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"Proposed Wildlife Policy Change Draws Fire" [1]

"Dozens of conservation groups and nearly 100 scientists voiced opposition on Thursday to an Obama administration proposal they say would make it much harder for imperiled creatures to qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act."

Source: Reuters [2], 03/13/2012

"Solyndra Is Blamed as Clean-Energy Loan Program Stalls" [3]

The Democrat-controlled Senate Energy Committee will hold a hearing today [Tuesday] which could turn the table on the House's highly politicized hearings condemning the Obama administration's administration of the Congress-passed energy loan program. Energy Sec. Steven Chu will testify.

Source: NY Times [4], 03/13/2012

"Gas Prices Trigger Obama Scramble" [5]

"The White House scrambled Monday to contain the political damage from rising gas prices, which have emerged as a primary threat to President Obama’s reelection."

Source: E2 Wire [6], 03/13/2012

Senate Could Vote Again Today on Keystone Pipeline, Arctic Refuge [7]

"The Senate [Tuesday] will likely vote on an amendment to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and to vastly expand access to domestic oil and gas resources. But unlike similar votes last week, senators this time will vote on a much broader package that includes the extension of expiring tax incentives."

Phil Taylor reports for Greenwire (subscription only) March 12, 2012.
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Source: Greenwire [8], 03/13/2012

As EcoTerrorism Wanes, FBI Still Target Activist Groups Seen as Threat [9]

"Ben Kessler, a student at the University of North Texas and an environmental activist, was more than a little surprised that an FBI agent questioned his philosophy professor and acquaintances about his whereabouts and his sign-waving activities aimed at influencing local gas drilling rules."

Source: Wash Post [10], 03/12/2012

"Ozone Layer Scientist Who 'Saved the World' Dies" [11]

"F. Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize-winning chemist who sounded the alarm on the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer, has died at 84."

Source: AP [12], 03/12/2012

Disease-Carrying Tick Populations Spread North To Canada: Study [13]

"A new study has documented the rapid growth in Canada of ticks that can cause Lyme disease, and global warming is thought to be a factor."

Source: Postmedia [14], 03/12/2012

"Report: Great Lakes Winter Ice Cover Has Decreased 71% Since 1973" [15]

"The average amount of ice covering the Great Lakes declined 71 percent over the past 40 winters, with Lake Superior ice down 79 percent, according to a report published by the American Meteorological Society.

'There was a significant downward trend in ice coverage from 1973 to the present for all of the lakes,' states the study appearing in the society’s Journal of Climate.

Source: Duluth News Tribune [16], 03/12/2012

"Sea Shepherd Declares Victory as Japanese Whalers Head Home" [17]

"WILLIAMSTOWN, Australia -- The whale conservation group Sea Shepherd is celebrating victory as Japan ends its whaling season with less than a third of its annual self-assigned quota."

Source: ENS [18], 03/12/2012

"What Happened to the Girls in Le Roy" [19]

When some 18 girls in the upstate New York town of Le Roy developed unexplained tics and twitches starting in August 2011, many were quick to suspect that the cause was toxic substances in the environment. There had been a major chemical spill there in 1970. Erin Brockovich, of movie fame, started an investigation (as did EPA). But many of the potential chemical causes were ultimately discounted. Later hypotheses about the cause included sociological, psychological, and infectious factors. Today, many of the victims are doing better.

Source: NY Times Magazine [20], 03/12/2012

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