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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: China, Ecosystems, Weather, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters
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Maine votes to ban ethanol in gasoline, takes stand against E15
Autoblog.comFiled under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy If it can go in your gas tank, it's potentially controversial up in Maine. A few years ago, out-of-spec gas pumps were a problem. Today, the issue is the corn-based biofuel ethanol, which the state... -
Honeybee decline linked to disease, parasites, genetics, report says
A new federal report has found that the nation's honeybee decline, which threatens up to $30 billion worth of agriculture production, is being caused by several factors, including disease, parasites and poor genetics. After colony collapse disorder...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Productivity, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Pesticides, parasites and poor forage hurting bee pollinators
Although honeybee loss slowed last year, it remains at dangerously high levels, according to a new federal report that concluded there was no single remedy for the colony collapse that has hit America’s hard-working crop pollinators. The report,...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Review: 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrid, Wagon, Hatchback, Ford, New Car ReviewsNo Prius Killer As much as we enthusiasts like to rail on the lowly Toyota Prius as the harbinger of death for all we hold dear, there's no denying the machine's absolute and interminable grip... -
EPA Grants $1 Million For Brownfield Cleanup In Hartford, East Hartford
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a total of $1 million to Hartford and East Hartford to clean up industrial pollution. The grants provide communities with funding necessary to "assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties,...Tags: Pedro E. Segarra, Meriden, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Goodwin College, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Federal agencies expand urban rivers effort
Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “urban waters” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they’ve already pledged to help...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Patapsco, Gwynns Falls Trail
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EPA continues to release producers' personal information
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is appalled to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to illegally release information on cattle operations to the activist groups Earth Justice, the Pew Charitable Trust and the...Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, May 10
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- NEW YORK/BOSTON - In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs in 27 countries, U....Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, China, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas
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Efforts to restore rapids to Grand River get boost
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The expansion of a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide is expected to boost efforts to restore rapids to the Grand River in Grand Rapids. The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Grand Rapids among those targeted to expand urban waters effort
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal...
Tags: Bronx (New York City), Patapsco, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats. Republicans on the Senate...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Science and Technology, George W. Bush, White House
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