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City Launches $12 Million Effort To Stop Sewer Overflows With Green Projects At Gowanus Canal, Other Sites
(Daily News)
NYLCV Unveils List Of Top Environmental Legislative Priorities For 2012
(NYLCV)
Governor Cuomo Announces $3.5 Million Household Appliance Rebate Program
(NY Governor’s Office)
How Will Climate Change Affect The Water Cycle And Therefore The NYC Water Supply?
Seeking Seals In New York Harbor
(City Atlas)
White Trumps Black In Urban Cool Contest
Feral Pigs Plaguing Upstate New York
(NY Times)
Indian Point, One Year After Fukushima
(Bronxville Eastchester Patch)
As NY Turns To Fracking, Farmers Cash In
(Epoch Times)
White Roofs Cool The Heck Out Of NYC Apartments
(Clean Technica)
Auburn, NY Overturns Ban On Gas Drilling Waste Water At Municipal Treatment Plant
(Syracuse)
Tapping Shale: Norwegian Firm Pushing For N.Y. Permits
(The Town Talk)
Niagara Falls Council Awaits Suit In Ban Of Fracking-Water Treatment
(Buffalo News)
NYLCV Lays Out 2012 Policy Agenda
(NY Observer)
Relay Rides Car Sharing Program In New York City
(Time)
Mid Hudson Region Can Be Ready For Smart Planning
(Lo Hud)
Climate: New York Seeks To Reduce Heat Island Effect
(Summit County Voice)
To Staten Islanders, New Jersey Water ‘Stinks,’ Says Official
(Newsroom Jersey)
Seaweed Farming In The Sound: The Beginning Of Something Big?
(The Day)
Why Are Seemingly Healthy Hawks Dying In NYC Parks?
(Gothamist)
Christie Administration Adopts Rule Allowing Businesses To Bypass N.J. Environmental Regulations
(NJ)
More Spruce Grouse For New York? DEC Plans For Recovery
(Mother Nature Network)
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National News >
USDA Speeds Approval For New Herbicide-Tolerant Crops Despite Superweed Problem
(Treehugger)
Reid: Republicans Exaggerating Benefits Of Keystone XL Pipeline
God Controls The Climate, Not Humans, Suggests Sen. Inhofe
(The Hill)
As Eco-Terrorism Wanes, Governments Still Target Activist Groups Seen As Threat
(Washington Post)
Fracking Democracy: Why Pennsylvania’s Act 13 May Be The Nation’s Worst Corporate Giveaway
(Alter Net)
Ice On U.S. Great Lakes Has Decreased By 71 Percent Since 1973
(Yale Environment 360)
Coal Power Drops Below 40% Of U.S. Electricity, Lowest In 33 Years
(Think Progress)
Renewable Energy Throws US Power Grid Off Balance
(NPR)
Regulators Ready To Force San Diego Bay Cleanup
(UT San Diego)
Louisiana’s Ambitious New Vision For Its Disappearing Coastline
(LA Times)
Naomi Klein: Serious About Climate? Throw Out The Free-Market Playbook
(Grist)
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International News >
Global Water Supplies Threatened By Climate Change, Increased Demand
(Treehugger)
Study Disputes Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Oil Sands ‘Restoration’ Pledge Commercial
(NY Times)
Japan A Year Later, The View From The North
(The Economist)
Shunning Nuclear Carries Costs For Japan
(NPR)
Alberta, Ottawa, Oil Lobby Formed Secret Committee
(The Star)
Europe’s Woes Over Free-Range Eggs
(Triple Pundit)
The Sun Shines Less On Solar Power In Germany
(IPS)
Palm Oil Biomass Promises Huge Potential For Malaysia
(Bernama)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
Study: Even A Small Temperature Increase Will Obliterate Greenland Ice Cap
(Grist)
Scientists Warn EPA About Monsanto Corn
Oilsands-Ravaged Land May Never Be The Same
(Huffington Post)
If Cutting Carbon Emissions Isn’t Working, What’s Next?
(NY Times)
Future Forest Plants Trees In The Mongolian Desert To Reduce Korean Dust Storms
(Inhabitat)
Dangerous Beauty: 5 Scariest Beauty Products
(Forbes)
From Kansas To Kenya, Biochar Can Capture Carbon And Improve Soil
(Good)
Could Treating Superbugs Like Rare Diseases Save Us From Crisis?
(Treehugger)
Exotic Grass Could Help Clean Lead From Soil
(North Jersey)
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Business >
GE Rejects Republicans’ Climate Change Doubts
(Financial Times)
Columbia Packing Co. Slaughterhouse Secretly Piped Pig Blood Directly Into Stream
(Mother Nature Network)
Report: Walmart Is Not Walking the Walk
(Triple Pundit)
How Big Is The Gap Between Walmart’s Sustainability Rhetoric & The Reality?
(Treehugger)
GM CEO Commits To Reviewing Support For Heartland Institute
(Think Progress)
Silent Spring Institute: Mislabeled Consumer Products Contain Harmful Chemicals
Ford Announces 2012 Ford Focus Electric Will Get Extra $2,500 In Tax Credits In California
(Inhabitat)
GRI Releases Sustainability Taxonomy, Public Comments On G4
Microsoft Taps CarbonSystems For Global Environmental Reporting
(Environmental Leader)
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