Environment
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02/03/2012 03:10 PM
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters)
Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
02/03/2012 08:20 AM
USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $40.2 million in grants to farmers, ranchers and farmer-controlled rural business ventures aimed at spurring locally produced food supplies and renewable energy ventures.
02/03/2012 08:03 AM
NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant (AP)
AP - Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation's first nuclear plant in a generation.
02/03/2012 07:40 AM
Nature's Surprise: 365 New Species Spotted in Peru (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian forests there, according to a conservation group.
02/03/2012 06:43 AM
UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)
AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
02/02/2012 09:00 PM
58% vs. 27% - Sharp Divide Between Republicans and Democrats on Energy and the Environment (Pew)
Pew - No issue divides more along partisan lines than the importance of environmental protection ÃÂ 58% of Democrats say it is a top priority, compared with just 27% of Republicans.
02/02/2012 02:45 PM
Lawsuit seeks info, damages in 7-year oil spill (AP)
AP - An environmental watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday against the company it blames for an oil spill 11 miles off the coast of Louisiana, claiming oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for more than seven years with few details about what's being done to stop it.
02/02/2012 01:08 PM
Storm over climate change among weather forecasters (Reuters)
Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
02/02/2012 01:00 PM
Obama opens door to offshore wind power along mid-Atlantic coast (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration today unveiled plans to boost US offshore wind power by opening up four new wind-leasing regions for wind turbine power generation.
02/02/2012 03:05 PM
Feds: Mid-Atlantic wind farms take step forward (AP)
AP - The view off the mid-Atlantic shore in the next decade could include giant wind turbines generating electricity for homes in several states if federal efforts to speed approval for the projects shave years off the process as officials intend.
NYT > Environment
02/04/2012 12:06 AM
Texas Drought Forces Town to Haul in Water by Truck
The well of Spicewood Beach in central Texas is among 13 public water systems throughout the state that are projected to run out of water in 180 days or less.
02/04/2012 07:49 AM
Rescuing the Birds Many Love to Hate
At the core of New York City Pigeon Rescue Central are pigeon lovers, animal activists and eccentrics who dedicate themselves to the much-maligned birds’ welfare.
02/03/2012 08:54 PM
National Briefing | Environment: Donations to Sierra Club Raise Ire
The Sierra Club’s president, Michael Brune, has acknowledged in a blog post that beginning five years ago, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy.
02/02/2012 10:00 PM
The Texas Tribune: Latest Effect of BP Oil Spill: Waves of Cash for Texas Coast
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Gulf Coast now stands to benefit as money pours in for restoration.
02/03/2012 10:14 AM
Green Blog: Report: Sierra Club Accepted Gas Industry Money
An article raises the issue of whether the Sierra Club's support of natural gas as a "bridge fuel" was influenced by donations from the gas industry.
02/03/2012 09:47 AM
Green Blog: Coral, Part II: Is the Cold or Heat More Lethal?
Researchers find that extreme cold induces acute stress in coral but that heat is ultimately more lethal.
02/03/2012 08:28 AM
Green Blog: Warming Seas and Corals: A New Conundrum
A new study based on research in western Australia suggests that warming seas can benefit corals -- but perhaps only to a point.
02/03/2012 07:30 AM
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Military Drones That Mimic Butterflies
To aid defense contractors, researchers try to map how butterflies carry out an astonishing variety of flight maneuvers.
02/03/2012 11:10 AM
Fessenheim Journal: Wishing Upon an Atom in a Tiny French Village
In the village of Fessenheim, an aging nuclear plant stirs both protests and support over the use of nuclear power across France.
02/02/2012 10:28 PM
National Briefing | New England: Maine: Emergency Plan Would Limit Cod Fishing
Fishermen from Cape Cod, Mass., to northern Maine would have to reduce the amount of cod they catch under an emergency proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council.
Reuters: Environment
02/03/2012 02:02 PM
Bill would block export of Keystone fuels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats unveiled legislation on Friday that would block export of any oil transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, as they challenged claims that the delayed project would boost U.S. energy security.
02/03/2012 03:07 PM
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
02/03/2012 03:53 PM
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.
02/03/2012 02:44 PM
Grounded U.S. whooping cranes taking to the road
(Reuters) - A flock of young whooping cranes stuck in Alabama have lost interest in following an ultra-light plane leading them to a Florida winter habitat, so the rare birds' human coaches prepared on Friday to drive them to a nearby marsh.
02/03/2012 02:59 PM
U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public land
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department.
msnbc.com: Environment
02/02/2012 12:21 PM
Lawsuit: Gulf oil spill still leaking after 7 years
Environmental groups on Thursday sued an oil company over the pace of its cleanup of a Gulf of Mexico spill that continues seven years after it was triggered by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
02/02/2012 12:20 PM
Forecasters in stormy debate over climate
Whether mankind is behind warming temperatures is an issue that's divided the American Meteorological Society, whose members are Americans' prime source of news about weather.
02/01/2012 07:15 PM
Glacier theft suspects on thin ice with Chilean police
Thieves have stolen 11,000 pounds of ancient ice from a Chilean glacier to make designer cubes for cocktails in bars in the nation's capital, Santiago, authorities have told local media.
02/02/2012 11:15 AM
US: Mid-Atlantic wind farms take step forward
Offshore wind farms from New Jersey to Virginia took a big step closer to reality with the completion of a review that showed the renewable energy source would leave no major environmental damage, officials said Thursday.
02/02/2012 10:39 AM
US estimates tritium release at Illinois reactor
The trace amount of radioactive tritium released in steam to cool a reactor during a shutdown at an Illinois nuclear plant was not enough to present a danger to the public, according to the first estimates by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.