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Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends [1]

 

 By KATINA GAUDET 

"We have a different fear of hurricanes."

My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.

But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."

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Disasters [2]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]

Can 'Sustainable' Branding Save the World? [5]

A five-day gathering of 650 marketing pros focuses on whether do-gooder marketing is the key to survival in a cut-throat economy. But are they merely 'greenwashing' the same old products?
Economy & Business [6]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Monterey Co. Weekly [8], 06/12/2009

"Defending Fall Creek" [9]

Lawsuits and tree-sits are among the tactics that activists in the Eugene, Oregon, area are using to resist clearcutting of a patch of ancient forest under the BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revisions.
Activism [10]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: Eugene Weekly [12], 06/12/2009

Canada Beats US, Mexico at Toxics Reporting [13]

"The United States and Mexico might consider emulating Canada when it comes to public reporting of industrial pollutants that are released into the air or water or transferred for disposal or recycling, suggests a new report."
Chemicals [14]
Public [4]
Canada [15]
Mexico [16]
Source: Canadian Press [17], 06/12/2009

"Twister Trackers Try To Decode Tornadoes" [18]

"The largest, most sophisticated tornado chase ever assembled has been roaming the Great Plains for the past five weeks looking to crack some of the basic mysteries about the wildest storms on Earth."
Science [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [20], 06/12/2009

Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man" [21]

"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Monthly [23], 06/12/2009

FEMA Measures Climate Impact on Flood Insurance [24]

"Federal officials are struggling to calculate the fiscal impact that climate change could have on the nation's troubled public flood insurance program, amid predictions of intensifying downpours and more potent hurricanes."
Climate Change [25]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ClimateWire [26], 06/12/2009

"Interior Report Shows Flawed Utah Lease Sale" [27]

"The Interior Department released a report today outlining flaws in the process used last year to auction oil and gas leases in Utah and calling for a comprehensive regional air-quality strategy and a review to decide whether to reinstate the parcels."
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [28], 06/12/2009

"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals" [29]

"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [30], 06/12/2009

"World Science Academies Push For G8 Climate Action" [31]

"The world's richest countries and those that are developing fastest need to lead the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon economy to stave off the worst effects of climate change, science academies from these nations said on Thursday."
Climate Change [25]
Public [4]
International [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 06/12/2009

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