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Month: December 2009

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Air/Climate

Three Climate Polls: Do You ‘Believe In’ Warming

December 24, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Three Climate Polls: Do You ‘Believe In’ Warming
 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – More than 80 percent of Americans surveyed in a new public opinion poll support action to limit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide [...]

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Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated

December 24, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated

MANILA, Philippines, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – Mount Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, is shooting columns of ash more than a kilometer above the summit and red hot [...]

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Air/Climate

Duke Energy Will Spend $93 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations

December 23, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Duke Energy Will Spend $93 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations

 

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, December 23, 2009 (ENS) – A $93 million court settlement requiring Duke Energy, one of the America’s largest electric power companies, to eliminate sulfur dioxide emissions [...]

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Water

Federal Agencies Plan to Ease Water Crisis in California Bay-Delta

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Federal Agencies Plan to Ease Water Crisis in California Bay-Delta

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – To address the water crisis in California, the Obama administration today released a coordinated interim action plan that involves six federal [...]

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Air/Climate

Large U.S. Ships Must Meet Strict New Emissions Standards

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Large U.S. Ships Must Meet Strict New Emissions Standards

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule setting stricter exhaust emission standards and cleaner fuel standards for large marine [...]

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Air/Climate

Winter Blast Brings a White Christmas to the Great Plains

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Winter Blast Brings a White Christmas to the Great Plains
 

PIERRE, South Dakota, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – Just after the East Coast dug out from heavy snowfall on Saturday and the weather is forecast to be fine for [...]

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Wildlife

New Photos Show Marine Animals of Warming West Antarctica

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on New Photos Show Marine Animals of Warming West Antarctica
 

CAMBRIDGE, UK, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – Sea pigs, giant sea spiders, ice fish, octopus, rare rays and basket stars that live in the seas of Antarctica’s continental shelf [...]

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Water

Stormwater Success Stories Featured on New EPA Website

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Stormwater Success Stories Featured on New EPA Website
 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – A collection of stormwater success stories on a new U.S. EPA website are intended to inform and educate stakeholders about the benefits [...]

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Toxics

Chemical Cocktails Undermine Europeans’ Reproductive Health

December 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Chemical Cocktails Undermine Europeans’ Reproductive Health

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – EU Environment ministers meeting in Brussels today expressed concerns that the health of Europeans and the environment may not be well [...]

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Wildlife

Michigan Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Bar Carp From Great Lakes

December 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Michigan Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Bar Carp From Great Lakes
 

DETROIT, Michigan, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – The State of Michigan filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court today to close canals near Chicago to prevent invasive Asian [...]

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Toxics

Jury Awards BP Workers $100 Million in Toxic Exposure Case

December 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Jury Awards BP Workers $100 Million in Toxic Exposure Case

GALVESTON, Texas, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – A federal jury in Galveston Friday awarded more than $100 million to 10 plaintiffs who claimed that they were exposed or injured [...]

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Energy

Yasuni Park Trust Fund Will Keep Ecuador’s Oil Underground

December 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Yasuni Park Trust Fund Will Keep Ecuador’s Oil Underground
 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – Ecuador’s initiative to protect the climate and the rainforest of Yasuni National Park by leaving its largest oil reserve in the ground [...]

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Air/Climate

Time Runs Out But Climate Talks Continue, Draft Deal Tabled

December 19, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Time Runs Out But Climate Talks Continue, Draft Deal Tabled
 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 19, 2009 (ENS) – Just before 01.00 on Saturday morning, a number of heads of state and government agreed on a draft climate agreement at the [...]

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Air/Climate

A Copenhagen Climate Accord, Not Nothing, But Not Enough

December 19, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on A Copenhagen Climate Accord, Not Nothing, But Not Enough

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 19, 2009 (ENS) – After a marathon all night session at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, talks aimed at reaching a deal to limit [...]

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Energy

California Approves New Wind Power Transmission Lines, Solar Roofs

December 18, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on California Approves New Wind Power Transmission Lines, Solar Roofs

 

SACRAMENTO, California, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – California energy regulators have approved Southern California Edison’s request to construct a 173 mile long electricity transmission line to bring wind [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. Offers $5 Million to Help Cut Arctic Soot Pollution

December 18, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Offers $5 Million to Help Cut Arctic Soot Pollution

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration will commit $5 million towards international cooperation to reduce black carbon emissions in and around the Arctic. Nancy [...]

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Water

Nearly Half U.S. Lakes in Fair to Poor Condition

December 18, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Nearly Half U.S. Lakes in Fair to Poor Condition

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – The condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States is rated as good and the remaining 44 percent [...]

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Air/Climate

World Leaders Close to Clinching Climate Deal at Copenhagen

December 18, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on World Leaders Close to Clinching Climate Deal at Copenhagen

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – In an atmosphere of urgency to reach a global agreement that will limit climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked [...]

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Toxics

Toxic Flame Retardant Will Be Phased Out by 2014

December 17, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Toxic Flame Retardant Will Be Phased Out by 2014

 

CHICAGO, Illinois, December 17, 2009 (ENS) – The two U.S. producers of the toxic flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), Albemarle Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, and the largest U.S. [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. Supports $100 Billion Climate Fund for Poor Nations

December 17, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Supports $100 Billion Climate Fund for Poor Nations

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 17, 2009 (ENS) – The United States made a move to save the contentious UN climate talks in Copenhagen from failure today. Secretary of State [...]

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