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| Treated Wastewater Used for Drinking Supplies |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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As water becomes more precious, suppliers are beginning to overcome public aversion to treating and reusing wastewater.
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Author: By FELICITY BARRINGER |
Category: Water |
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| N.R.C. Approves Building of 2 Reactors in Georgia |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4 to 1 to grant a license to build nuclear reactors, the first such approval since 1978.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Nuclear Energy |
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| State Dept. Cleared of Impropriety in Pipeline Case |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The department’s inspector general found no improper political influence by officials but faulted the department’s oversight of contractors who prepared an environmental impact analysis.
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Author: By JOHN M. BRODER and DAN FROSCH |
Category: Keystone Pipeline System |
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| The Bay Citizen: California Auto Recyclers Brace for Tightened Regulations |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The powerful automobile recycling industry in California has avoided toxic waste disposal regulations for decades, but there are signs the situation could be about to change.
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Author: By MATT SMITH |
Category: Waste Materials and Disposal |
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| The Texas Tribune: In Texas Border Town, Drawing a Line on Coal for Mexico |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Residents worry that a partnership of Mexican and American coal companies will cause problems for their town.
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Author: By JULIÁN AGUILAR |
Category: Coal |
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| Green Blog: On Our Radar: Trump Assails Wind Farm |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Scottish government is on the outs with Donald Trump, having proposed an offshore wind farm in view of his luxury golf resort.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Burmese python |
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| Green Blog: The Forensics of Snake Venom |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Genetic analysis of venom allows Indian investigators to determine whether it came from an endangered cobra, helping them to prosecute traffickers.
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Author: By DOUGLAS M. MAIN |
Category: antivenom |
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| Green Blog: Nuclear Power vs. Natural Gas |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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One of the biggest risks the Southern Company faces in embarking on a big nuclear project is that natural gas will remain far more affordable.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Georgia |
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| Green Blog: A Carbon Allowance in Every Pot |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A researcher proposes that the distribution of personal carbon allowances and shorter working hours be embraced to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly and equitably.
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Author: By DYLAN WALSH |
Category: Britain |
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| In Struggling Tupper Lake, Resort Project Creates Rift |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A project in Tupper Lake, N.Y., was approved after a nearly decade-long tug of war between environmentalists and pro-development residents.
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Author: By LISA W. FODERARO |
Category: Adirondack Mountains (NY) |
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| In Albany, a Decision on Natural Gas Drilling Suddenly Seems Less Certain |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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A decision on hydrofracking in New York State — its scope, its timing or whether it will happen at all — now seems much more uncertain, and the approval process has slowed considerably.
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Author: By MIREYA NAVARRO |
Category: Natural Gas |
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| National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Disposable Bottles to Be Banned at Park |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The National Park Service agreed Monday to let Grand Canyon National Park impose a ban on small, disposable water containers.
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Author: By FELICITY BARRINGER |
Category: Plastic Bottles |
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| Mike deGruy, Documentary Filmmaker and Marine Biologist, Dies at 60 |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Mr. deGruy was an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and marine biologist.
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Author: By DENNIS HEVESI |
Category: deGruy, Mike |
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| Colorado Seeks ‘Roadless Rule’ for National Forests |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Colorado officials say a long-disputed national rule is a poor fit for the state’s wilderness, so they have proposed an alternative, angering conservationists.
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Author: By KIRK JOHNSON |
Category: Forests and Forestry |
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| China Fires Officials for Not Reporting Toxic Spill |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The spill, which affected 200 miles of the Longjiang River in southern China, was caused by two companies that accidentally released tons of cadmium.
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Author: By ANDREW JACOBS |
Category: Accidents and Safety |
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| Texas Drought Forces Town to Haul in Water by Truck |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The well of Spicewood Beach in central Texas is among 13 public water systems throughout the state that are projected to run out of water in 180 days or less.
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Author: By MANNY FERNANDEZ |
Category: Texas |
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| Rescuing the Birds Many Love to Hate |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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At the core of New York City Pigeon Rescue Central are pigeon lovers, animal activists and eccentrics who dedicate themselves to the much-maligned birds’ welfare.
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Author: By ALEX VADUKUL |
Category: Pigeons |
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| National Briefing | Environment: Donations to Sierra Club Raise Ire |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The Sierra Club’s president, Michael Brune, has acknowledged in a blog post that beginning five years ago, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy.
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Author: By FELICITY BARRINGER |
Category: Sierra Club |
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| The Texas Tribune: Latest Effect of BP Oil Spill: Waves of Cash for Texas Coast |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Gulf Coast now stands to benefit as money pours in for restoration.
