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Month: July 2012

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Senate Approves Health Care for Military Who Drank Camp Lejeune Water

July 19, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Senate Approves Health Care for Military Who Drank Camp Lejeune Water

WASHINGTON, DC, July 19, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that will provide medical care for the estimated 200,000 people who lived on the [...]

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World Trade Body Gets Serious About Alien Species

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GENEVA, Switzerland, July 19, 2012 (ENS) – World Trade Organization rules on food safety and animal and plant health can be used to control environmental damage caused by [...]

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Climate Change? Most Gen Xers Not Concerned

July 19, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Climate Change? Most Gen Xers Not Concerned

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 19, 2012 (ENS) – Gen Xers, born from the early 1960s through the early 1980s, care less about climate change now than they did just [...]

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Chemical Safety Board Invites Public to BP Explosion Hearing

July 19, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Chemical Safety Board Invites Public to BP Explosion Hearing

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has announced a public hearing in Houston next week to release preliminary findings of the agency’s investigation [...]

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Oceans

Five States Funded for Japanese Tsunami Debris Response

July 18, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Five States Funded for Japanese Tsunami Debris Response

WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2012 (ENS) – Federal ocean authorities are making $250,000 in grants available to five states hit by debris from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami.

Alaska, [...]

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London’s Green Olympics: Urban Renewal, Public Transport, Ped-Power

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London’s Green Olympics: Urban Renewal, Public Transport, Ped-Power

LONDON, UK, July 17, 2012 (ENS) – With 10 days to go before the Summer Olympic Games, London is preparing to [...]

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South Korea Backs Away from ‘Research’ Whaling Plan

July 18, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on South Korea Backs Away from ‘Research’ Whaling Plan

SEOUL, South Korea, July 17, 2012 (ENS) – South Korea has abandoned its recently announced plan to hunt whales for scientific research, according to senior government officials.

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Temporary Firefighters Get Access to Federal Health Insurance

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Temporary Firefighters Get Access to Federal Health Insurance

WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2012 (ENS) – Thousands of temporary federal firefighters working on wildland fires across the country, and their [...]

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Britain Tops New Energy Efficiency Scorecard, U.S. Way Behind

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Britain Tops New Energy Efficiency Scorecard, U.S. Way Behind

WASHINGTON, DC, July 16, 2012 (ENS) – The United Kingdom ranks highest on a new energy efficiency scorecard of the [...]

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Setback for Armenia’s Lake Sevan

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Setback for Armenia’s Lake Sevan

By Arpi Harutyunyan

YEREVAN, Armenia, July 16, 2012 (ENS) – Armenia’s parliament has ignored objections from environmentalists and gone ahead with changes to the [...]

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U.S. Develops Home-Fueled Natural Gas Cars

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U.S. Develops Home-Fueled Natural Gas Cars

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama Administration is investing $30 million to find new ways of expanding the use of [...]

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Pot Growers’ Use of Rat Poison Killing Rare Carnivores

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Pot Growers’ Use of Rat Poison Killing Rare Carnivores

DAVIS, California, July 16, 2012 (ENS) – Rat poison used on illegal marijuana farms is sickening and killing the fisher, [...]

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Florida’s Everglades Enjoys a $960 Million Dollar Win-Win

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Florida’s Everglades Enjoys a $960 Million Dollar Win-Win

MIAMI, Florida, July 14, 2012 (ENS) – A new era of restoration for the Everglades’ vast but damaged wetlands began Friday [...]

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Texas Hazwaste Superfund Site Gets $56 Million Cleanup

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Texas Hazwaste Superfund Site Gets $56 Million Cleanup

TEXAS CITY, Texas, July 13, 2012 (ENS) – A former hazardous waste disposal site adjacent to wetlands on the shore of [...]

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Europe’s New CO2 Emission Targets ‘Toughest in the World’

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Europe’s New CO2 Emission Targets ‘Toughest in the World’

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 13, 2012 (ENS) – The European Commission Wednesday proposed further cuts to carbon dioxide, CO2, emissions from [...]

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Groups: U.S. Shares ‘Mindset’ Behind Japan’s Nuclear Disaster

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Groups: U.S. Shares ‘Mindset’ Behind Japan’s Nuclear Disaster

WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2012 (ENS) – The same “man-made” problems underlying last year’s nuclear disaster in Japan exist today in [...]

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California Renews Rebates for Zero-Emission Vehicles

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California Renews Rebates for Zero-Emission Vehicles

SACRAMENTO, California, July 5, 2012 (ENS) – The California state agency responsible for clean air has approved $27 million for rebates to buyers [...]

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Heat Wave, Record Drought Parch United States

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Heat Wave, Record Drought Parch United States

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 5, 2012 (ENS) – More than half of the contiguous United States is in moderate drought or worse, a [...]

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Feds Advance Offshore Atlantic and Wyoming Wind Projects

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Feds Advance Offshore Atlantic and Wyoming Wind Projects

WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2012 (ENS) – Environmental reviews of two large-scale wind energy development proposals have been completed by the [...]

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Canada to Study Health Effects of Wind Turbine Noise

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Canada to Study Health Effects of Wind Turbine Noise

OTTAWA, Canada, July 12, 2012 (ENS) – Canadian health and statistics agencies are planning to explore the impact of wind [...]

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