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  • CERAWEEK 2010
    Mar 10, 2010 — Houston Chronicle
    Daniel Goldwyn, the State Department's coordinator of international energy (OOTC:ILGL) affairs, served on a panel.
  • Maryland eases environmental restrictions on some developers
    Mar 10, 2010 — Washington Post
    They would have required developers to trap rainwater with "green roofs" or rain barrels, shunt it into grassy fields or gravelly pits, and let it be filtered by the ground and by plants.
  • Bush Interior secretary discusses transformation to enthusiastic environmentalist
    Mar 9, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    There certainly were many players for whom environmental matters and conservation were somewhere lower along the totem pole. Conservatives -- with four decades of relentless critique of environmental laws, what they call "command and control" -- have come to conflate a critique of the tools for a critique of the value set. With climate change, the patterns of precipitation have changed.
  • EPA official says action plan on BPA is near
    Mar 9, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    On Monday, Washington state's Legislature approved a ban on the chemical in baby bottles, water bottles and other containers. Bans now are in place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, the city of Chicago and three counties in New York. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., say that the United States would be at an economic disadvantage if officials decide to curb emissions without similar moves by major emitters such as China and India.
  • EPA official says agency will act soon on BPA
    Mar 9, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    ...chemical industry lobbyists to talk about BPA. Critics say the delay was suspicious given that Jackson had so publicly called for the need to protect the public from BPA and other chemicals months before agency officials excluded BPA from its Dec. 30 list of four chemicals that would face stricter labeling and reporting requirements. In a letter last week, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged Jackson to reconsider the agency's decision to delay its action plan for BPA, arguing the...
  • Montgomery County weighs Clarksburg development interests
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    Miranda S. SpivackPatrick Darby wants to open a bookstore in Clarksburg's historic district, a short walk from thousands of homes springing up nearby. If Montgomery decides to delay or prohibit more development in the area because of pollution problems, that might help water quality but could harm efforts to revive historic Clarksburg. If they do, then Darby might get water and sewer and be able to open his bookstore.
  • Square Feet: New Airport, Northwest Florida Beaches International, to Open
    Mar 9, 2010 — New York Times
    Joe Company, the Florida developer that donated the land for the new airport and is the driving force behind the project. The existing Panama City-Bay County International Airport handles 11 departures a day, with about 160,000 departing passengers a year. Joe agreed to in order to mitigate the effects of building the airport on wetlands.
  • AFTER ERRORS, GLOBAL WARMING GETS A COLD SHOULDER
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    Also, the fact-checking and review of future reports needs to be more thorough.
  • Deal to Save Everglades May Help Sugar Firm
    Mar 8, 2010 — New York Times
    Crist’s deal with United States Sugar, even in its downsized form, offers the Everglades its best hope. Crist are confidants, and the governor referred to Mr. “This was going to save the Everglades.
  • Give Haiti control over its recovery
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    And no one is talking about what recourse Haitians will have if promised projects are never completed, or worse, pledged money never arrives. Experts will gather to discuss development strategies and donor countries will make public pledges of support to Haiti. In addition to the few elected leaders and a handful of NGO representatives who will speak to the donor states, representatives of the people we know and work with should be present and heard.
  • In Deal on Everglades, a Dream Is Deferred
    Mar 8, 2010 — New York Times
    Crist’s deal with United States Sugar, even in its downsized form, offers the Everglades its best hope. Crist are confidants, and the governor referred to Mr. Wade, the United States Sugar senior vice president, does.
  • New wastewater rules might affect Augusta industries
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
    ...discharges such as municipal and industrial wastewater 200 miles upstream. The plan requires development of "total maximum daily loads" for oxygen demanding pollutants from wastewater, and the recommended TMDL was -- at least on paper -- zero. In theory, the EPA's edict of zero would force cities to shut down all wastewater programs, but such a rule was deemed unenforceable. However, because the river is technically in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, all wastewater...
  • Oil and Gasoline Prices Begin to Creep Up
    Mar 8, 2010 — New York Times
    HOUSTON — Crude oil and gasoline prices are inching up again. Gasoline supplies also remain ample, but prices at the pump have been rising along with oil prices. Gasoline prices typically go up in the spring as refiners retool and switch to more expensive blends of gasoline.
  • Plastic boat to set sail with environmental message
    Mar 8, 2010 — CNN
    To underscore his message, he and collaborators designed a boat made almost entirely of plastic bottles and recycled plastic. Two of Heyerdahl's grandchildren, Olav Heyerdahl and Josian Heyerdahl, will be aboard during various legs of the Plastiki voyage. Expedition organizers say the boat will sail past the Midway Atoll en route to Australia.
  • Save water easily in the bathroom
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
    Toilets made before 1992 use more than 3 gallons of water with every flush. New, improved low-flow toilets use just 1.6 gallons of water per flush. This no-cost solution will save you a half-gallon of water every time you flush.A low-flow showerhead is another easy way to conserve water and save money.
  • The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Daryl Lease column
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Virginian-Pilot
    Beck contends Sunstein's views are "radical" and "dangerous." Never mind that similar bills appeared several years before Sunstein took office and garnered bipartisan support. And never mind that the supposedly sinister "czar" job that Sunstein holds was created in 1980. In Beck's bombast, this bill has nothing to do with protecting our drinking water.
  • Water missions team up for Africa
    Mar 8, 2010 — The Daily Oklahoman
    The hand drill will cost $600 compared to the machine's price tag of $10,000 to $15,000. The hand device is capable of drilling down 300 feet. Oklahoma Christian University sophomore Aloys Zunguzungu is from Rwanda.
