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More to Earth Day than climate scare
I was happy to see that National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli wrote about the important activities that we, as individuals and as a society, can do to protect the environment, without once mentioning the impossible goal of "stopping climate change" ("...
Tags: Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Conservation, Global Change
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EPA criticizes environmental review of Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday criticized the State Department's environmental impact review of the Keystone XL pipeline, saying there was not enough evidence to back up key conclusions on gas emissions, safety and...
Tags: TransCanada Corporation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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EPA releases harsh review of Keystone XL environmental report
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued a sharply critical assessment of the State Department’s recent environmental impact review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, certain to complicate efforts to win approval for the $7-...
Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Endangered Species, U.S. Department of State, Environmental Issues
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City unveils 'greener, cleaner, cheaper' trash trucks
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — For city trash-collection officials, Christmas came on Earth Day. On Monday, the city unveiled four new trash-collection trucks purchased with help from state grants and outfitted to run on natural gas, which officials said could...Tags: Energy Resources, Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy
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McManus: A tax everyone can love
The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...
Tags: Republican Party, Mike Enzi, Environmental Issues, Vehicles, Richard Nixon
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Veteran aims criticism at Walorski
Recently, I traveled to Washington, D.C., with the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee, representing 41,000 VFW members from the state of Indiana. We visited every Indiana U.S. Senate and congressional office to discuss issues that...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Dianne Feinstein, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Weather
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Cap-and-trade programs in California and Quebec to merge
SACRAMENTO — California's air quality officials soon may be adding a new phrase to their bureaucratic vocabulary: "le rechauffement climatique." That's French for global warming. The California Air Resources Board on Friday linked its program...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Global Change, Conservation
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South Florida assessing impact of climate change on roads, bridges, railroads, airports
In late October, Hurricane Sandy washed out a portion of State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale. And in Miami Beach, seasonal high tides regularly deluge Alton Road. South Florida transportation planners think these examples are just the beginning of the...
Tags: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Travel, Florida Department of Transportation, Oceans
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Len Frenkel: Curbing consumer habits could slow global warming
Virtually every economist and politician, from the right to the left, believes that economic growth is good, even necessary, to maintain jobs, production, tax revenues, the stock market and our standing in the world. It is so deeply embedded in our...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Global Change, Productivity
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U.S. climate researchers predict heavier rains, snows as globe warms
A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes. The research, reported in the peer-reviewed academic journal...
Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Environmental Issues, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weather Statistics
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Survey finds majority of pastors don't believe in global warming
Russ Rankin writes in the LifeWay website that most pastors believe in God, but not global warming: While many churches are acting "green," the majority of pastors disagree global warming is real and man made. The percentage of skeptics has dropped...
Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, Protestantism, Global Change, Weather
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'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives
WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...
Tags: International Energy, Environmental Issues, Weather Statistics, Weather, Renewable Energy
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