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"Green-Tech Companies Draw Biggest Share of Venture Capital in Q3" [1]

"Green-technology firms attracted the largest share of venture capital in the third quarter, with global investments rising to $1.59 billion, according to a survey released Wednesday by Cleantech Group and Deloitte & Touche."
Economy & Business [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: LA Times [5], 10/01/2009

"Nike Quits Board of U.S. Chamber" [6]

"Nike announced Wednesday that it would resign from the board of the United States Chamber of Commerce, becoming the latest company to break with the group over climate policy."
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 10/01/2009

"Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill" [10]

"Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and nine Senate supporters kicked off the autumn global warming debate today with a campaign-style rally releasing their comprehensive climate bill."
Climate Change [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [12], 10/01/2009

"Deal To Raze 4 Klamath Dams" [13]

"In what is being touted as the world's biggest dam-removal project, an agreement was reached Tuesday to remove four dams on the Klamath River and restore a 300-mile migratory route for California's beleaguered salmon."
Natural Resources [14]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [16], 10/01/2009

"E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions" [17]

"Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities."
Climate Change [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [18], 10/01/2009

"Laundry Waste Water Harming Puget Sound, Study Says" [19]

"Dirty water from residential washing machines is a significant source of a toxin polluting Puget Sound, according to a study released Tuesday."
Chemicals [20]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: Tacoma News Tribune [21], 09/30/2009

"Virginia Beach to Control Sewage Overflows Under Costly Settlement" [22]

"Hampton Roads Sanitation District, based in Virginia Beach, has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil fine and to take action to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries."
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: ENS [25], 09/30/2009

"New Brunswick Power to Close Coal-Fired Plant and Strip Mine" [26]

"New Brunswick Power announced today that the company will close its coal-fired Grand Lake generating station when its operating license expires in June 2010."
Energy & Fuel [27]
Public [3]
Canada [28]
Source: ENS [29], 09/30/2009

"Judge Rejects U.S. Management Plan for California Desert" [30]

"Bureau of Land Management's proposal for the West Mojave 'does not contain a reasonable range of alternatives' to limit off-road-vehicle routes in the sensitive habitat, the ruling states."
Natural Resources [14]
Public [3]
California [31]
Source: LA Times [32], 09/30/2009

"Nanomaterials Under Study by the E.P.A." [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency detailed its plans on Tuesday for research into the possible health and environmental risks of nanomaterials, tiny substances that are finding growing use in products like sunscreens and industrial adhesives."
Technology [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [35], 09/30/2009

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