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Air/Climate

North Carolina Enjoys Cleanest Air in 30 Years

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree 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 to […]

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Gov/Politics

‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree 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 promoting […]

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Air/Climate

Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Cost Fertilizer Giant $32.4 Million

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree 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 Uncle […]

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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 by […]

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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 200 […]

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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 United […]

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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 provide […]

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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 federal […]

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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 announced […]

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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 projected […]

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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 and […]

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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 control […]

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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 Thursday, […]

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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 2010 […]

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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 of […]

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