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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Ecosystems, Politics, Agricultural Research and Technology, Global Change, Government
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RPT-COLUMN-Enhanced recovery will anchor oil prices below $100: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques could boost U.S. domestic oil production by 4 million barrels per day for 50 years, while storing all the emissions from 93 large coal-fired power plants, at a price of just...Tags: Kinder Morgan Incorporated, Politics, Commodity Markets, Mining, Lobbying
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Keystone XL oil pipeline bill moves to full U.S. House
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The full U.S. House of Representatives will soon begin debate on a bill to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL oil pipeline, a lawmaker said on Thursday after his panel advanced the measure. The House Committee on...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Memorial Day, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Environmental Issues
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Canada PM defends tar sands pipeline plan, saying oil will come into US anyway
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another. Stephen Harper addressed...Tags: Politics, Ecosystems, Barack Obama, Global Change, Government
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Ecosystems, NRG Energy Incorporated, Electricity Production and Distribution, Barack Obama, Global Change
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate...Tags: Ecosystems, U.S. Senate, Laws, Barack Obama, Global Change
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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: Ecosystems, Global Change, Weather, Environmental Issues, Trials
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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: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Conservation, Indonesia, Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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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: Ecosystems, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Weather, Trials
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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: Environmental Issues, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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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: Politics, Dentistry and Dental Health, Darrell Steinberg, Government, Justice System
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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: Ecosystems, Conservation, Global Change, Weather, Environmental Issues
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