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"Pickens Still Gung-Ho On Wind Farm Despite Delay"

T. Boone Pickens postponed a plan to create the world's largest wind farm in Texas. The billionaire had spent $60 million advertising his plan to combat what he calls the United States' addiction to foreign oil.

Source: NPR, 07/09/2009

"Pennsylvania To Regulate Salt Discharges"

"The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is working to regulate salt discharges that result from natural-gas drilling."

Source: ES&T, 07/09/2009

Greenpeace Climate Climbers Busted on Mt. Rushmore

"Greenpeace activists were arrested Wednesday for scaling Mount Rushmore and hanging a banner next to the carved face of Abraham Lincoln urging President Barack Obama to get tough on climate change."

Source: AFP, 07/09/2009

"Global Deal on Climate-Warming HFCs Hinges on Secret White House Policy"

"Hydrofluorocarbons ... are ... many thousands of times more potent than CO2 as climate warming agents, and scientists say their spread could become as much as 50 percent of the global greenhouse gas problem by 2050. Yet the public is barely aware of the issue, and as the White House works to hammer out its policy, it seems to want to keep it that way."

Source: SolveClimate, 07/09/2009

"Group of 8 Agrees On a Ceiling for Temperature Rise"

"The world's leading industrial nations tentatively agreed Wednesday to try to prevent global temperatures from rising above a fixed level, after a more far-reaching proposal to slash production of greenhouse gases fizzled... ."

Source: WashPost, 07/09/2009

"Enviros Sue Over Energy Transmission Across Federal Lands"

"A coalition of environmental groups is suing federal agencies in an effort to change the location of corridors to transmit energy across Western lands."

Source: NYTimes, 07/09/2009

Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding

The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?

NOAA Fishery Advisers Have New Look

If you report for a coastal region where fisheries are important, it's a good time to investigate the membership makeup of your regional Fishery Management Council.

Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States

Good solar potential, relative proximity to existing or potential energy transmission corridors, and the perception of the fewest conflicts with existing land uses and the natural environment were factors in site selection.

EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk

While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.

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