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Environment News ServiceDegraded Lower Colorado River Needs Federal Help to RecoverEnvironment News Service... to develop watershed-based plans and support local projects to address nonpoint source pollution. "A Watershed Plan for the Lower Colorado River is under development by the state of Arizona Department of Environmental Quality," Strauss said. ...
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-03-095.asp
Radio New Zealand InternationalGuam to get more pollution as a result of US military plans, says ...Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand... build-up on Guam are a sign that pollution on the island is set to worsen. In a new book, Catherine Lutz claims that residents of territories which host military bases are unwitting victims of a range of environmental, social and financial impacts. ...Warning that Marianas chain is not being told about extent of US ... Radio New Zealand Internationalall 2 news articles
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=46958
China DailyPollution index up and runningChina Daily, ChinaAlex Wang, director of the NRDC China Environmental Law Project, said the index was in line with Chinese regulations regarding environmental information disclosure and it would positively impact the country's environmental protection and pollution ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-06/04/content_8246613.htm
DAWN.comIndustries told to be environmentally friendlyDAWN.com, PakistanSome of the industrialists expressed the view that since they were members of an association of industries, there was no need to discuss the issue of pollution or environmental degradation with them directly. A majority of the industries represented ...
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/business/13+industries+told+to+adopt+environment-friendly+practices-za-06
The Associated PressLawsuits target oil company operations overseasThe Associated PressSteve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International and a former adviser for Wiwa, said the plaintiffs are hoping to force Shell to repay residents of Nigeria for decades of pollution related to oil drilling. Today, he said, Shell continues ...Start of Shell Oil/Saro-Wiwa Trial is Delayed Voice of AmericaNigerian rights activist finally has his day in court NRC Internationalall 167 news articles
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLw_XqiBCJt_V8IlXTxJvp-Ffp-AD98JGBA00
Knowledge@WhartonThe Dragon Turns Green: China's Manufacturers Adapt to a New EraKnowledge@Wharton, PATo avoid environmental liabilities, for example, a company may join an industrial park to share the costs of pollution control with others, Du says. As a temporary measure, companies can move from a coastal province where enforcement is getting tougher ...
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2254
New York TimesClean Energy Funding Trumps Fossil FuelsNew York Times, United StatesFrom pollution, land destruction, CO2, military, tax breaks, ect would double oil, coal costs which would easily make most RE by far cheaper than fossil fuels. The same goes for Nukes which even with very heavy subsidies is double most RE costs. ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/clean-energy-funding-trumps-fossil-fuels/?ref=global
ReutersCompanies not disclosing climate risks: studiesReutersThe US Environmental Protection Agency tracks emissions of carbon dioxide from industry, but investors say they want to know more about corporate strategies to reduce pollution from other planet-warming gasses as well as carbon dioxide. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5525SY20090603
CNET NewsCan lasers save the incandescent lightbulb?CNET News, CA... thus saving even more mercury pollution. by Truth_wins_in_the_end June 3, 2009 2:27 PM PDT The radiation phobia with the nuclear power issue is also a false fear. More radiation is released into the environment by a coal-fired power plant to power ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10256065-54.html
ReutersChina cuts sulphur dioxide, water pollution in '08ReutersDespite the progress, the two targets reached are primitive indicators of overall environmental health that do not reflect the many other chemicals that have turned its pollution problems into a domestic headache and an international embarrassment. ...China Int'l Environmental Protection Exhibition kicks off CCTVall 15 news articles
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5524V020090603
Canada Free PressThe Facts about Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power PlantsCanada Free Press, CanadaEven before Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, creating the Environmental Protection Agency, air quality was improving. Prior to 1970, business saw certain types of pollution as waste, and worked to reduce them through technological ...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/11599
Dallas Morning NewsFeds plan expanded Midlothian air pollution study after criticism ...Dallas Morning News, TXBy RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News The last time the federal government agreed to assess environmental health in Midlothian, the results weren't pretty. In January, an air quality monitoring device operated in a field near Midlothian's TXI ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-midlothianair_03pro.ART.State.Edition2.50f8b82.html
BBC NewsPermit is granted for incineratorBBC News, UKCampaigners have opposed the plans and say they are concerned about pollution. The Environment Agency said the new permit will set strict conditions on its operation. Greg Broughton, Environment Manager for the Environment Agency, said: "We have ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8080499.stm
China DailyThree executives jailed over toxic lakeChina Daily, ChinaAs the judgment was handed down in Chengjiang county court yesterday, the local environmental protection bureau (EPB) revealed that it was seeking 200 million yuan to stop further pollution of the lake, which has ten times the safe amount of arsenic ...Court Fines Chemical Firm 16 Mln for Lake Pollution CRIENGLISH.comall 17 news articles
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/03/content_7967146.htm
News14.comTuesday first of many imminent Code Orange daysNews14.com, NCCHARLOTTE -- With temperatures increasing and the calendar having moved into June, it's time to start taking notice of the air quality once again before planning outdoor activities. Tuesday, state air quality officials issued a Code Orange ozone action ...Alert issued for air pollution for parts of NC WNCTall 59 news articles
http://www.news14.com/content/local_news/charlotte/610101/tuesday-first-of-many-imminent-code-orange-days/Default.aspx
fairfieldweekly.comGone Fissionfairfieldweekly.com, CTThe state Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled two weeks ago that Burton has legal standing to sue the state for failure to enforce pollution standards set out in the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act. Millstone sucks water from Long ...
