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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: Renewable Energy, Weather, Environmental Issues, Weather Statistics, Energy
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States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules
WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...
Tags: Conservation, Global Change, Washington, DC, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues
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EPA delays rule limiting emissions from new power plants
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed indefinitely a much-anticipated final rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. Proposed a year ago, the rule was the first to set limits on carbon dioxide...
Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Plant Openings, Environmental Politics
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Brown wants China aboard California's high-speed rail project
SHANGHAI — Gov. Jerry Brown's trade mission to China this week is intersecting with one of the most controversial issues of his governorship: California's $68-billion bullet train. The governor has staked part of his legacy on the rail network,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, China, Environmental Issues, Beijing (China), Government
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New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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EPA: U.S. greenhouse gases drop 1.6% from 2010 to 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions in the United States showed a 1.6% decline from 2010 to 2011. The decrease continued an overall decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, down 6.9% since 2005. The EPA...
Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama
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Taking Earth Day one step further
As we approach the 43rd annual Earth Day, the celebration of our many gains is tempered by our recognition of their fragility. On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, thousands of people came together to protest the degradation of our environment....Tags: Adele (music artist), Environmental Pollution, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup
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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Weather, Global Change, Weather Reports, Environmental Issues, Meteorological Disasters
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Letters: Keystone XL's purpose
Re "A pipeline to disaster," Opinion, April 4 Climate scientist James Hansen is right to push for reducing our carbon dioxide emissions to minimize global warming, but he has no sense of using the political art of compromise to achieve our goals. As...
Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Environmental Issues, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Prisons, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Private Health Care, National Security, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Trade, environment to dominate Jerry Brown's first day in China
BEIJING -- Gov. Jerry Brown finally arrived in China Tuesday night, telling dozens of Californians that his search for Chinese investment in California would not be deterred by tensions between Beijing and Washington. "I know there are a lot of politics...
Tags: Executive Branch, China, Environmental Issues, Beijing (China), Government
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Understand details of study about crop acres
A new study from the Geographic Information Science Center at South Dakota State University was published last week showing that satellite imagery revealed 1.3 million acres of grassland have been converted to corn/soybeans from 2006 through 2011 in North...Tags: Environmental Issues, South Dakota State University
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