Eco Anchor NYC NYC environmental news, events and resources
What We’re Reading Today:
Local News >
NY Legislature Passes Transit Lock Box Bill
(Transportation Nation)
Anti-Fracking Groups Come Together for Rally in Ithaca
(Star Gazette)
The Bitter End of the 2011 NYS Legislative Session, Albany’s Next Move on Fracking
(Environmental Advocates of NY)
Fill Out Your Application for The NYC Civic Corps This Week.
(NYC Service)
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National News >
Supreme Court Reject Climate-Change Lawsuit Against Power Plants
California’s New Pesticide Plan Sparks Protest
(LA Times)
Scientists Ask Congress for More Research Into Bat Disease; Stress Need to Close Caves
(Environmental News Network)
Lawmakers Urge Obama To Pursue Energy Security Through Natural Gas
EPA Fracking Study To Focus On 5 States, But Not Wyoming
(Huffington Post)
As River Crests, Wary City Exhales
(Wall Street Journal)
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International News >
UK’s Newest, Largest Solar Parks Could Some Of Its Last
South African Utility Plans 1 Million Solar Water Heaters by 2015
(Treehugger)
Canada, other countries block Chrysotile asbestos from U.N. hazardous list
(Environmental News Network)
Down With Coal! The Grassroots Anti-Coal Movement Goes Global
(Sierra Club)
Biblical Rains in Colombia
(Washington Post)
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Environmental Issues >
Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush
(NY Times)
Global Climate Change May Make Our Oceans Stinkier
Koala Bears Need Endangered Legislation Now: 10 Adorable Reasons to Save Them
(Treehugger)
Asteroid Passes Earth Closer Than The Moon
(Huffington Post)
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Green Business >
New Discovery May Lead to Typing-Powered Laptops and Everlasting Batteries
Will Ford’s Electric Butterflies Fly?
Fast Food Garbage Makes up 50% of Street (and Pacific Gyre) Litter
(Treehugger)
Hunter Lovins Sees Business Benefits of Climate Change Adaptation
(Green Biz)
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