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"Corps Orders Thousands of Trees Chopped Down"

"The Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to chop down every tree in the country that grows within 15 feet of a levee — including oaks and sycamores in Louisiana, willows in Oklahoma and cottonwoods in California."
Source: AP, 06/10/2009

User-Friendly Climate Change Prediction Tool Available

ClimateWizard, by researchers from the Univ. of Washington, the Univ. of Southern Mississippi, and the Nature Conservancy, may be a useful takeoff point for covering estimated temperature and precipitation changes in your area.

House Passes Cash-for-Clunkers Bill

The House passed a bill that would give some $4 billion in vouchers to owners of gas-guzzlers who trade them in for more efficient cars. It would boost car sales.
Source: Wash Post, 06/10/2009

Senate Panel Expands Gulf Offshore Leasing

"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved expanded oil and gas leasing today in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a bipartisan vote that would upend a 2006 compromise with Florida senators that provided their state at least a 125-mile buffer in most areas until mid-2022."
Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009

Regenwoud

Dutch portal about rainforest issues.

"What Counts as Green Collar?"

Green collar jobs are at the heart of President Obama's economic program. Some laid-off blue-collar workers are starting to wonder what those green collar jobs will look like.
Source: Environment Report, 06/09/2009

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