"Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas"
"A new analysis halves longstanding projections of how much sea levels could rise if Antarctica's massive western ice sheets fully disintegrated as a result of global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009
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"New York City Official Is Obama Pick for C.D.C."
"President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009
Growing A City In A Greener Way
For many small town mayors, growth is all good. After all, more houses means more tax revenue, more retail, more jobs. One Alabama mayor agrees, but he also recognizes green space is an amenity worth keeping. And for that, the timing couldn’t be better. The Environment Report's Gigi Douban reports.
Source: Growing A City In A Greener Way, 05/14/2009
Bringing a Fish Back from the Brink
A million year old cycle of fish migration almost came to an end in the waters off of the nation’s capital. But a monumental conservation effort has brought the American Shad them back from the brink.
Source: Environment Report, 05/14/2009
Power from the People
"Germany is moving quickly to develop alternative energy, allowing individual homes to sell excess power to electric companies. Also, Abu Dhabi goes green and an icon of the environmental movement."
Source: HDNet, 05/14/2009
Chinese Solar Company Plans U.S. Manufacturing Plant
"The announcement by China-based Suntech reflects the value of federal and state incentives for renewable energy. It also counters a favorite argument on Capitol Hill that shifting to a clean energy future will send U.S. jobs overseas."
Source: SolveClimate, 05/14/2009
Rebroadcast: "Our Vanishing Wilderness"
A landmark 8-part video documentary series on the environment from 1970, the dawn of the modern environmental movement, is rebroadcast (Web and broadcast) from THIRTEEN, New York City's flagship publid television station.
Source: Thirteen, 05/14/2009
"Teflon Lawsuit Against DuPont Dismissed"
"A lawsuit against DuPont Co. claiming its nonstick Teflon cookware coating could pose health risks to users has been dropped."
Source: AP, 05/14/2009
Colorado Hurricane Guru May Lower Forecast
"Colorado State University hurricane forecaster Bill Gray said on Wednesday he may reduce his next Atlantic season forecast because sea temperatures are cooling and a weak El Nino may appear by late summer."
Source: Reuters, 05/14/2009
"Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater"
Some California farmers are depleting the groundwater beneath their land faster than nature can recharge it -- and climate change is likely to make things worse. While farmers resist regulating groundwater use, critics argue that not doing it "could prove catastrophic to the state’s real estate sector and its $36 billion agricultural economy."
Source: NYTimes, 05/14/2009
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