For the first time, researchers from the EPA have found potentially fatal chemical contaminants in drinking water wells near natural gas drilling sites in Pavillion, Wyoming. This brings into question an extraction technique know as "fracking", which is commonly used by companies like EnCana Corp, Halliburton Co, and others. According to EPA scientist Greg Oberley, "The preponderance of those compounds in the area would be attributable to the oil and gas industry."

President Barack Obama used his weekly address this morning to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast arrival.

Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now pointing to nitrous oxide as a significant case of ozone depletion. While nitrous oxide emerges naturally, it is also released through actions by humans.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has made fighting climate change one of his highest priorities during his tenure, will be in Norway next week for a first-hand look at some of the impacts of climate change on the Arctic. Ban said, "We have about three months until the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December in Copenhagen - three months to reach an agreement that will determine the future of our planet."

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