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RPT-FACTBOX-U.S. climate change litigation highlights
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. courts have become a battleground in the ongoing public debate over how to address climate change. Some of the significant cases include: - Massachusetts v. EPA: In a landmark 2007 ruling, the Supreme...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Trials, Weather, Ecosystems, Litigation and Regulation
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Indonesia bans clearing primary rainforests, peatlands for 2 more years
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said Thursday. Environmentalists praised the move but said the government must do more to curb the...Tags: Endangered Species, Indonesia, Credit and Debt, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Conservation
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FACTBOX-U.S. climate change litigation highlights
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. courts have become a battleground in the ongoing public debate over how to address climate change. Some of the significant cases include: - Massachusetts v. EPA: In a landmark 2007 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Weather, Trials, Ecosystems, Litigation and Regulation
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For the record
DNA and breast cancer: A Q&A in the May 15 Section A about how genes influence breast cancer risk implied that the average woman's risk of developing breast cancer was 50%. As stated elsewhere in the article, most women face a 12% to 13% lifetime risk...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues
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Climate change forecast to shrink habitat of common plants, animals
Reuters* More than half of all plants, a third of animals at risk-study * Rapid peak in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce impacts By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 13 (Reuters) - The habitats of many common plants and animals will...Tags: Weather, Science and Technology, Australia, Ecosystems, Global Change
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Energy Saving, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Government
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Scientists say united on global warming, at odds with public view
Reuters* 97 percent of scientists say warming mostly man-made * Public think scientists are more divided - study By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 16 (Reuters) - Ninety-seven percent of scientists say global warming is mainly man-made but a...Tags: England, Weather, Science and Technology, Australia, Ecosystems
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Happy 400 ppm Week!
Happy 400 ppm week! What’d you get me? This past week the Earth passed a wondrous milestone: atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached 400 parts per million, a level not seen on the planet in at least two million years but probably more like ten...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues
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Argentina launches WTO dispute to challenge EU biodiesel rules
ReutersGENEVA, May 15 (Reuters) - Argentina has launched a dispute against the European Union at the World Trade Organization, challenging rules for importing and marketing biodiesel used by Spain, Belgium, France, Italy and Poland, the WTO said on Wednesday....Tags: Biofuels, Argentina, Politics, European Union, Renewable Energy
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COLUMN: Energy-efficient not always so
It seemed like a bright idea when Congress decided that all Americans were going to buy the right kind of light bulbs whether we like it or not. Luminaries in both houses believed at least one of two things: That we need to cut our carbon emissions...Tags: U.S. Congress, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared - study
Reuters* Seas to rise 16.5 to 69 cm with moderate warming-ice2sea * Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less...Tags: Weather, Greenland, Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nuclear Power
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Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared: study
ReutersOSLO (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. Even so, such a rise could...Tags: Weather, Greenland, Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nuclear Power
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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