http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=13217
Folsom TelegraphBeals Alliance Earns Environmental CertificationFolsom Telegraph, CAThe 30 year old, multi-disciplinary firm, comprised primarily of Landscape Architects, earned the certification by taking voluntary actions to conserve energy, reduce the amount of solid waste generated at their business, and prevent pollution. ...
http://my.folsomtelegraph.com/detail/115824.html
AFPRussia to raise cross-border pollution with ChinaAFPThe Russian delegation, including officials from the far-eastern Khabarovsk region that borders China, will discuss "prevention and removal of pollution in the Songhua River" and other environmental issues, the ministry said in a statement. ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6uxnfW1Q9tr-SjHRSJcN70EawAA
NJ.comDEP compromises scientific integrity and public healthNJ.com, NJIn September 2002, the [Bush] Administration removed a section on climate change from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) annual air pollution report. This report had contained a section on climate change for the past five years. ...NJ environmental agency proposes restrictions on release of ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.comall 3 news articles
http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/2009/06/case_in_point_how_dep_compromi.html
HealthJockey.comEnvironmental pollution and liver disease may be linkedHealthJockey.com, IndiaA team of experts may be among the first to have demonstrated that environmental pollution may somehow be linked with liver disease in the common people in the US This study was seemingly built on their previous analysis revealing liver diseases in the ...Pollution may contribute to rise in liver disease Canada.comEnvironmental pollution raises liver disease risk World Newsall 40 news articles
http://www.healthjockey.com/2009/05/30/environmental-pollution-and-liver-disease-may-be-linked/
Science in the HeadlinesRising Air Pollution Increases Health RisksScience in the Headlines, DCTo further assist EPA's decision-making processes and formulation of environmental public policy, the Research Council also issued Models in Environmental Decision Making. Models help EPA explain environmental phenomena in settings where direct ...Air pollution in West Virginia: what you can't see could hurt you West Virginia Public Broadcastingall 7 news articles
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20090528.html
Global Voices OnlineEgyptian Blogger to Pay a Heavy Fine For Reporting On ...Global Voices Online, MAIn his blog, he is putting a badge calling the visitor to stand together against this factory, which is polluting the environment. Mabrouk also reported on harsh working conditions in the company. This sentence is to be the second case in Egypt of ...
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/27/egyptian-blogger-to-pay-a-heavy-fine-for-reporting-on-environmental-pollution/
Providence JournalBill boosting fines for industrial pollution makes progressProvidence Journal, RIPhil Brown, left, speaks during a protest by environmental groups outside lobbyist Robert Goldberg's office. A bill to increase fines for Rhode Island industrial polluters received the once-elusive support of key State House leaders on Tuesday, ...RI bill to increase fines on polluters gains support Providence Journalall 5 news articles
http://www.projo.com/news/content/Environmental_dispute_05-27-09_HCEGNC1_v18.42df0c0.html
The Associated PressEPA urged to act on climate, not wait for CongressThe Associated Press"It is clear that the choice is no longer between doing something and doing nothing to curb greenhouse gas pollution. It is a choice between regulation and legislation," said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass. "We believe that the bill we have crafted in the ...To Obama and the EPA: The Threat is Real, It's Time to Act YES! MagazineCaterpillar receives Environmental Protection award Construction ContractorEPA urged to act on climate, not wait for Congress The Associated Pressall 312 news articles
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFfOn9fGm50O9nEQAVTgGHUiK_pwD988OG100
New York TimesBrookhaven Finds Its Star on the RiseNew York Times, United States... of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, an environmental group, and a member of the lab's Community Advisory Council, formed 10 years ago when the lab was being criticized by neighbors for incidents involving radioactive and chemical pollution. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/nyregion/long-island/03labli.html
New York TimesBoard Votes to Ban Phosphate FertilizersNew York Times, United States - Juli S. Charkes“Restricting the use of phosphorus fertilizers is a major step in tackling a water pollution crisis that threatens more of our watershed areas every day,” he said. The impetus for the law was a study by a state task force, released in 2000. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/nyregion/westchester/03lawnwe.html
WCHSStopping Another BhopalWCHS, WV... are fighting pollution especially poorer communities, communities of color where chemical companies have built their plants and continue to do anything. Basically, they have no law of land," says Rachna Dhingra, an environmental activist in India. ...
