Global warming prompts need for wine reforms, says lawyer (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

Winemakers are being warned to come up with a strategy to help them cope with global warming.

Spray parks seen as disease link. An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, a highly contagious diarrheal illness, has sickened seven people in Clay County, MO, and officials suspect the cases are linked to two city-owned water spray parks. [News Source]

Farmworkers get sick in pesticide accident. The Department of Agriculture is looking into the case of some valley farmworkers who say they got sick when they were sprayed with a chemical. [News Source]

Ada county unveils plan for mosquito spraying. It is Ada County's first use of aerial pesticide spraying for mosquitoes and it has some people concerned. [News Source]

Oil companies to expand vapor recovery system. Oil companies working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will expand a system that collects vapors from an underground pool of gasoline. [News Source]

Libraries warn of lead in toys they gave away. The Maine State Library learned recently that several libraries across the state unknowingly distributed toys to children that contained excessive levels of lead. [News Source]

Recall shows battery limits. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are cheaper, lighter and environmentally safer than alternatives. [News Source]

Transit systems cutting pollution. Metro Transit will add 150 hybrid-electric buses to its fleet over the next five years, a move that promises substantial reductions in bus-related pollution in the Twin Cities area, Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Thursday. [News Source]

A.C. Electric has buyer for problematic plant. Atlantic City Electric yesterday said it has found a buyer for its B.L. England power plant, an antiquated, mostly coal-burning facility that has come under fire from environmental authorities. [News Source]

Dept to blame for lead in water. An investigation into the heavy metal contamination of the water supply in the Australian Greenhouse Office has found that the responsible Commonwealth department had breached the Occupational Health and Safety Act. [News Source]

Blue Lady here, no dismantling for now. The Blue Lady may have been beached at Alang, but as far as dismantling goes, the Supreme Court has dropped anchor. [News Source]