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READER SUBMITTED: Hall High School Grad Takes on Climate Change
West HartfordEmma Beede, 2009 graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, is combating climate change by taking on the fossil fuel industry. In January, the senior at Rhode Island School of Design founded Divest RISD, a campaign demanding that the school end its...Tags: Education, Media Industry, Human Rights, West Hartford, Colleges and Universities
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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: Greenpeace, New York City, Barack Obama, Weather, U.S. Department of State
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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: Mining, White House, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics
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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: Litigation and Regulation, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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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: Litigation and Regulation, Weather, Environmental Politics, Trials, Litigation
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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: Litigation and Regulation, Weather, Environmental Politics, Trials, Litigation
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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: Science and Technology, Weather, England, Australia, Conservation
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Of course global warming is a threat to human health
While I applaud Tim Wheeler for shining a light on the risks of climate change in his recent article "Rising temperatures increase health risks" (May 10), I'm saddened by these three esteemed universities investing time and effort into researching what...Tags: Heat Stroke, Weather, Lobbying, Politics
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Climate change may be baring Mount Everest
A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found. Rocks and natural debris previously covered by snow are appearing now as the snow...
Tags: Science and Technology, Nepal, Weather, National Parks, Landforms
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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, Bodies of Water, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Warming, Scientific Institutions
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25-year report card says despite progress toward cleanup, Great Lakes still have big problems
AP Environmental WriterTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U....Tags: Invasive Species, Water, Weather, Conservation, Mussels
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LETTER: Objects To Use Of Phrase 'Climate Change'
While the report on Connecticut's environment addressed in the editorial "Same Shade Of Green" [May 6] is sort of middling, the editorial writers authors can't resist inserting the buzz words "climate change." While Connecticut and parts of the U.S....Tags: Weather, Conservation, Long Island Sound, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues
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