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Measuring methane: Can it evaluate cattle feed efficiency and overall health?
PIEDMONT, S.D. - Will cattlemen someday measure their animals' breaths and belches to determine feed efficiency, or whether they're getting sick? Pat and Scott Zimmerman think so. They are principals of C-Lock Inc. in Piedmont, S.D., which has...Tags: Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Deere and Company, Automotive Equipment, Education
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China plans tougher quality standards for coal to tackle pollution
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - China may impose higher quality standards for imported and locally traded coal to cut air pollution, two sources said, in a move that could slash imports while boosting the fortunes of a faltering domestic industry. The National...Tags: Air Pollution, Indonesia, Mining, Government, National Government
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama...Tags: Ecosystems, Gerald Henry, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Politics
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Ecosystems, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Landforms, Science and Technology
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In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency goal at risk
ReutersBy David Stanway and Niu Shuping BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food...Tags: Mining, Ecosystems, Government, Guangzhou (China), National Government
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EPA seeks to add 3 Ind. Superfund sites to its priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to add three Superfund sites in Indiana to its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites. The EPA proposed Tuesday adding Superfund sites in South Bend, Indianapolis...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Casino site contamination prompts new lawsuit
A pair of Baltimore residents filed suit Monday accusing the city of breaking the law by allowing toxic chemicals to leach into the Patapsco River from the South Baltimore site where a casino is now under construction. The lawsuit is the second to raise...
Tags: Lawyers, Environmental Issues, Justice System, Laws, Inner Harbor
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Study: Car emissions can turn good cholesterol bad
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Diesel Before you head to the pharmacy to refill your Lipitor prescription, check this out. The American Heart Association's journal on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology has concluded that high levels of... -
Circular Logic: Connecticut Drivers Should Stop Worrying and Embrace Roundabouts
Roundabouts. It's such a cute, innocent name. Yet lots of Connecticut drivers dread them as vicious, confusing, frightening traffic whirlpools that could suck them into mayhem and misdirection. And that's too bad. Replacing regular traffic-light or...
Tags: Killingworth, Vehicles, Environmental Issues, North Stonington, West Haven
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CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill
ReutersTORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. CP, the country'...Tags: Toronto (Canada), Cerebral Palsy, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Railway Transportation, Environmental Issues
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COLUMN-China, India may seek better quality coal: Clyde Russell
Reuters--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 22 (Reuters) - Asian giants China and India may be planning to improve the quality of coal they are burning, but it's unlikely...Tags: Coal, India, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Environmental Issues, China
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Water bill whirlpool
There is an old adage, often heard in the local marinas, that a boat is nothing more than a hole in the water into which you pour money. Turns out the same could be said about Baltimore's water and sewer system — it is a money-soaking hole that puts...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Finance, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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