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Month: October 2009

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Air/Climate

UK Greenpeace Climate Campaigners Roost on Parliament’s Roof

October 12, 2009 ENS Comments Off on UK Greenpeace Climate Campaigners Roost on Parliament’s Roof

 

LONDON, UK, October 12, 2009 (ENS) – Fifty-five Greenpeace volunteers Sunday scaled the walls of the Houses of Parliament and occupied the roof to call for a new style [...]

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Sci/Tech

NASA Spacecraft Crashes the Moon in Search of Water Ice

October 9, 2009 ENS Comments Off on NASA Spacecraft Crashes the Moon in Search of Water Ice

 

MOFFETT FIELD, California, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A NASA satellite created twin impacts on the moon’s surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Over the [...]

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Air/Climate

Bangkok Climate Talks Fail to Resolve Core Issues

October 9, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Bangkok Climate Talks Fail to Resolve Core Issues

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – The latest round of United Nations climate negotiations concluded in Bangkok today with mixed results. UN climate chief Yvo de Boer [...]

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At Risk

Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island

October 9, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A week of torrential rain on the Philippines main island of Luzon brought by ‘super typhoon’ Parma has claimed more than [...]

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Air/Climate

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Climate, Nuclear Disarmament

October 9, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Climate, Nuclear Disarmament

 

OSLO, Norway, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama [...]

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Wildlife

Alaska Sea Otters Granted Critical Habitat Protection

October 8, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Alaska Sea Otters Granted Critical Habitat Protection

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – It took a court order to accomplish, but threatened sea otters in southwest Alaska now will have some respite from the [...]

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Energy

Solar Decathlon Opens, Chu Offers $87M for Solar Technologies

October 8, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Solar Decathlon Opens, Chu Offers $87M for Solar Technologies
 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 – Twenty unique high-tech, solar-powered houses took center stage on the National Mall today at the opening of the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon. [...]

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Air/Climate

Oregon Dead Zone Blamed on Climate Change

October 8, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Oregon Dead Zone Blamed on Climate Change

 

CORVALLIS, Oregon, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – Climate change is likely responsible for the formation of a large dead zone that has formed off the coast of Oregon [...]

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Water

Port of Los Angeles Tenants Caught Dumping Polluted Stormwater

October 8, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Port of Los Angeles Tenants Caught Dumping Polluted Stormwater

 

LOS ANGELES, California, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – Four firms that are tenants of the Port of Los Angeles have been cited by the U.S. EPA for discharging [...]

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Toxics

U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

October 8, 2009 ENS Comments Off on U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and [...]

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Air/Climate

Obama Orders All Federal Agencies to Cut Greenhouse Gases

October 7, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Obama Orders All Federal Agencies to Cut Greenhouse Gases

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order Monday that requires federal agencies to set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for [...]

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Air/Climate

Economic Crisis Has Slowed Global Climate Change

October 7, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Economic Crisis Has Slowed Global Climate Change

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – Emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas mainly responsible for global warming, could fall three percent worldwide in 2009 due to [...]

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Air/Climate

Climate Talks Stall on Developed Countries’ Weak Commitments

October 7, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Climate Talks Stall on Developed Countries’ Weak Commitments

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – The total of commitments made by developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions falls short of stabilizing global temperatures at a [...]

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Wildlife

Guides Face Prison, Big Fine After Client Shot Protected Alligator

October 6, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Guides Face Prison, Big Fine After Client Shot Protected Alligator

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – Two Louisiana hunting guides each faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for allowing [...]

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Water

Aircraft Drinking Water Rule Requires Testing Every 5 Years

October 6, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Aircraft Drinking Water Rule Requires Testing Every 5 Years

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today published a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to [...]

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Air/Climate

Adirondack Council Rates Officials on Treatment of Largest U.S. Park

October 6, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Adirondack Council Rates Officials on Treatment of Largest U.S. Park

 

ELIZABETHTOWN, New York, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo earned a perfect rating from the nonprofit Adirondack Council’s State of the Park Report [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions Reductions

October 6, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions Reductions

 

KAMPALA, Uganda, October 6, 2009 (ENS) — Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda’s Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, [...]

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Air/Climate

North Carolina Enjoys Cleanest Air in 30 Years

October 5, 2009 ENS Comments Off on North Carolina Enjoys Cleanest Air in 30 Years

 

RALEIGH, North Carolina, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – North Carolina’s smog levels this year are the lowest since the state began monitoring air quality in the 1970s, due [...]

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Gov/Politics

‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks

October 5, 2009 ENS Comments Off on ‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks

 

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has a new project in the works – to restart the state’s declining tourism industry by [...]

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Air/Climate

Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Cost Fertilizer Giant $32.4 Million

October 5, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Cost Fertilizer Giant $32.4 Million

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Mosaic Fertilizer will spend $30 million on air pollution controls to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in [...]

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