"Incinerator Plan Needs Help From Lawmakers"
"S.C. legislators are being asked to loosen state rules so a New Jersey company can build a $450 million garbage incinerator in jobs-hungry Chester County."
Source: The State, 02/16/2010
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"Rowdy Russia May Finally Clean up Its Dirty Front Yard"
Growing pollution in the Baltic Sea has been making it unswimmable and contaminating fish. Now Russia has sealed a deal to put a pipeline beneath the Baltic -- with big international repercussions.
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 02/16/2010
"An Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification"
"A new study says the seas are acidifying ten times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of marine species occurred. And, the study concludes, current changes in ocean chemistry due to the burning of fossil fuels may portend a new wave of die-offs."
Source: YaleE360, 02/16/2010
Experts Say Alleged PSU Cover up of Mann Misconduct "Extremely Unlikely"
Scholars and Rogues investigated climate-change deniers' claim about Pennsylvania State University's inquiry into allegations of research misconduct against Michael Mann. The publication found that allegations of a cover-up were "extremely unlikely" to be true.
Source: Scholars & Rogues, 02/16/2010
"Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car"
"SAN FRANCISCO -- If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations."
Source: NYTimes, 02/16/2010
"What Might Sen. Evan Bayh'S Retirement Mean for the Clean-Energy Bill?"
"Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that hands Republicans a prime pickup opportunity in the middle of the country. ... What's bad news for the Dems in the longer term could be good news for the climate bill in the short term."
Source: Grist, 02/16/2010
"Climate Wars: The Story of the Hacked Emails"
"Whether it was democracy in action, or defence against malicious attempts to disrupt research, climate scientists were driven to siege mentality by persistence of sceptics."
Source: Guardian, 02/16/2010
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ago, but this special Valentine's Day weekend also marked
two decades since the Society of Environmental Journalists
incorporated as a nonprofit serving environmental reporters
"UK, Ethiopia To Head Climate Funding Effort"
"Britain and Ethiopia will head a new United Nations panel that aims to secure $100 billion every year by 2020 to help developing nations cut emissions and adapt to climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2010
"U.S. to Back Loans for Reactors"
"President Obama is to announce on Tuesday a loan guarantee to allow construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia, according to administration officials."
Source: NYTimes, 02/15/2010
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