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Tanker Spills Heavy Black Oil into San Francisco Bay

October 31, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Tanker Spills Heavy Black Oil into San Francisco Bay

ALAMEDA, California, October 31, 2009 (ENS) – Cleanup operations continue today in response to an oil spill from a tanker into San Francisco Bay Friday morning.

Bunker fuel was [...]

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Wildlife

Leopard Skin Smuggler Found Guilty by South Dakota Jury

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Leopard Skin Smuggler Found Guilty by South Dakota Jury

 

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A leopard shot seven years ago in South Africa caught up with a South Dakota man in an Aberdeen courtroom [...]

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Energy

U.S., China Plan $1.5 Billion Utility-Scale Wind Farm in Texas

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S., China Plan $1.5 Billion Utility-Scale Wind Farm in Texas

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Renewable Energy Group and Cielo Wind Power have entered into a joint venture agreement with China’s Shenyang Power Group [...]

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Energy

$338M in Recovery Act Funding Energizes Geothermal Industry

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on $338M in Recovery Act Funding Energizes Geothermal Industry

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration is financing an expansion of the U.S. geothermal industry, investing $338 million in Recovery Act grant funding to [...]

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Water

EPA Studies Permeable Surfaces at Experimental Stormwater Parking Lot

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Studies Permeable Surfaces at Experimental Stormwater Parking Lot

 

EDISON, New Jersey, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – Polluted runoff from hard surfaces such as parking lots remains a complicated problem, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is [...]

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Wildlife

Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

 

KANGERLUUSUAQ, Greenland, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps [...]

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Air/Climate

Murphy Oil Sued Over Air Pollution From Meraux Refinery

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Murphy Oil Sued Over Air Pollution From Meraux Refinery

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Student attorneys at Tulane University’s Environmental Law Clinic are taking on a giant oil company on behalf of a community [...]

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Energy

EPA’s Secret Plan to Raise Public Radiation Exposure Levels Challenged

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA’s Secret Plan to Raise Public Radiation Exposure Levels Challenged

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Public employees have filed a lawsuit demanding documents related to the U.S. EPA’s plans made “in secrecy” to allow public exposure [...]

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Wildlife

International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the [...]

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Oceans

South Africa, Mozambique Create Africa’s Largest Marine Protected Area

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on South Africa, Mozambique Create Africa’s Largest Marine Protected Area

 

ST. LUCIA, South Africa, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – South Africa and its neighbor to the north, Mozambique, have joined forces to create Africa’s largest marine protected area. [...]

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Toxics

Toxic Face Paint Makes for Scary Halloween

October 28, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Toxic Face Paint Makes for Scary Halloween

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – Some children’s face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin that can harm the brain at low doses, according to new product [...]

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Water

Groups Issue SOS Distress Call for New Zealand’s Wild Rivers

October 28, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Groups Issue SOS Distress Call for New Zealand’s Wild Rivers

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – Eight conservation and outdoor recreation groups have joined together in defense of New Zealand’s wild rivers, which now are threatened [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. Senate Climate Bill Runs the Gauntlet of Opinions

October 28, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Senate Climate Bill Runs the Gauntlet of Opinions

WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Tuesday began three days of hearings on a Senate climate bill to match [...]

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Energy

Obama Invests $3.4 Billion in Smart Energy Grid

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Obama Invests $3.4 Billion in Smart Energy Grid

 

ARCADIA, Florida, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history. The federal government has awarded $3.4 [...]

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Energy

Quinnipiac Installs First University Micro-Wind Farm

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Quinnipiac Installs First University Micro-Wind Farm

 

HAMDEN, Connecticut, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – The first of 25 Windspire vertical wind turbines are now being installed at the first university micro-wind farm in the country. [...]

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Oceans

NOAA and Four States Form South Atlantic Ocean Alliance

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on NOAA and Four States Form South Atlantic Ocean Alliance

 

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – State government representatives from the Southeast coastal region have formed a partnership with the federal agency responsible for oceans to [...]

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Wildlife

Seabird Rescuers Battle Slimy Algae on Pacific Northwest Beaches

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Seabird Rescuers Battle Slimy Algae on Pacific Northwest Beaches

 

FAIRFIELD, California, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – Waves of toxic algae have killed thousands of sea birds on the Washington and Oregon coasts since late September, and a [...]

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At Risk

Typhoon-Stricken Philippines Fights Disease, Faces Another Storm

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Typhoon-Stricken Philippines Fights Disease, Faces Another Storm

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – The World Health Organization has sent an international team of health experts to the Philippines to help the government respond to [...]

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Wildlife

Bat Scientists Receive Grants to Investigate White-Nose Syndrome

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Bat Scientists Receive Grants to Investigate White-Nose Syndrome

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced six grant awards totaling $800,000 to fund research into the cause and control [...]

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Energy

Innovative Energy Research Agency Opens By Funding 37 Projects

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Innovative Energy Research Agency Opens By Funding 37 Projects

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – Liquid metal grid-scale battery technology that could enable constant energy supply from intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar [...]

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