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Redefining 'Renewable' To Win Billiions [1]

In the quest for billions in federal incentives, industries are trying to redefine technologies as 'renewable' that might once have been considered otherwise.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 05/26/2009
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"Climate Change Amplifying Animal Disease: Agency" [6]

The World Animal Health Organisation said climate change is increasing disease among farm animals.
Climate Change [7]
Public [3]
International [8]
Source: AFP [9], 05/26/2009
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"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up" [10]

"The thick, milky white liquid looks like Elmer's glue, though it's greasy to the touch. It has a sweet, alcohol smell. It's not your father's heating oil, to be sure. But it will do the same job, says Cary J. Claiborne, and a lot more cleanly.

Claiborne is president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels, a Florida-based startup that's producing fuel from vegetable and soybean oil at a small production plant it set up this year in southern Baltimore.

Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Baltimore Sun [13], 05/26/2009
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Fire Highligts Refinery Impacts [14]

A May 17 fire at Sunoco's Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia underscored its day-in-day-out impact on the environment.
Chemicals [15]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [17], 05/26/2009
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"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog" [18]

Scientists in the Houston area are focusing research on the flare stacks at its hundreds of petrochemical plants -- which may be a major overlooked cause of smog.
Air [19]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Houston Chronicle [21], 05/26/2009
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Business Leaders Hear Climate Warnings [22]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a meeting of business leaders in Copenhagen that "climate change is the defining challenge of our time."
Climate Change [7]
Public [3]
International [8]
Source: ENS [23], 05/26/2009
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"Wind Power Gets Urban Friendly" [24]

From a design award-winner to a model that uses the updraft on a roof, small residential wind turbines are getting smarter and sexier.
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [3]
Canada [25]
Source: Globe & Mail [26], 05/25/2009
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"Great Lakes Water Diversion Praised and Blasted" [27]

Wisconsin's landmark out-of-basin diversion of the Great Lakes is getting both praised and blasted by water watchers.
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Great Lakes Echo [30], 05/25/2009
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"Speedway's Environmentally Friendly Efforts" [31]

The Indianapolis Speedway, site of yesterdays Indy 500, mounts a major effort to be environmentally friendly.
Economy & Business [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Indianapolis Star [33], 05/25/2009
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"The Lithium Boom Is Coming" [34]

The push for greener cars will likely bring a boom for companies that mine and refine lithium -- a key ingredient in batteries.
Economy & Business [32]
Public [3]
International [8]
Source: Reuters [35], 05/25/2009
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