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"CN Rail Pleads Guilty for Massive Oil Spills" [1]

"Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty on Monday to polluting Canada's wilderness in two train derailments, one of them resulting in the largest inland oil spill in Canada's history."
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
Canada [4]
Source: AFP [5], 05/26/2009

"Ash on the Fly" [6]

Terry and Sandy Gupton are worried for the health of both their cattle and themselves. They live near the stretch of the Emory River clogged with coal ash sludge from a Dec. 22, 2008, spill from a TVA plant.
Waste [7]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Chattanooga Times [9], 05/26/2009

Redefining 'Renewable' To Win Billiions [10]

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 [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 05/26/2009

"Climate Change Amplifying Animal Disease: Agency" [14]

The World Animal Health Organisation said climate change is increasing disease among farm animals.
Climate Change [15]
Public [3]
International [16]
Source: AFP [17], 05/26/2009

"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up" [18]

"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 [19]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: Baltimore Sun [21], 05/26/2009

Fire Highligts Refinery Impacts [22]

A May 17 fire at Sunoco's Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia underscored its day-in-day-out impact on the environment.
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [24], 05/26/2009

"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog" [25]

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 [26]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: Houston Chronicle [28], 05/26/2009

Business Leaders Hear Climate Warnings [29]

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 [15]
Public [3]
International [16]
Source: ENS [30], 05/26/2009

"Wind Power Gets Urban Friendly" [31]

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 [19]
Public [3]
Canada [4]
Source: Globe & Mail [32], 05/25/2009

"Great Lakes Water Diversion Praised and Blasted" [33]

Wisconsin's landmark out-of-basin diversion of the Great Lakes is getting both praised and blasted by water watchers.
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: Great Lakes Echo [36], 05/25/2009

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