http://www.58wchs.com/includes/news_items/7/news_items_more.php?id=473§ion_id=7
Dallas Morning NewsEnergy Future Holdings ramps up efforts to get Congress to delay ...Dallas Morning News, TX - Dave MichaelsBut many top Democrats are negotiating with the utilities, in part because executives such as John Young no longer outright oppose mandatory pollution caps. "I'm not just looking at my own interests in that regard," said Young, who helped rally utility ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/050209dnbusefhlobby.3ba5e9a.html
Great Neck RecordStimulus Stimulates More CommunicationGreat Neck Record, NY - Carol Frank, Carol FrankBy the end of the meeting, there was a commitment from the town to facilitate the communication between the DEC and the Water Pollution Control District and the experts were talking to the other experts and exchanging business cards. ...
http://www.antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/2009/05/01/news/
WSAV-TVAir Quality Awareness WeekWSAV-TV, GA - Kris PosmanThe Environmental Protection Agency and state and local governments work constantly to make the air cleaner across the country through air quality standards and rules to reduce pollution from power plants, industries, cars, diesel trucks, ...American Lung Association gives West Michigan's air low marks for ... MLive.comall 34 news articles
http://www.wsav.com/sav/weather/storm_center/article/air_quality_awareness_week2/11883/
Daily GreenYour Tuna Is Getting More ToxicDaily Green - Dan ShapleyAsia is an important source of mercury in the Pacific not only because prevailing winds carry air pollution over the ocean, where it rains down, but also because ocean currents carry the pollution throughout the basin, according to the study. ...Big increase in ocean mercury found; study predicts more human ... Environmental Health Newsall 15 news articles
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/tuna-mercury-47050102
New York TimesCowabunga | A New Wave Surf FilmNew York Times, United States - Aimee WallestonHere, Marcopoulos, who will be the subject of a large-scale survey exhibition this September at the Berkeley Museum, talks about throwing his hat into the world of environmental activism. Surfers are kind of like ocean experts without degrees. ...
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/cowabunga-a-new-wave-surf-film/
BBC NewsBacteria probe into fish deathsBBC News, UKTests by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency are continuing to determine whether a rare bacteria that occurs naturally may be to blame. Results are expected in the next two weeks. Sepa pollution control staff have been working with fisheries ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8029728.stm
Voice of AmericaChina to Focus on Renewable EnergyVoice of America - Kari CameronBy Kari Cameron China is battling air pollution and high costs for imported energy with an aggressive focus on renewable energy. China's government says it will have 100 gigawatts of wind-power capacity by 2020 - enough to power more than 60 million ...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-01-voa34.cfm
Daily GreenYou Are What You Eat (But Also What It Was Packaged In)Daily Green - Dan Shapley, Dan ShapleyBoth chemicals are long-lived in the environment, and have been found widely throughout nature, including in high concentrations in Arctic wildlife, far from sources of industrial pollution. There appears to be no plans to phase out diPAPs from food ...
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/packaging-chemicals-47050101
Environmental LeaderCanada, China, Germany Struggle to Reduce GHG EmissionsEnvironmental Leader, COAccording to the news agency, Germany's cabinet recently approved a CCS draft law that opens the door to developing the technology that will cut coal plant pollution and bury CO2 underground. Britain also recently announced plans to force all new coal ...
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/01/canada-china-germany-struggle-to-reduce-ghg-emissions/
Opposing ViewsUS On Right Track to Eliminating CoalOpposing Views, CA - Bruce Nilles, Bruce NillesEPA Opposes Big Stone II Coal Plant in South Dakota: On January 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned approval of this proposed coal-fired power plant. EPA's decision came after the state failed to require state-of-the-art pollution ...
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-us-on-right-track-to-eliminating-coal
Washington TimesEPA rapidly reversing Bush policiesWashington Times, DC - Edward FelkerBut its plans hit a snag earlier this week, when the Environmental Protection Agency, citing air pollution concerns, moved to revoke a Bush administration permit and block the project. Similar "green" reversals have grown commonplace at EPA, ...
