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Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
Reuters* Time running out for legacy movement on climate * Any NEPA move at least a year away, officials say * Washington, Oregon governors want it applied to coal export terminals By Patrick Rucker and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) -...Tags: Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Regional Authority, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Homer Township to spend thousands on energy-efficient lighting
Homer Township plans to spend thousands of dollars on updating to energy-efficient lighting to prepare for the nationwide phaseout of traditional incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. The township expects to change fluorescent lighting in its...Tags: European Union, Environmental Politics, George W. Bush, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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Range Rover sets the off-road bar high
Detroit Free PressLand Rover rewrote the book on luxury SUVs when it introduced the fuel-efficient Range Rover Evoque a couple of years ago, but the British luxury-SUV specialist returns to its familiar formula with the 2013 Range Rover. The new SUV checks off all the...Tags: Detroit Free Press, BMW, Freedom of the Press, Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti
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Hyundai Sonata
While Hyundai is a South Korean company, in many ways its story of self improvement and success is quintessentially American. Over the last 20-plus years, Hyundai has gone from making cars sold almost exclusively on the basis of price to a company...
Tags: Hyundai, General Motors Corp., Nissan, Chevrolet, Honda
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Paceman: Mini's smaller SUV
Cars.comThe new 2013 Mini Paceman is larger than it looks from afar, but it wasn't just my eye that was confused by this one: After a week in the Paceman, I don't really get the point. It's another Mini trying to be an SUV, but you still get only four seats and...Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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Officials keep an eye on Inland Waterway cooking oil spill
ALANSON — After Tuesday’s late evening two-vehicle crash, about 5,500 gallons of a mix of used cooking oil and water spilled from a semi-truck — one of the two involved vehicles — and oozed its way toward the Crooked River. The...
Tags: Oil Spills, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, Motorvehicle Accidents
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In 'bag war,' studies clash on plastic sack litter
As Baltimore City Council grapples once again with whether to levy a small fee on plastic and paper shopping bags, groups on both sides of the policy debate already are tossing out conflicting information on whether fees work, and even whether single-...
Tags: Washington, DC, Environmental Politics, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Consumers, Conservation
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Chevron CEO says U.S. ethanol mandate could spur gasoline exports
ReutersBy Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. ethanol mandate could boost domestic gasoline prices as refiners get around the requirement by exporting more gasoline, the CEO of oil major Chevron Corp said on Tuesday. The Environmental...Tags: Gasoline Industry, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Petroleum Industry
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COLUMN-Montreal Protocol shows way for climate action: Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - A new deal to curb carbon emissions could copy features from the Montreal Protocol, which the United States and China favoured over its...Tags: Montreal (Canada), Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Environmental Issues, China
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David Koch's chilling effect on public television
We seem to have entered an era of government snooping and censorship unsurpassed even by the dismal standard set four decades ago by President Richard Nixon. In recent days, we have discovered that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative...Tags: Barack Obama, Independent (Movie Genre), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Television Industry, Environmental Politics
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Paradise Lake boat washing pilot program could grow to other towns
Staff Writer -- bhubbard@petoskeynews.com Twitter: @BrandonHubbardCARP LAKE -- A new boat washing station in northern Emmet County's Paradise Lake marks the first in potentially a series of new washing stations at boat launches in the area to prevent invasive species such as Eurasian milfoil. As many as four more...Tags: Water, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Invasive Species
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Air pollution can trigger heart arrhythmias: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with existing heart problems, exposure to high levels of air pollution can trigger the irregular heartbeats that may lead to a stroke or heart attack, according to a new study. Past research has linked air pollution...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Heart Attack, Environmental Politics, Air Pollution, Environmental Issues
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