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Author: By KATE GALBRAITH |
Category: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010) |
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| Fessenheim Journal: Wishing Upon an Atom in a Tiny French Village |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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In the village of Fessenheim, an aging nuclear plant stirs both protests and support over the use of nuclear power across France.
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Author: By SCOTT SAYARE |
Category: Nuclear Energy |
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| National Briefing | New England: Maine: Emergency Plan Would Limit Cod Fishing |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Fishermen from Cape Cod, Mass., to northern Maine would have to reduce the amount of cod they catch under an emergency proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council.
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Author: By JESS BIDGOOD |
Category: Cod (Fish) |
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| Christo ‘Over the River’ Project Divides Coloradans |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Federal land managers have approved a proposal to drape fabric over nearly six miles of the Arkansas river for an art project, but some local residents are not happy.
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Author: By KIRK JOHNSON |
Category: Art |
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| Rare Earth Metal Refinery Nears Approval in Malaysia |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The opening of a plant in Malaysia appears likely soon, even after street demonstrations over radiation worries, regulatory challenges and the withdrawal of a supplier worried about safety.
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Author: By KEITH BRADSHER |
Category: Malaysia |
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| Japan’s Nuclear Stress Tests Backed by Watchdog Group |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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A United Nations mission on Tuesday tentatively supported new stress tests designed to determine whether Japan’s nuclear plants can withstand another emergency.
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Author: By HIROKO TABUCHI |
Category: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011) |
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| National Briefing | New England: Maine: A Record Haul of Lobster Last Year |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The state fisheries commissioner announced that Maine’s lobstermen last year harvested more than 100 million pounds of lobster, the biggest catch ever.
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Lobsters |
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| National Briefing | Washington: Map of Earthquake Risks Is Updated |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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A new map detailing all known geologic faults east of Denver was issued Tuesday by the government and Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit electric research group.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Earthquakes |
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| Joy Reidenberg, Anatomist, Builds a Following on ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A chance call made Joy Reidenberg, a researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine who has performed hundreds of dissections on various mammals, a TV celebrity.
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Author: By CARL ZIMMER |
Category: Reidenberg, Joy |
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| Basics: These Mammals Pack a Toxic Punch |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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For protection, mammals generally rely on teeth, claws, muscles, keen senses or quick wits. Every so often, however, a mammalian lineage discovers the wonders of chemistry.
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Author: By NATALIE ANGIER |
Category: Mammals |
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Plants, in Plain English |
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012)
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Eliminating the requirement for scientists to describe new species in Latin will help speed up the cataloging of the planet’s plant life.
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Author: By JAMES S. MILLER |
Category: Flowers and Plants |
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| Opinion: The Other Final Frontier |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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There’s a strong bang-for-the-buck argument to be made for ocean-depth missions.
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Author: By BEN HELLWARTH |
Category: Oceans and Seas |
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| Dot Earth Blog: Other Voices: The Emptied Forests of Sarawak |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The world's richest forest, in plant species, loses its animals to unchecked hunting and surrounding development.
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Author: By ANDREW C. REVKIN |
Category: asia |
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| Dot Earth Blog: Obama Pushes for Investing in Young, Inquiring Minds |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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President Obama welcomes dozens of young achievers in science and technology to the White House.
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Author: By ANDREW C. REVKIN |
Category: Education |
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| Dot Earth Blog: What's a Science Teacher to Do? |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A look at the issues confronting teachers trying to explore climate science amid heated public debate.
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Author: By ANDREW C. REVKIN |
Category: Climate Change |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: The Problem With Coffee Pests |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A "coffee-forest matrix" could act as a natural barrier to reduce coffee berry borer outbreaks without the use of toxic insecticides.
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Author: By S. AMANDA CAUDILL |
Category: Biodiversity |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: Better Lives in Better Coffee |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Coffee certification seems complicated, but there are potential benefits to farmers, the environment and society.
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Author: By S. AMANDA CAUDILL |
Category: Biodiversity |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: One Moose, Two Moose |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Counting Isle Royale moose can be a tedious task that requires great dedication. But each moose has its own life story.
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Author: By JOHN VUCETICH |
Category: Isle Royale National Park |
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| In Borneo, a Safe Place for Orangutans |
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012)
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At Camp Leakey, one of three research outposts in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, semiwild orangutans living in the surrounding forest often drop by for bananas and company.
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Author: By ANDY ISAACSON |
Category: Monkeys and Apes |
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