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"Among Most Polluted In US, NYC Area Awaits Cleanup" [1]

"NEW YORK -- Just across the East River from midtown Manhattan’s shimmering skyscrapers sits one of the nation’s most polluted neighborhoods, fouled by generations of industrial waste, overflow from the city’s sewage system and an underground oil leak bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill."

Source: AP [2], 03/04/2013

"Orange County Is Growing Green Jobs" [3]

"In the sleek Irvine office building of FirstCarbon Solutions, engineers, biologists, and mapping software specialists work in green jobs. They calculate the impact of housing tracts, design wetlands, and measure air pollution as part of the fast-growing environmental consulting industry."

Source: Orange County Register [4], 03/04/2013

"Drought Revives Interest in Reservoirs" [5]

"Tucked away in northeast Texas, Lake Gilmer was the last major reservoir built in the state, more than a decade ago. Local officials said they had intended to share construction costs and water with a new power plant, but the power company backed out, leaving the City of Gilmer with the bill."

Source: Texas Tribune [6], 03/04/2013

Railroads Emerge as Alternative To Keystone Xl Pipeline [7]

"Even if foes of the Keystone XL pipeline block it, companies seeking to get Canada’s oil sands to U.S. and world markets could travel the old-fashioned way: by rail."

Source: Wash Post [8], 03/04/2013

NYT Editors Kill Green Blog Without Explanation [9]

"At 5pm on Friday afternoon, The New York Times posted the following announcement: 'The Times is discontinuing the Green blog, which was created to track environmental and energy news and to foster lively discussion of developments in both areas. This change will allow us to direct production resources to other online projects. But we will forge ahead with our aggressive reporting on environmental and energy topics, including climate change, land use, threatened ecosystems, government policy, the fossil fuel industries, the growing renewables sector and consumer choices.'"

Source: Columbia Journalism Review [10], 03/04/2013

"After Keystone Review, Environmentalists Vow To Continue Fight" [11]

"Environmentalists have a hope. If they can block the Keystone XL pipeline, they can keep Canada from developing more of its dirty tar sands oil. It takes a lot of energy to get it out of the ground and turn it into gasoline, so it has a bigger greenhouse gas footprint than conventional oil. But the State Department report, which was released Friday, says Keystone won't have much of an impact on the development of that oil from Alberta."

Source: NPR [12], 03/04/2013

Calif. High-Speed Rail Finally Wins Peninsula Lawsuit After 5 Years [13]

"SACRAMENTO -- Nearly five years after Peninsula cities first sued to block California's high-speed train from running along the Caltrain corridor, a judge has dismissed the case in a long-awaited victory for bullet train backers."

Source: San Jose Mercury News [14], 03/01/2013

"Loss of Wild Pollinators Serious Threat To Crop Yields, Study Finds" [15]

"The decline of wild bees and other pollinators may be an even more alarming threat to crop yields than the loss of honeybees, a worldwide study suggests, revealing the irreplaceable contribution of wild insects to global food production."

Source: Guardian [16], 03/01/2013

Youngstown Gas Driller Indicted for Dumping Fracking Waste Into River [17]

"CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal grand jury returned an indictment against the owner of an oil and gas drilling company on Thursday, charging him with violating the Clean Water Act by dumping more than 20,000 gallons of fracking waste into a river in Youngstown."

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer [18], 03/01/2013

"Fukushima Disaster Residents ‘Have An Extra Risk of Cancer'" [19]

"Girls living nearest to the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone have almost a 70 per cent increased risk of thyroid cancer, the World Health Organisation says."

Source: Times of London [20], 03/01/2013

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