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Council approves general plan, while critics say it's too costly
After more than a decade in the making, the Burbank City Council on Tuesday approved its updated general plan, which could lead to construction of roughly 6,000 additional residential units and generate 140,000 more daily car trips on local streets in the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Google Inc.
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Meat consumption and climate change
Frankenstorm Sandy is one more dramatic demonstration that climate change and its extreme weather patterns are now part of our future. Although we’re unlikely to reverse climate change, we can still mitigate its effects by reducing our driving, our...Tags: Environmental Issues, United Nations, Ecosystems, Global Change, Weather
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Time to end meat use
Just in time for next Sunday's Earth Day observance, a study published in last week's Environmental Research Letters warns that animal manure and fertilizers used in growing animal feed emit large amounts of nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas. An...Tags: Environmental Issues, Earth Day, United Nations, The New York Times
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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: Science and Technology, Wind Power, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution
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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: West Bank, Environmental Issues, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Environmental Issues, Keystone XL Pipeline, Energy Saving, U.S. Congress, Renewable Energy
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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: Environmental Issues, Ethanol, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy, U.S. Congress
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Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Global Change, State Parks, Conservation
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Less meat eaten, more planet saved
A review of 12,000 papers on climate change in the May 15 issue of "Environmental Research Letters," found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities. Although we're unlikely to reverse climate change, we can mitigate its...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Global Change, Weather, Conservation
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Column: Obama accelerates loss of trust
WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government...Tags: Work Relations, Global Expansion, U.S. Congress, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Greenhouse gas
On May 9, for the first time in millions of years, the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere reached above 400 parts per million. What these numbers tell us is that within 25 years, if we continue to produce CO2 at our present rate, we can...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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'Green' gas plan offers climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger(An earlier version of this post included incorrect information about Maryland Gas & Electric, its pricing and whether it offers a "green" gas plan involving carbon offsets. The Sun regrets the errors.) ---------------- (Another in an occasional...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Home Heating, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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