The purpose of this conference, sponsored by the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC, is to establish a Minority-Serving Institutions Consortium on Alternative Energy.
"President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would order a government-wide review of regulations with the goal of eliminating those that hurt job creation and make the U.S. economy less competitive."
"Arch Coal Inc. could have cut the stream damage from its proposed Spruce Mine in half without significantly increasing coal-production costs, according to a previously secret engineering report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
"Shrinking ice and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere is reflecting ever less sunshine back into space in a previously underestimated mechanism that could add to global warming, a study showed."
"Vermont's scenic vistas and unspoiled natural assets get lots of attention. But there's also plenty of hazardous waste and pollution, according to a nonprofit group that released a town-by-town listing of the state's toxic threats Monday."
"OTTAWA — The federal government is making good on a promise to ban a toxic chemical additive in soft plastic toys and other children's products."
"Higher ocean levels force Ventura officials to move facilities inland, an action that is expected to recur along the coast as the ocean rises over the next century."
"Experts worry that the world is facing a looming food crisis, one that we are currently not well prepared to deal with."
"Images and data on climate, earthquakes and much more is now available in a new mobile application that offers users simplified access to libraries that until now were tapped mainly by earth and environmental scientists."
"For the first time, antimatter has been observed occurring naturally on Earth, as scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have documented beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-announces-review-government-regulations
[3] http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110118/pl_nm/us_obama_regulations
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/spruce-mine-could-have-reduced-impacts-report-says
[5] http://wvgazette.com/News/201101171363
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thaw-earths-icy-sunshade-may-stoke-warming
[7] http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE70F2F020110116
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/vermont-group-catalogs-hazardous-waste-sites
[9] http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110117/NEWS02/110117017/Vermont-group-catalogs-hazardous-waste-sites
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canada-ban-toxic-chemical-additive-plastic-childrens-products
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ventura-retreat-face-rising-sea
[12] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-surfers-point-20110116,0,5658115,full.story
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/beware-food-bubble
[14] http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/01/beware-food-bubble
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-mobile-app-earthobserver-puts-planet-your-fingertips
[16] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-14-093.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thunderstorms-emit-beams-antimatter-nasa-discovers
[18] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-18-01.html
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