  • Business vs. clean energy
    Mar 7, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
    I think climate change is the best example of how they come together. And even though for years he opposed the development of nuclear power, he now says it is "safer than it was 10 or 15 years ago." Such talk dismays many environmentalists. McHugh said, "We need to pursue the cleanest, fastest, cheapest and safest technologies.
  • EDITORIAL: Kansas
    Mar 7, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    In estimating the nation's wind-power potential, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory produced a color-coded map, and the sweet spot was purple. Today, the generally accepted total cost for nuclear power is 11.1 to 14.5 cents a kilowatt hour. Coal is cheaper, about 4.8 cents to 5.5 cents a kilowatt hour.
  • Even after downsizing, Crist's plan to save Everglades by buying sugar land is under siege
    Mar 7, 2010 — The Miami Herald
    Its board was controlled by Crist picks, other than one hold-over from Gov. Five months later, citing the economy, Crist downsized to a $1.34 billion land-only deal. U.S. Sugar is a big campaign donor.
  • Experts urge businesses to plan ahead for carbon rules
    Mar 7, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Kohl's generates solar power from panels mounted on the rooftops of 81 stores. There's almost a siege mentality," von Paumgartten said.
  • Green living with Ed Begley Jr.
    Mar 7, 2010 — CNN
    Begley: I did it because my father, Ed Begley, Sr. was a conservative that liked to conserve. Begley: It's human nature to resist change. Begley: Get out of your car as much as you can.
  • In Haiti, 'hoping for God to help' in earthquake's aftermath
    Mar 7, 2010 — The Commercial Appeal
    An 8 person team from Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center assisted over 600 Haitians on their 13 day medical mission trip to Port-Au-Prince. Wideline Jackin, 6, and Lovanise Jackin, 2, wait in the sun for their mother to come back with more water in the Tapivert camp in Cite Soleil, Haiti. Derek Kelly, 34, a Campbell Clinic pediatric surgeon with Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center amputates Evaline Mathelus' leg Saturday at Sacred Heart Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
  • The mighty thorium
    Mar 7, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
    Harry Reid, D-Nevada., introduced a bill that would direct thorium research begin at the Idaho National Laboratory.
  • Air panel proposes tougher regulations for ports
    Mar 6, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    ...a backstop rule, or the federal government adopts regulations for us. Which one do the ports prefer?" But Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said, "We don't think we need a backstop rule and we are not willing to support financial penalties. They want us to impose fines on our customers and that is not something we are willing do in the middle of an economic downturn." Port officials said they are ahead of schedule in reducing regional air pollution...
  • CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY OVER NEW LEAD RULES
    Mar 6, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    But remodeling and repair work had not been similarly regulated. Homeowners who do their own work are exempt.But less than two months before the regulations go into effect, many questions remain about enforcement, public awareness, and the rules themselves. The federal government often grants states such regulatory authority.
  • In Aftermath Of Ash Spill, A New Round Of Challenges
    Mar 6, 2010 — New York Times
    Landfill operators first sent the water to wastewater treatment plants — a common way landfills deal with excess liquid — in two nearby Alabama cities, Marion and Demopolis. Hughes said Thursday that new orders proposed additional monitoring of the wastewater at the landfill and allowed Demopolis to accept it. Demopolis is the only treatment plant in Alabama taking the landfill wastewater, Mr.
  • Message in their bottles: Real relief for Haiti
    Mar 6, 2010 — Star Tribune
    Preiner and Hungria went in with 19,000 bottles of water and came out with a 9-year-old Haitian orphan. Preiner and Hungria battled fatigue from 15 hours of effort. Hungria collected their names and cell phone numbers.
  • STATE SPENDING: Budget deal challenged as resort may sue over wasterwater funds
    Mar 6, 2010 — Las Vegas Review-Journal
    For every gallon of wastewater that ends up in the lake, Nevada earns return-flow credits allowing it to almost double its annual share of the Colorado River.
  • Chicago News Cooperative: Environmentalist Prods Fellow Blacks to Join in Her Crusade
    Mar 5, 2010 — New York Times
    Davis also preaches do-for-self to go along with her gospel of green. “The vision of Blacks In Green is self-sustaining black communities everywhere,” Ms. Davis staff the table, which was covered with the swirly light bulbs and eco-literature.
  • Committee ponders limits of state agencies' regulations
    Mar 5, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
    ...proposal would be for New Jersey's environment," said Dena Mottola Jaborska, executive director of Environment New Jersey. "A large percentage of actions this state has taken to protect New Jersey's air, land, and water would not have happened if this proposal were made law. It's like building a giant barrier against clean air, clean water, and open-space protections." Others welcomed the proposal, including Hal Bozarth, executive director of the Chemistry Council of New Jersey. The...
  • County's air pollution plan draws criticism
    Mar 5, 2010 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Worse, the plan fails to provide the basic protections of the [federal] Clean Air Act to at least 80 families living near the coke works," said Joseph Osborne, GASP's legal director.
  • Europe Offers $273 Million in Aid for a Gas Pipeline From Turkey to Austria
    Mar 5, 2010 — New York Times
    Oettinger said in a news conference in Brussels. Oettinger also offered encouragement to a rival, Russian-backed project called South Stream, which would take Russian natural gas under the Black Sea to Europe. Oettinger said the money still represented a “trump card on the table” for Nabucco.
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