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"An advertising campaign that previously pushed the phrase 'clean coal' launches new spots this week focused on jobs and low-cost power, the latest offering in a three-year, nearly $120 million effort to sell Congress and the White House on coal's future. Increasingly, there are signs that it is working.""Coal Ad Blitz Launches New Spot as Industry Sees Political Gains"
Greenwire, 02/09/2010
"[Rajendra K.] Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are now under intense scrutiny, facing accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest from climate skeptics....""U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege"
NYTimes, 02/09/2010
"The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has received national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries, including China and the United States that together account for 78 percent of global emissions from energy use.""Governments Confirm Climate Accord Pledges, No New Commitment"
ENS, 02/09/2010
"Quebec’s tough new light vehicle emissions regulation has become a political hot potato in Canada after the federal environment minister, Jim Prentice, denounced the rule as 'counter-productive' last week in Calgary while laying out Canada’s down-graded emission targets.""Quebec’s Vehicle Emission Law Is Disputed"
Green Inc., 02/09/2010
"A proposed new U.S. NOAA Climate Service is meant to help businesses adapt to the impact of climate change, and to spur development of new technologies to cope with it, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday.""New Climate Service Aims To Help Business Adapt"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Anti-whaling protest group Sea Shepherd said a Japanese whaling vessel 'intentionally rammed' one of its protest boats on Saturday during a standoff in Antarctic waters.""Whaling Ship 'Rammed' Protest Boat: Sea Shepherd"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago.""Weed Killer Atrazine May Be Linked To Birth Defect"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Federal land managers said Monday they'll delay a roundup of most of the nearly 600 wild horses in a range in eastern Nevada, at least until after the herd's spring foaling season.""BLM Delays Eastern Nevada Wild Horse Roundup"
AP, 02/09/2010
"HEAVY WEATHER, a new radio documentary by Barbara Bernstein explores the connections between increasing extreme weather and our changing climate and landscapes. It presents solutions that are community driven, based on decisions we make to change the ways we live and travel. Changes that actually can improve our quality of life.""Heavy Weather"
Heavy Weather, 02/09/2010
"Researchers at Northern Arizona University think they may have found an environmentally safe and readily available weapon against the tree-eating armies of bark beetles. It is, with apologies to the boys from Liverpool, the music of the beetles.""Bark Beetles' Song Could Save Forests"
, 02/09/2010
"Twenty-two electric utility facilities with coal ash impoundments have written action plans to make them safer. But on Thursday, as the U.S. EPA made these plans public, the agency also released engineering assessments of 40 more coal ash impoundments showing they have the 'high' or 'significant' potential to cause loss of human life, environmental damage, or damage to infrastructure.""EPA Reveals High Hazard Potential at More Coal Ash Ponds"
ENS, 02/08/2010
"An orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night.""Think-Tanks Take Oil Money and Use It To Fund Climate Deniers"
Independent, 02/08/2010
Greenhouse gases may not be the only cause of the observable thinning of Himalayan glacier; airborne black carbon particle, or soot, is also a major contributor."Black Carbon Driving Himalayan Melt"
Space Daily, 02/08/2010
"In this special Grist series, we’ll be looking at where synthetic nitrogen comes from and what our reliance on it is doing to our health and to the health of our waterways and climate. We’ll also be looking at ways in which synthetic nitrogen can be used more wisely—and, as much as possible, phased out.""The Nitrogen Dilemma: Is America Fertilizing Disaster?"
Grist, 02/08/2010
"Faced with stiff resistance from ranchers and farmers, the Obama administration has decided to scrap a national program intended to help authorities quickly identify and track livestock in the event of an animal disease outbreak.""U.S.D.A. Plans to Drop Program to Trace Livestock"
NYTimes, 02/08/2010
