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• The Associated Press reports that a federal judge ruled that EPA turned 'blind eye' to Everglades clean-up efforts
• Reuters reports that three US Senators have called on the EPA chief to resign, claiming he sided with pollutor instead of dealing with environmental and ecological problems
• Agency France-Presse reports that China has claimed pollution success as skies clear in preperation for the Olympic games soon to be held in Beijing.
• Agency France Presse reports that top WTO delegates have said that failure of cooperation bodes ill for climate change.
• The Associated Press reports that Beijing officials have resorted to employing wind and rain to clear the city's air.
• The Associated Press reports that an environmental group has claimed that some popular Southern California beaches are tainted with fecal bacteria.
• Agence France Presse reports that Japan's cabinet has adopted an action plan against global warming, slashing carbon emissions up to 80 percent by 2050 by starting carbon trading and stepping up research on carbon-capture technologies.
• Reuters reports that conservationists have warned that a rare new Tanzania monkey, discovered just two years ago, is now at risk of extinction
  The Associated Press reports that a Missouri committee has announced their intentions to study ethanol mandates