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"Ban Ki-moon Calls for 'Green Deal'" [5]

"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a 'green new deal' on climate change on Thursday and urged for a final push in negotiations ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen in December."
Source: Reuters [6], 05/22/2009

"Baucus: Health Care Money To Help Libby Victims" [7]

"A new $6 million federal grant could be the first step toward declaring a public health emergency in asbestos-contaminated Libby, Mont., the state's senior senator said Thursday."
Source: AP [8], 05/22/2009

EPA To Rely More on Scientists for Air Rules [9]

"The U.S. government will reverse a Bush administration policy and increase the role of scientists in setting air standards for criteria pollutants harmful to human health, Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the EPA, said."
Source: Reuters [10], 05/22/2009

"FERC Approves Quebec-New England Power Line Plan" [11]

"The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday approved a funding plan for a major transmission project expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and deliver about 1,200 megawatts of Quebec power to New England."
Source: Reuters [12], 05/22/2009

"Renewable Power Overcomes Hurdle in Senate" [17]

"A measure requiring utilities to generate a certain amount of electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, overcame a legislative hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday."
Source: Reuters [18], 05/22/2009

House Committee Approves Climate Bill [19]

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill by a vote of 33-25 on Thursday evening. It’s a landmark occasion, the first time a serious climate bill has made it this far in the House."
Source: Grist [20], 05/22/2009

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