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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Change, Ecosystems, Conservation, Weather
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, University of Oklahoma, Global Change, Conservation
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Measuring methane: Can it evaluate cattle feed efficiency and overall health?
PIEDMONT, S.D. - Will cattlemen someday measure their animals' breaths and belches to determine feed efficiency, or whether they're getting sick? Pat and Scott Zimmerman think so. They are principals of C-Lock Inc. in Piedmont, S.D., which has...Tags: Physiology, Electronics, South Dakota State University, Automotive Equipment, Pneumonia
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Quebec to do own review of Enbridge pipeline project
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Quebec will announce within weeks that it will launch its own public review of a proposed pipeline that would deliver crude oil from western Canada to eastern markets, its environment minister said...Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of State, Enbridge Incorporated, Government
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...
Tags: Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Landforms, Science, Global Change
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Glastonbury Awarded For Energy Efficiencies At Three Buildings
The town has received three "Power Of Change" awards for energy efficiencies at the wastewater treatment facility, Buttonball Lane Elementary School and Town Hall. The town received "first honors" in the top municipal wastewater treatment plant...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Energy Saving, Plant Openings
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West Hartford Wins Two Power Of Change Awards For Energy Efficiency Efforts
The Hartford CourantThe town and school district received top honors at Tuesday's Power of Change municipal awards ceremony for their energy-saving efforts. The town earned "Top Town Hall" and the schools took first in the Innovation category in the first year of the...Tags: Renewable Energy, Conservation, Culture, Energy, West Hartford
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Israel, Environmental Issues, Global Change, U.S. Military, West Bank
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COLUMN-Keystone XL double standard: Tale of 2 pipelines: Campbell
ReutersBy Robert Campbell NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - A casual observer familiar with the Keystone XL saga would think the United States was making it very hard to build any oil sands-related pipelines. But nothing could be farther from the truth. While...Tags: Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry, Energy Transfer Partners LP, TransCanada Corporation, Enbridge Incorporated
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CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
Reuters(Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation, Washington, DC
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Front & Center: Ethanol critic: End state mandate
Florida legislators passed a bill this year to repeal the state law that requires most gasoline sold in the state to include 10 percent ethanol. The bill, awaiting action from Gov. Rick Scott, would be largely symbolic, because federal law still...Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Consumers, Renewable Energy, Rick Scott
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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters(Reuters) - Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading...Tags: Politics, European Union, International Organizations, Global Change, United Nations
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May 19, 2013
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