. The EPA puts the total at more than 1 million gallons.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday.


Expo shows illegal pet trade rampant in Indonesia (AP)

In this Thursday, July 29, 2010 photo,  visitors look at tortoise on display during an annual flora and fauna expo in Jakarta, Indonesia. Critically endangered tortoise are being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade.


Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat (AP)
AP - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx.

Stem Cells for Sex, Smell Discovered in Mice (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The cellular origin of smell, sex and self-recognition has been discovered in a study of mice.

Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil (AP)

Oil containment boom is seen with fresh oil near Comfort Island, in Yscloskey, La. Saturday, July 31, 2010. On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents.


Engineers prepare to seal ruptured BP oil well (AFP)

An oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Engineers readied a plan to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.


China launches new global positioning satellite (Reuters)
Reuters - China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.

EU clears six types of GM maize for animal feed (AFP)

One of Monsanto's genetically-modified maize cobs, seen here in July 2007. European regulators authorised on Wednesday the import of six types of genetically-modified maize for use in animal feed after governments were deadlocked over whether to ban or approve them.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - European regulators authorised on Wednesday the import of six types of genetically-modified maize for use in animal feed after governments were deadlocked over whether to ban or approve them.


Scientists say global warming is continuing (AP)

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, amid global climate warming worries.(AFP/NASA/File)AP - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.


Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status (Reuters)
Reuters - Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday.

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