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Air/Climate

Senators of Three Political Stripes Propose Climate Bill Framework

December 10, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Senators of Three Political Stripes Propose Climate Bill Framework

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – Three U.S. senators – a Democrat, a Republican, and an Independent – today released their framework for climate change and energy independence […]

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Land Use/Forests

ASARCO Parent Pays $1.79 Billion in Record Environmental Bankruptcy Settlement

December 10, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on ASARCO Parent Pays $1.79 Billion in Record Environmental Bankruptcy Settlement

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration […]

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Water

EPA Guides Federal Facilities to Greener Stormwater Solutions

December 10, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Guides Federal Facilities to Greener Stormwater Solutions

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – A new technical guide to help federal agencies minimize the impact of federal development projects on nearby water bodies was issued Wednesday […]

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Air/Climate

Obama Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Climate Security Essential

December 10, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Obama Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Climate Security Essential

  OSLO, Norway, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace at a ceremony today at Oslo City Hall. Delivering a Nobel lecture […]

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Land Use/Forests

Penan Natives Sue Malaysian State Over Land Rights, Logging

December 10, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Penan Natives Sue Malaysian State Over Land Rights, Logging

  MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – The indigenous Penan people on the island of Borneo have turned to the courts in their decades-long effort to protect their […]

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Energy

Huge Alaska Oil Spill Blamed on Ice Plugs

December 9, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Huge Alaska Oil Spill Blamed on Ice Plugs

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – Ice plugged an inactive pipeline, causing it to burst, officials said Tuesday in an attempt to explain how 46,000 gallons of crude […]

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Energy

Shell’s Chukchi Sea Drill Plan OK’d Despite Pending Lawsuit

December 9, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Shell’s Chukchi Sea Drill Plan OK’d Despite Pending Lawsuit

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – The federal Minerals Management Service has approved a controversial plan by Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. to drill up to three exploratory […]

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Energy

Judge Halts West Virginia Wind Farm to Save Endangered Bats

December 9, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Judge Halts West Virginia Wind Farm to Save Endangered Bats

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – In the first federal lawsuit challenging an industrial wind energy project on environmental grounds, a federal court ruled Tuesday that a wind […]

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Land Use/Forests

Nevada Tribes Win Halt to Barrick Gold Mine Expansion

December 4, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Nevada Tribes Win Halt to Barrick Gold Mine Expansion

  By Lisa J. Wolf SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 3, 2009 (ENS) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered that a preliminary injunction be granted to tribal plaintiffs […]

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Air/Climate

International Banks Join to Support Strong Climate Deal

December 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on International Banks Join to Support Strong Climate Deal

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 2, 2009 (ENS) – The heads of the world’s largest international financial institutions today called for a comprehensive agreement to combat climate change at this month’s […]

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Wildlife

America’s 11 Hottest Species Stressed by Climate Change

December 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on America’s 11 Hottest Species Stressed by Climate Change

  WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Honeycreepers that sing in Hawaii’s mountain forests, the lynx that inhabit the snowy Rocky Mountains and New England, and the grizzly bears […]

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Wildlife

‘Rampant’ Rhino Poaching on the Rise

December 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on ‘Rampant’ Rhino Poaching on the Rise

  GENEVA, Switzerland, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Rhino poaching in both Africa and Asia is increasing, finds a report issued today by the International Union for the Conservation of […]

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Air/Climate

Dalai Lama Encouraged by Upcoming UN Climate Change Summit

December 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Dalai Lama Encouraged by Upcoming UN Climate Change Summit

  SYDNEY, Australia, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Monday that the world’s leaders must give the highest priority to the issue […]

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