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"Groundhog Day: An Oil Giant Spins a Spill" [1]

"Credibility is a precious thing. Oil giant ExxonMobil did not have much to begin with, but it went even deeper into its scarce reserves in the past few days when a company pipeline spilled oil into a river that runs past the homes of about 6,500 people. Wednesday brought another blow: it turns out ExxonMobil needed almost an hour to fully seal the burst pipeline instead of the 30 minutes company president Gary Pruessing had initially said it took."

Source: TIME [2], 07/07/2011

Central U.S. Is Home to Miscanthus Biomass Crop Projects [5]

The US Dept. of Agriculture is providing financial support for farmers to grow the grass in four project areas in four states. The goal is to substantially increase production of the crop, and USDA estimates about 4,000 jobs will be created.

Feds and Private Sector Funding Major Solar Panel Projects [6]

Project Amp, expected to lead to the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on about 750 industrial buildings in 28 states, would feed enough energy to the grid to power 90,000-100,000 homes. Taking a different approach, Google and a company called SolarCity are teaming up to spur installation of solar panels to power individual homes, committing $280 million to the project.

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Acknowledged by Experts [7]

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America position statement addresses food and its security, feed, fuel, fiber, pollination, pest management, water availability, erosion control, greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock operations, research and development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

EPA To Announce Secondary Standard for SOx and NOx [8]

While primary standards are designed to protect human health, secondary standards are established to protect the environment. In the case of NOx and SOx, some of the primary targets include reduced aquatic and terrestrial acidification, and reduced nitrogen deposition on land and water.

U.S.-E.U. Showdown Over Airline Emissions Begins [15]

"If European lawmakers have their way, by next year any American flying from Boston to Paris will have to pay for the plane's carbon emissions over Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean and France."

Source: ClimateWire [16], 07/06/2011

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/groundhog-day-oil-giant-spins-spill [2] http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/07/07/groundhog-day-an-oil-giant-spins-a-spill/ [3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tough-new-clean-air-rules-will-target-drifting-pollution [4] http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2011-07-06-clean-air_n.htm [5] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/central-us-home-miscanthus-biomass-crop-projects [6] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-and-private-sector-funding-major-solar-panel-projects [7] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-acknowledged-experts [8] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-announce-secondary-standard-sox-and-nox [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/indian-tribes-welcome-much-maligned-fema-homes-rejected-after-katrina [10] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ap-enterprise-indian-tribes-welcome-much-maligned-fema-homes-that-were-rejected-after-katrina/2011/07/06/gIQA5diL0H_story.html [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmentalists-fight-uranium-mining-va [12] http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/virginia/2011/07/environmentalists-fight-uranium-mining-va [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/review-makes-future-kansas-coal-fired-power-plant-unclear [14] http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/04/2993651/legal-challenge-makes-the-future.html [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-eu-showdown-over-airline-emissions-begins [16] http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/07/05/05climatewire-us-eu-showdown-over-airline-emissions-begins-88684.html [17] https://www.sej.org/search_results [18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4178 [19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4175 [20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4176 [21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4177 [22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4180 [23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4181 [24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4182 [25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4183 [26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4940