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Oceans

EPA Will Spend $50 Million to Cap Toxic California Seabed

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Will Spend $50 Million to Cap Toxic California Seabed

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – A $50 million plan to protect the public from contaminated sediment off the coast of Los Angeles was detailed today [...]

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Wildlife

Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Twenty-six countries Friday issued a joint statement putting diplomatic pressure on Iceland to abandon whaling. Icelandic whalers have killed more than [...]

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Air/Climate

Governors’ Global Climate Summit Backs Treaty With Teeth

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Governors’ Global Climate Summit Backs Treaty With Teeth

 

LOS ANGELES, California, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – At the Governors’ Global Climate Summit today, 30 governors, premiers, mayors and senior officials from around the world and the [...]

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Water

Salazar Signs Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Salazar Signs Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico’s congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will [...]

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Land Use/Forests

U.S. Forest Service Plans for California National Forests Ruled Illegal

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Forest Service Plans for California National Forests Ruled Illegal

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Forest Service management plans for four Southern California national forests do not adequately protect those forests’ wildest landscapes, a [...]

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Toxics

Obama Administration Backs Overhaul of Toxic Chemicals Law

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Obama Administration Backs Overhaul of Toxic Chemicals Law

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Principles to guide Congress in writing a new chemical risk management law that will fix weaknesses in the current law, were [...]

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At Risk

‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on ‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – President Gloria Arroyo today declared a nationwide calamity and ordered local governments, police and military to forcibly evacuate residents in the [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. National Parks Vulnerable as Planet Heats Up

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. National Parks Vulnerable as Planet Heats Up

 

DENVER, Colorado, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – “Climate disruption is the greatest threat ever to America’s national parks,” warns Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization [...]

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Water

Dallas-Fort Worth Builders Make Stormwater Control a Priority

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Dallas-Fort Worth Builders Make Stormwater Control a Priority

 

DALLAS, Texas, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the construction association representing commercial contractors in North and East Texas today signed a voluntary stormwater [...]

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Energy

California Launches Largest Energy-Efficiency Effort in U.S. History

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on California Launches Largest Energy-Efficiency Effort in U.S. History

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – The California Public Utilities Commission says it wants to make energy efficiency a way of life in California, and on [...]

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Air/Climate

Poor Nations’ Climate Adaptation Could Cost $100 Billion a Year

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Poor Nations’ Climate Adaptation Could Cost $100 Billion a Year

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – Helping developing countries adapt to climate change will cost the world between US$75 and $100 billion per year for the period [...]

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At Risk

Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – At least 1,000 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a severe earthquake that struck the Indonesian island [...]

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