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UK Wind Power Blasts Off With Nine New Offshore Wind Farms

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UK Wind Power Blasts Off With Nine New Offshore Wind Farms

LONDON, UK, January 8, 2010 (ENS) – The development of European offshore wind power accelerated today as the [...]

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North American Zoos Fund Elephant Conservation Worldwide

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North American Zoos Fund Elephant Conservation Worldwide

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, January 8, 2010 (ENS) – The International Elephant Foundation and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums have jointly announced [...]

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U.S. Auto Fleet Shrinks as Youth Lose Interest in Cars

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U.S. Auto Fleet Shrinks as Youth Lose Interest in Cars

WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2009 (ENS) – “America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an [...]

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Air/Climate

Enviros in Court to Defend EPA Medical Waste Incinerator Rule

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – Two environmental groups have come forward in federal court to defend the Obama administration’s new rule limiting air pollutants emitted by [...]

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Energy

Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands Comes Under Intensive Scrutiny

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced changes to the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program that he says will improve [...]

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Business

Global Passions for Football and Biodiversity Harnessed for Life

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NAIROBI, Kenya, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – The world of international championship football and the world of biodiversity conservation are coming together this year in a partnership announced Wednesday [...]

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Air/Climate

East Coast Basalt Rocks Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide

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NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Buried volcanic rocks along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England might be ideal reservoirs to [...]

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Wildlife

Japanese Whalers Sink Sea Shepherd Anti-Whaling Vessel

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SOUTHERN OCEAN, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – In an attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 today rammed and sank the Sea Shepherd [...]

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Energy

Nuclear Reactors of Unproven Design Planned for California’s Central Valley

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FRESNO, California, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – At least one nuclear reactor is being planned for California’s agricultural Central Valley but it is already running into grassroots opposition and [...]

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Energy

Six States Chosen for Building Efficiency Retrofit Academy

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – To help states develop strategies that will improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings and reduce costs and emissions, the National Governors [...]

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Somali Militants Force UN Agency to Suspend Food Distribution

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GENEVA, Switzerland, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – Attacks on humanitarian operations and a string of threats and unacceptable demands from armed groups have made it impossible for the [...]

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Energy

Nantucket Eligiblity for Historic Register Pushes Cape Wind Decision

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – The National Park Service today announced the decision by its Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places that Nantucket Sound [...]

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Food

Judge Revokes Approval of Pesticide That Could Harm Bees

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NEW YORK, New York, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – A pesticide approved just 18 months ago must be taken off the market because it could be toxic to [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Profile: Environmental Justice Comes Naturally to New EPA Region 9 Administrator

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SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – Jared Blumenfeld, the newly appointed director of the U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest region, Region 9, is pledging to make life [...]

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Air/Climate

Drought Blights Syrian Villages, Residents Dying of Hunger

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DAMASCUS, Syria, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – A severe shortage of rainfall that has lasted more than three years has crippled agriculture in northeastern Syria, where residents say [...]

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Wildlife

Imperiled Sacramento Splittail Gets a Fresh Chance at Survival

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SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to revisit the politically twisted 2003 Bush administration decision to strip a [...]

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Air/Climate

Wyoming Vulnerable to Water Scarcity as Planet Warms

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LARAMIE, Wyoming, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – Wyoming’s water resources are vulnerable to climate change because Wyoming is a dry state, a headwaters state, and a state that [...]

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Florida Manatees Counted in Record Numbers, Scores Die in Cold Snap

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Florida Manatees Counted in Record Numbers, Scores Die in Cold Snap

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – Florida waters have been too cold for manatees this month. The [...]

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Climate Change Linked to Bigger Waves off Pacific Northwest

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Climate Change Linked to Bigger Waves off Pacific Northwest

CORVALLIS, Oregon, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The highest waves off the Pacific Northwest coast in any 100-year period could [...]

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Haiti’s Few Trees At Risk as Survivors Flee to Rural Areas

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Haiti’s Few Trees At Risk as Survivors Flee to Rural Areas

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The number of people leaving Haiti’s earthquake-ravaged cities for rural areas [...]

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