Ponca Tribe proceeds with lawsuits over carbon black pollution. When E.W. Marland drilled for oil near a Ponca graveyard in 1911, it was the start of an oil empire, and terms as congressman and governor. But for Oklahoma's Ponca Tribe, it was the start of industrial pollutants that would affect the tribal community for decades to come. [News Source]

New vaccine may beat bird flu before it starts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Researchers studying bird flu viruses said on Thursday they may have come up with a way to vaccinate people before a feared influenza pandemic. [News Source]

New vaccine may beat bird flu breakout (Stuff) Researchers studying bird flu viruses said they may have come up with a way to vaccinate people ahead of a feared influenza pandemic. [News Source]

Too many animals, too much manure in one place. Imagine 600,000 hens confined in seven sheds -- with a total of four workers to care for them and cages so dilapidated that birds often became entangled in frayed wires and died horribly. [News Source]

New vaccine may beat bird flu before it starts. Researchers studying bird flu viruses said on Thursday they may have come up with a way to vaccinate people ahead of a feared influenza pandemic. [News Source]