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Energy

Innovative Energy Research Agency Opens By Funding 37 Projects

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Innovative Energy Research Agency Opens By Funding 37 Projects

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – Liquid metal grid-scale battery technology that could enable constant energy supply from intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power… […]

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Air/Climate

EPA Must Limit Power Plant Air Toxics By November 2011

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Must Limit Power Plant Air Toxics By November 2011

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to adopt rules reducing air pollution from coal-burning and oil-burning power plants by November 16, […]

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Land Use/Forests

Queensland National Park Handed Back to Aboriginal Owners

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Queensland National Park Handed Back to Aboriginal Owners

  KOWANYAMA, Queensland, Australia, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The historic first return to indigenous owners of an Australian national park in the state of Queensland took place Friday on […]

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Air/Climate

100 World Lawmakers Agree to Take Climate Action Now

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on 100 World Lawmakers Agree to Take Climate Action Now

  COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – Legislators from 16 of the world’s major economies and most major political parties have agreed on key guiding principles to enact climate […]

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Air/Climate

Obama Expresses Support for Strong Climate Change Legislation

October 23, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Obama Expresses Support for Strong Climate Change Legislation

  CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 23, 2009 (ENS) – Speaking today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President Barack Obama expressed his strong support for legislation to control climate change by […]

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Toxics

Washington State Limits Copper and Zinc in Industrial Discharges

October 23, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Washington State Limits Copper and Zinc in Industrial Discharges

  OLYMPIA, Washington, October 23, 2009 (ENS) – The Washington Department of Ecology Wednesday placed new limits on pollution in stormwater runoff from industrial facilities, affecting some 1,200 permitted facilities […]

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Air/Climate

International Climate Action Starts Today: 4,800 Events in 179 Countries

October 23, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on International Climate Action Starts Today: 4,800 Events in 179 Countries

  NEW YORK, New York, October 23, 2009 (ENS) – Climate protection is the point – an atmospheric level of carbon dioxide of 350 parts per million is the target […]

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Energy

California Tops State Energy Efficiency Rankings

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on California Tops State Energy Efficiency Rankings

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – California is the state doing the most to implement energy efficiency, followed closely by Connecticut, Oregon, New York, and Vermont, according to […]

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Oceans

Clean Cruise Ship Act Introduced to Stop Raw Sewage Dumping

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Clean Cruise Ship Act Introduced to Stop Raw Sewage Dumping

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly identical bills to prevent cruise ships from discharging raw, untreated sewage in U.S. coastal waters were introduced Wednesday in both Houses […]

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Wildlife

U.S. Proposes Critical Habitat to Protect Polar Bears

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Proposes Critical Habitat to Protect Polar Bears

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – In partial settlement of a polar bear protection lawsuit brought against the U.S. government by three conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and […]

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Energy

‘Crude,’ the Film, Explores Oil Giants’ Crude Conduct in Ecuador

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on ‘Crude,’ the Film, Explores Oil Giants’ Crude Conduct in Ecuador

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – The acclaimed documentary film “Crude,” which details the 16-year struggle of indigenous peoples in Ecuador’s Amazon to hold Chevron legally accountable for […]

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Air/Climate

GE to Power World’s Largest Carbon Sequestration Project

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on GE to Power World’s Largest Carbon Sequestration Project

  PERTH, Australia, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – The world’s largest carbon dioxide capture and storage project under Barrow Island off Australia’s west coast, will be powered with compression equipment […]

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Water

California Seeks to Limit Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on California Seeks to Limit Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water

  SACRAMENTO, California, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – California could become the first state in the nation to set a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing chemical at […]

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Energy

BP Whiting Refinery Permit Sent Back to the Drawing Board

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on BP Whiting Refinery Permit Sent Back to the Drawing Board

  CHICAGO, Illinois, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an objection to the operating permit for BP North America’s refinery in Whiting, Indiana that […]

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Energy

Interior Inspector General to Probe Legality of Bush-era Oil Shale Leases

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Interior Inspector General to Probe Legality of Bush-era Oil Shale Leases

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has asked Interior’s Inspector General to investigate a set of favorable conditions and low royalty rates […]

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At Risk

Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran’s Research Reactor

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran’s Research Reactor

  VIENNA, Austria, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – A draft agreement on providing Iran with fuel for a civilian nuclear research facility that could defuse tension over Iran’s nuclear program […]

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Air/Climate

Biofuels Can Be Climate Friends or Enemies, UNEP Reports

October 20, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Biofuels Can Be Climate Friends or Enemies, UNEP Reports

  NAIROBI, Kenya, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Burning some biofuels can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but not all biofuel use leads to cuts in greenhouse gases, finds the […]

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Land Use/Forests

Bush-era Public Land Mining Regulations Illegal, Lawsuit Claims

October 20, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Bush-era Public Land Mining Regulations Illegal, Lawsuit Claims

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Two Bush-era regulations that relaxed limits on the dumping of mine waste and removed the mining industry’s obligation to compensate the American […]

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Energy

Coal Mining Protesters Arrested in W. Virgina Governor’s Office

October 20, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Coal Mining Protesters Arrested in W. Virgina Governor’s Office

  CHARLESTON, West Virginia, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Seven opponents of mountaintop removal mining, ages 18 to 22, were arrested Monday afternoon as they staged a sit-in at the […]

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Oceans

Petition Seeks Protection for 83 Coral Species in U.S. Waters

October 20, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Petition Seeks Protection for 83 Coral Species in U.S. Waters

  SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal petition asking the federal government to protect 83 imperiled coral species under […]

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