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Month: October 2009

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Energy

Obama Administration Will Remove Barriers to Home Energy Retrofits

October 19, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Obama Administration Will Remove Barriers to Home Energy Retrofits

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – The emergence of a home retrofit market that would increase energy efficiency and cut home energy bills has been hampered by [...]

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Gov/Politics

Federal Employees Asked to Suggest Green Ideas, Vote on Others

October 19, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Federal Employees Asked to Suggest Green Ideas, Vote on Others

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – The White House today opened a two-week window for federal employees to suggest their own clean energy and green ideas and [...]

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At Risk

Dangerous Storms Spin Over Both Sides of the Pacific

October 19, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Dangerous Storms Spin Over Both Sides of the Pacific

 

GREENBELT, Maryland, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – Powerful tropical cyclones have developed on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA satellite data, and the governments of [...]

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Air/Climate

Forest Conservation Can Help Cool Climate, World Forest Congress Told

October 19, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Forest Conservation Can Help Cool Climate, World Forest Congress Told

 

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – “Climate change has catapulted forests onto the international agenda after years of languishing in the dusty corridors of UN meetings,” [...]

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Energy

Team Germany Takes Home Solar Decathlon Top Honors

October 16, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Team Germany Takes Home Solar Decathlon Top Honors

WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – Team Germany, the student team from Darmstadt, Germany, won first place in the 2009 Solar Decathlon today by designing, building, and operating [...]

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Food

Sorghum Master Gebisa Ejeta Wins 2009 World Food Prize

October 16, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Sorghum Master Gebisa Ejeta Wins 2009 World Food Prize

 

DES MOINES, Iowa, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – The 2009 World Food Prize has been awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought [...]

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Transport

Toyota Prius Tops 2010 Vehicle Fuel Economy Guide

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Toyota Prius Tops 2010 Vehicle Fuel Economy Guide

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Toyota Prius hybrid leads the 2010 model cars in fuel efficiency with 51 miles per gallon on the highway and [...]

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Water

Water Polluters Beware: EPA Plans to Enforce Clean Water Act

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Water Polluters Beware: EPA Plans to Enforce Clean Water Act

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – At a Congressional hearing today held to mark the 37th year since passage of the Clean Water Act, U.S. EPA Administrator [...]

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Wildlife

Giant Invasive Snakes, Giant Problem for U.S. Ecosystems

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Giant Invasive Snakes, Giant Problem for U.S. Ecosystems

 

GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2009 (ENS – Five giant exotic snake species already in the United States would pose high risks to the health of U.S. ecosystems if [...]

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Water

Maryland to Regulate Animal Feeding Ops Despite Active Appeal

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Maryland to Regulate Animal Feeding Ops Despite Active Appeal

 

BALTIMORE, Maryland, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Maryland Department of Environment will issue a general discharge permit, effective December 1, 2009, for Maryland Animal Feeding Operations (MAFOs) and [...]

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Food

Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Saves 10% of World’s Wild Plants

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Saves 10% of World’s Wild Plants

 

LONDON, UK, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew celebrated a milestone in plant conservation today, the collection and banking of 10 percent of the [...]

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Air/Climate

Global Aviation Industry Vows to Halve CO2 Emissions By 2050

October 15, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Global Aviation Industry Vows to Halve CO2 Emissions By 2050

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – To help limit climate change, the international air transport industry has made a commitment to cut its carbon emissions [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine

October 14, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine

 

LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon [...]

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Toxics

Utah Man Jailed 20 Years for Environmental, Firearms Crimes

October 14, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Utah Man Jailed 20 Years for Environmental, Firearms Crimes

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – A criminal case that began in 2004 when a man dumped toxic chemicals down the drain in West Bountiful, Utah ended [...]

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Wildlife

Genetics Reveal Breeding Secrets of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks

October 14, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Genetics Reveal Breeding Secrets of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Each year, a few reproductively active humpback whales swim between breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, [...]

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Toxics

China’s Lead Smelters Poison Hundreds of Children

October 14, 2009 ENS Comments Off on China’s Lead Smelters Poison Hundreds of Children

 

BEIJING, China, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Blood tests on 968 children in China’s largest lead smelting area have shown “excessive lead levels,” the official Chinese news agency [...]

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Air/Climate

Secretary Chu’s ‘Game-Changing’ Push to Capture Carbon

October 13, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Secretary Chu’s ‘Game-Changing’ Push to Capture Carbon

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that $55 million will be made available to develop advanced technologies that can capture [...]

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Energy

Small Iowa City Gets $1M for Geothermal Project

October 13, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Small Iowa City Gets $1M for Geothermal Project

 

DES MOINES, Iowa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – Iowa Governor Chet Culver today awarded $1 million to the City of West Union to establish an innovative geothermal district-wide [...]

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Water

Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition First of Its Kind in USA

October 13, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition First of Its Kind in USA

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – Concern about the rate of development of Urban Stormwater Programs by municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit holders in [...]

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Wildlife

Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed

October 13, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed

 

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – The world will not achieve its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, the International Year of [...]

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