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/01/epa-reviewing-bush-policies/
The Durango HeraldDesert Rock sustains major body blowThe Durango Herald, Colorado - Mark Pearson, Mark PearsonNo permit to emit pollution, and no permit to move electricity from source to demand. It's making Desert Rock a more dubious proposition all the time. Desert Rock's proponents hyped the issuance of the air-quality permit last summer as a major ...
http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/Columnists/Thinking_Green/2009/04/30/Desert_Rock_sustains_major_body_blow/
SustainableBusiness.comColumn - Apples to Oranges: 100 DaysSustainableBusiness.com, NY - Bart KingObama wasted no time overturning each of these and instituting a full review of the Bush's plans for offshore drilling and the permitting of new sources of air pollution. Obama's swift move to return science to its rightful place as an undeniable ...Obama Earns Praise for Green Action in First 100 Days Environment News ServiceThe 100-day Dash: An Ambitious but Worrisome Start for the Obama ... Knowledge@Whartonall 5,685 news articles
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.feature/id/1673
Wisconsin Ag ConnectionCitizens Group Files Appeal to Rosendale Dairy PermitWisconsin Ag Connection, WI... waters and to ensure that waters to which Rosendale Dairy is likely to discharge pollution 'will meet applicable standards for acceptable levels of pollution.' According to a joint statement by the Midwest Environmental Advocates and Garvey McNeil, ...
http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=527&yr=2009
Environment News ServiceNew England Receives Water Quality Management Planning GrantsEnvironment News Service"These efforts can result in improvements such as better strategies for reducing nonpoint source pollution, employing green infrastructure, improving water or energy efficiencies, and other environmental innovations," he said. States are encouraged to ...
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2009/2009-04-29-093.asp
Chicago TribuneEPA seizes Crestwood filesChicago Tribune, United States - Michael Hawthorne, Carmen Greco Jr.Most violations of environmental laws are handled in civil court, and criminal pollution investigations typically are directed at corporations and individuals, not municipalities. Agents on the scene in Crestwood wouldn't say much, ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-crestwood-water-raid-30-apr30,0,1680021.story
Discover MagazineObama Moves to Undo Bush-Era Environmental PoliciesDiscover Magazine, NY... the agency told its Environmental Appeals Board that it wanted to address several issues, including soot emissions, possible effects on endangered species and concerns about pollution-control technologies [The New York Times]. ...Obama Reverses Bush Rule On Mountaintop Removal Mining Daily Greenall 598 news articles
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/obama-moves-to-undo-bush-era-environmental-policies/
ABC NewsTop Polluted US Cities With the Worst AirABC News - Cari NierenbergResearchers measured the air quality of different areas using three criteria -- long-term particle pollution, short-term particle pollution and ozone concentration. All three forms of pollution have been shown to have negative health effects. ...NJ air is ranked as among worst in US by clean-air group The Star-Ledger - NJ.comOver 50% Of Americans Live Among Dangerous Air Pollution dBTechnoAmerican Lung Association's State of Air report: "air pollution ... TopNews United StatesWest Virginia Public Broadcasting - WBNG-TVall 721 news articles
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=7449100&page=1
ForbesIn Depth: Worst Cities For Year-Round Particle PollutionForbes, NY... tabulating and publishing federal statistics--using the highest weighted average for any county within that MSA. Grading was based on the Environmental Protection Agency's determination of violations of the national ambient air quality standard.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/28/pollution-longterm-air-lifestyle-health-longterm-pollution_slide.html
Environment News ServiceG8 Environment Ministers: Climate, Biodiversity, Health EssentialEnvironment News ServiceUnder Canada's leadership, the G8 last addressed children's environmental health in 2002. As the mother of two young boys, Jackson said she has both a personal and a professional stake in protecting the health of children from "clouds of pollution, ...Clinton tells nations US acting on climate change The Associated PressTwo years and counting: Harper government's climate change and air ... Alberta TalksRemarks at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate US Department of StateEarthtimes (press release) - Environment News Serviceall 918 news articles
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2009/2009-04-28-02.asp
Los Angeles TimesAttacks intensify in LA city attorney raceLos Angeles Times, CA - Irfan KhanIn an interview from Germany, where he was attending a conference, Baca said Weiss crossed the line with his new ads, which question Trutanich's representation of companies accused of environmental pollution, several USC athletes accused of sexual ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-city-attorney28-2009apr28,0,2022565.story
Environment News ServiceCourt Orders Canada to Report Pollution Data for MinesEnvironment News ServiceThe Federal Court sided with the environmental groups and issued an Order demanding that the federal government immediately begin publicly reporting mining pollution data from 2006 onward to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, NPRI. ...
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2009/2009-04-27-02.asp
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