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Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)

September 5, 2010

AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.

Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)

September 5, 2010

AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.

UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)

September 5, 2010

AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.

Engineer Predicted Deepwater Horizon's Oil Slick Spread (LiveScience.com)

September 5, 2010

LiveScience.com - As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill unfolded earlier this summer, a mechanical engineer helped cleanup crews keep up with the moving target by developing a steady stream of forecasts that predicted where the oil slick would spread several days in advance.

Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface (AP)

September 5, 2010

AP - A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed to stop the gusher four months ago.

Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf (AFP)

September 5, 2010

AFP - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said.

As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space (SPACE.com)

September 5, 2010

SPACE.com - The former Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it weakened to a tropical storm.

Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA (Reuters)

September 5, 2010

Reuters - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.

Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found (AP)

September 5, 2010

AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.