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"Rate Of Coastal Wetlands Loss Has Sped Up, U.S. Study Says"

"The U.S. lost an average of 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004 to 2009, according to the latest data published by federal agencies. More than 70 percent of the estimated loss came in the Gulf of Mexico; nationwide, most of the loss was blamed on development that incurred on freshwater wetlands."

Source: NPR, 11/26/2013

Chicago: "City, State Seek To Shut Down Petcoke Pile"

"In an online photo gallery of neighborhood picnics and sunrises over Lake Michigan, an image of black dust blotting out the sky galvanized residents of Chicago's Southeast Side to demand action against companies storing enormous mounds of petroleum coke along the Calumet River."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 11/26/2013

"Ontario Premier’s Bill Bans Coal-Fired Power in the Province"

"TORONTO -- Ontario is going coal-free. The largest coal-burning power plant in North America, Nanticoke Generating Station on the north shore of Lake Erie, will stop burning coal this year, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Thursday."

Source: ENS, 11/25/2013

"Rake the Leaves? Some Towns Say Mow Them"

"DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — They have been burned, blown into piles, raked into bags and generally scorned by homeowners everywhere. Fall leaves — so pretty on the trees, such a nuisance when they hit the ground — have long been a thing to be discarded. But now some suburban towns are asking residents to do something radical: Leave the leaves alone."

Source: NY Times, 11/25/2013

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