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Forest Companies, Conservationists Join to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest

May 19, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Forest Companies, Conservationists Join to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
Forest Companies, Conservationists Join to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2010 (ENS) – In a deal that marks the coming together of two traditional adversaries, [...]

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Global Temperatures Hit New April High

May 19, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Global Temperatures Hit New April High
Global Temperatures Hit New April High

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, May 18, 2010 (ENS) – The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for April [...]

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Ohio Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuttered in $16 Million Settlement

May 19, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Ohio Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuttered in $16 Million Settlement
Ohio Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuttered in $16 Million Settlement

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18, 2010 (ENS) – American Municipal Power, an Ohio nonprofit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. [...]

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EPA Expands Public Database by 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities

May 19, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Expands Public Database by 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities
EPA Expands Public Database by 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added more than 6,300 chemicals and [...]

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Oil Spill: NOAA Doubles Gulf Fisheries Closure Area

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Oil Spill: NOAA Doubles Gulf Fisheries Closure Area

ROBERT, Louisiana, May 18, 2010 (ENS) – Effective tonight, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is nearly doubling the size of [...]

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Presidential Commission to Scrutinize BP Oil Spill, Senators Seek Criminal Probe

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Presidential Commission to Scrutinize BP Oil Spill, Senators Seek Criminal Probe

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2010 (ENS) – President Barack Obama will establish an independent commission to investigate the [...]

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Poseidon’s Desalinization Plant: Dream Water Supply or Drain on the Pacific and Taxpayers?

May 17, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Poseidon’s Desalinization Plant: Dream Water Supply or Drain on the Pacific and Taxpayers?
Poseidon’s Desalinization Plant: Dream Water Supply or Drain on the Pacific and Taxpayers?

By Janet Wilson

CARLSBAD, California, May 17, 2010 (ENS) – High on a hill above this [...]

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Costa Rican Christiana Figueres Named UN Climate Change Chief

May 17, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Costa Rican Christiana Figueres Named UN Climate Change Chief
Costa Rican Christiana Figueres Named UN Climate Change Chief

NEW YORK, New York, May 17, 2010 (ENS) – Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica has been selected to lead United [...]

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BP Gains Some Control Over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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BP Gains Some Control Over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

ROBERT, Louisiana, May 16, 2010 (ENS) – Overnight, BP technicians successfully inserted a tube in piping about 600 feet [...]

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Marine Mammals Illegally Ignored When Gulf Drilling Authorized: Lawsuit

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Marine Mammals Illegally Ignored When Gulf Drilling Authorized: Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 14, 2010 (ENS) – The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity alleges that more than 400 oil [...]

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Iraq’s Drinking Water Drying Up, Sewage Pollutes Shrinking Rivers

May 14, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Iraq’s Drinking Water Drying Up, Sewage Pollutes Shrinking Rivers
Iraq’s Drinking Water Drying Up, Sewage Pollutes Shrinking Rivers

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 14, 2010 (ENS) – Clean drinking water is an increasingly scarce resource for millions of people in [...]

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U.S. EPA Regulates Greenhouse Gases for Large Industrial Sources

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U.S. EPA Regulates Greenhouse Gases for Large Industrial Sources

WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a final rule to address greenhouse gas [...]

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Gulf Gusher Dwarfs Previous Estimates, BP Will Inject Junk to Plug It

May 14, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Gulf Gusher Dwarfs Previous Estimates, BP Will Inject Junk to Plug It
Gulf Gusher Dwarfs Previous Estimates, BP Will Inject Junk to Plug It

HOUSTON, Texas, May 13, 2010 (ENS) – Scientific analysis of a new video released Wednesday by BP [...]

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Senators Propose Permanent Ban on Pacific Coast Oil Drilling

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Senators Propose Permanent Ban on Pacific Coast Oil Drilling

WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2010 (ENS) – In view of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of [...]

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Afghanistan’s Pistachio Forests Felled for Fuelwood

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Afghanistan’s Pistachio Forests Felled for Fuelwood

By Mohammad Saber

HERAT, Afghanistan, May 13, 2010 (ENS) – Mullah Samandar finds it hard to control his emotions as he swings his [...]

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Lab Tests Find Toxic Chemicals in Popular Perfumes

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Lab Tests Find Toxic Chemicals in Popular Perfumes

WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2010 (ENS) – Top-selling fragrance products used by both women and men contain at least a dozen [...]

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Pennsylvania Governor Minimizes Gas Drilling in State Forests

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Pennsylvania Governor Minimizes Gas Drilling in State Forests

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 12, 2010 (ENS) – The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has finalized a natural gas lease [...]

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Obama’s Oil Spill Bill Seeks $118 Million, Oil Company Tax Increase

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Obama’s Oil Spill Bill Seeks $118 Million, Oil Company Tax Increase

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2010 (ENS) – As oil continues to gush from the wellhead left open by [...]

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Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill Generates Praise and Outrage

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Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill Generates Praise and Outrage

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2010 (ENS) – The American Power Act, a bill proposing a cap and trade system for reducing U.S. [...]

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Biodiversity Losses Accelerate as Ecosystems Approach Tipping Points

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Biodiversity Losses Accelerate as Ecosystems Approach Tipping Points

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11, 2010 (ENS) – Unless “radical and creative action” is taken quickly to conserve the variety of life [...]

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