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"Bering Sea Pollock Survey Finds Fewer Fish Than Anticipated"

"Government researchers have released data indicating that Alaska's Bering Sea pollock population remains low. ... The pollock fishery in the eastern Bering is the nation's largest commercial fish harvest by weight, and it is Alaska's most valuable fishery, worth nearly $1 billion annually."

Source: Anchorage Daily News, 09/21/2009

"Mosquito-Borne African Virus A New Threat To West"

"The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-borne disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that swept into North America a decade ago, a U.S. expert said on Friday."

Source: Reuters, 09/21/2009

"Political Headwinds Hit a Reactor Project on the Chesapeake"

Constellation Energy's proposed Calvert Cliffs 3 plant in Maryland, long a poster child of the industry's hoped-for "nuclear renaissance," faces some doubts at the Maryland State Public Service Commission.

Source: ClimateWire, 09/21/2009

"World's Deltas Subsiding, Says Study"

"Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught in the scissors of sinking land and rising seas, according to a study published Sunday."

Source: AFP, 09/21/2009

"Climate Week Kicks off in New York With Bigwigs and Big Hopes"

"On Tuesday, the U.N. is holding a day-long Climate Summit (alongside its annual, two-week General Assembly) in New York City. And on Thursday and Friday, the Group of 20 (G20) leading world economies is gathering in Pittsburgh, its third meeting of the year to deal with the global economic meltdown."

Source: Grist, 09/21/2009

Breaking the Color Barrier in the Great Outdoors

Population demographics are changing. Are there sufficient outreach efforts to engage all Americans in the Great Outdoors?

Leaked memo: California could face major lawsuits if Schwarzenegger closes state parks

California taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages if the Schwarzenegger administration moves ahead with plans to close as many as 100 state parks, according to an internal memo drafted by the state parks department's attorneys.

Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/19/2009

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"Bering Sea Pollock Survey Finds Fewer Fish Than Anticipated"

"Mosquito-Borne African Virus A New Threat To West"

"Political Headwinds Hit a Reactor Project on the Chesapeake"

"World's Deltas Subsiding, Says Study"

"Climate Week Kicks off in New York With Bigwigs and Big Hopes"

Breaking the Color Barrier in the Great Outdoors

Leaked memo: California could face major lawsuits if Schwarzenegger closes state parks

"Nuclear Power’s Cost Competitiveness Remains a Critical Question"

Sept. 27 PBS Show To Focus on National Parks

EPA Expands Energy Conservation Push with Churches

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