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The National Healthy Homes Conference (NHHC) is a federally-sponsored event, bringing together a wide range of health, housing and environmental professionals to work toward making housing healthy, safe and environmentally sustainable.
GOP Begins New Push to Delay EPA Rules on Toxic Power Plant Emissions
"Republicans say installing long-overdue pollution controls would harm economic recovery, while advocates claim the rules would create jobs and save lives."
Source: SolveClimate, 04/21/2011
"Supreme Court Appears to Favor Government in Indian Trust Fund Case"
"An American Indian tribe's efforts to win access to legal documents relating to the federal government's management of a tribal trust fund received a cool reception at the Supreme Court [Wednesday]."
Source: Greenwire, 04/21/2011
"Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Mother Earth"
"Bolivia [Wednesday] marked the International Day of Mother Earth with a ceremony in the Plaza Murillo, the center of political power. An ancient ritual shared center stage with speeches in which authorities in this Andean nation extolled the Law of Mother Earth - the world's first legislation that grants to all nature rights equal to humans."
Source: ENS, 04/21/2011
"UN Chief Charts Five-Step Path to Global Nuclear Safety"
"As he prepared to visit Chernobyl 25 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined a five-step plan to strengthen global nuclear safety."
Source: ENS, 04/21/2011
"Calmer Winds Give Hope in Texas Wildfires; Another Death"
"Calmer winds and higher humidity on Wednesday gave the army of firefighters battling several major blazes in north and west Texas hope of halting the worst wildfires in the state's history."
Source: Reuters, 04/21/2011
"Wildlife at Risk Face Long Line at U.S. Agency"
"In February, the Obama administration declared the Pacific walrus to be at risk of extinction because its Arctic habitat was melting. But it declined to list the marine mammal as an endangered species, saying a backlog of other animals faced greater peril."
Source: NY Times, 04/21/2011
"Drilling Fluid Gushes From Northern Pa. Gas Well"
"A blowout at a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water Wednesday, contaminating a stream and leading officials to ask seven families who live nearby to evacuate as crews struggled to stop the gusher."
Source: AP, 04/21/2011
"BP: A Textbook Example Of How Not To Handle PR"
BP's response to the Gulf spill disaster often made it seem callous and arrogant. It was a textbook example of how not to do public relations.
Source: NPR, 04/21/2011
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