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MAP: Will Climate Change Flood New York By 2020?
(Huffington Post)
DEP Releases 2011 Progress Report On Ambitious And Forward-Thinking Strategic Plan
(NY DEP)
New York Falls Further Behind On Solar
State Senate Seeks To Delay Clean-Air Regulations
PCB-Laden Creek Designated A Federal Superfund Site
New York State, City Agree To Reduce Sewage Pollution
(NYLCV)
Dredging Hudson River To Remove PCBs (Podcast)
(WAMC)
Lawmaker Blasts Possibility Of Expanding JFK Airport Into Jamaica Bay
(Daily News)
NY Assembly Calls For Fracking Health Impact Study
(MSNBC)
Environmental Watchdog Sees Green In NYS Assembly & Senate Budgets
(Environmental Advocates of NY)
Energy, Environmental Groups Oppose New York Assembly’s Clean Energy Plan
(North American Wind Power)
Activists Call For Indian Point Closure
(The Daily Cortlandt)
Riverkeeper Continues To Blast TZ Bridge Plan, Calls For Support
(Nanuet Patch)
School Kids Participate In The Green Points Challenge
(NY Dept Parks and Recreation)
Saunders Research Building Is University Of Rochester’s First LEED Gold Building
(Inhabitat)
NJ Dems Take Another Run At Cap-And-Trade Bill
(NJ)
2050 May Include A Pond At Canal And West Broadway
Revisiting Moma’s 2010 Exhibit Rising Currents: Re-designing NYC’s Waterfront For Protection From Rising Sea Levels
(City Atlas)
New York Has A Subway System Just For Garbage
(Grist)
Midtown Bike-Share Stations Eyed By Locals Ahead Of Program Launch
(DNA Info)
$3.8 Billion Deal Means A Lot Less Poop In NYC Waterways
Manhattan Bridge Bike Path Still Bears Construction Obstacles
New Video Preceding Brooklyn Cyclist’s Death Proves NYPD Wrong, Lawyer Says
(Gothamist)
Whole Foods Sets Sights On Williamsburg
(NY Times)
Mixed Greens: Is Sustainability Sound?
(NY Observer)
NYC To Build Green Playgrounds For Stormwater Capture
New Species Of Frog Discovered In New York City
(Treehugger)
New York’s Finest Farm-To-Glass Cocktails
(Gotham Magazine)
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National News >
Imported-Food Outbreaks Rise, CDC Says
Canada Resources Minister: “Pretty Strong Signals” Keystone Likely To Get US OK
(Wall Street Journal)
Senate Overwhelmingly Rejects Pat Roberts ‘Drill Everywhere’ Amendment
The U.S. Decision on Chinese Solar Panel Imports: Why Tariffs Are Only A Partial Solution
FactCheck.org Calls Out Rick Santorum For Claiming Global Warming Is A ‘Hoax’
Fox News Argued Getting Off Of OPEC Oil With Alternative Fuels Was ‘A National Security Issue’. Then Obama Won.
(Think Progress)
Launch Of New Multi-State Climate And Clean Energy Partnership
(Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)
Miami Has More Assets To Lose From Climate Change, Rising Seas Than Any Other City
(NBC)
Will Your City Be Underwater? There’s A Map For That
(PBS)
Lawsuits against EPA target chemical nutrient pollution that feeds algae blooms in US waters
(Washington Post)
Report Claims Obama, Cameron Discussed Tapping Oil Reserves
(The Hill)
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Gulf Dead Zone
(Reuters)
George W. Bush Says Keystone XL Pipeline A ‘No-Brainer’
U.S. Heatwave Pushes Temperatures 20 Degrees
(Bloomberg)
Documents Regarding Mercury Spill At Hill Air Force Base In Utah
(Mercury News)
Minnesota’s Energy Could be 100% Renewable At No Extra Cost
(Treehugger)
Study: Young People Not So ‘Green’ After All
Weighing The Risk Of Sea-Level Rise
(NY Times)
What Americans Get From Fracking
New Report: Nitrate Contamination Threatens California’s Drinking Water
(Huffington Post)
Refiners Push EPA To Scrap Gasoline Rule That Automakers Want
(Bloomberg)
100 Environmental Groups Push EPA To Ban Lead Ammo
(California Watch)
Pink Slime: USDA To Announce Schools To Get Option To Take It Or Leave It
Congress Gets Involved With Genetically Engineered Labeling
(Mother Nature Network)
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International News >
Kiribati’s Entire Population Is Being Moved To Fiji
(Triple Pundit)
UN’s Agenda 21: The Main Target In The Right’s Fight To Deny Climate Change
(Alter Net)
South Africa To Introduce Rising Price On Carbon Pollution From Major Sources In 2013
(Think Progress)
Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development Predicts ‘Grim’ Outlook For Global Environment By 2050
U.K. Risks Blackouts Without Nuclear Power Strategy
Brazil Global Ethanol Drive Falters On Shortages
(Bloomberg)
China Irrigation System Responsible For Rising Emissions, Research Shows
Coroner In Cornwall Water Poisoning Case Accuses Water Authority Of Gambling With 20,000
(The Guardian)
Poland Isn’t So Keen On Going Green
Scotland’s Clean Energy Path Avoids New Nukes
(Huffington Post)
Massive Hindu Pilgrimage Melting Sacred Glacier
(National Geographic)
Europe Steps Up Challenge Over China’s Rare Metal Restrictions
Growing Illegal Trade Threatens Jamaica’s Wildlife
(ENN)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
Researchers Find Canadian Tar Sands Mining Will Cause Irreparable Damage To Valuable Peatlands
Scientists Develop Salt-Tolerant Wheat That Could Mitigate Global Food Crisis
(Inhabitat)
Unusual Pine Beetle Breeding Could Explain Tree Epidemic, Study Says
(Yale Environment 360)
Reduction In Arctic Sea Ice Fueling Europe’s Colder Weather, Says UK Met Office
(Think Progress)
The Dangers Of Eating GMOs With Dr. Oz
(Occupy Monsanto)
Corn Insecticide Linked To Great Die-Off Of Beneficial Honeybees
Rising Ocean Temperatures Harm Protected Coral Reefs
Common North American Frog Identified As Carrier Of Deadly Amphibian Disease
(Science Daily)
Mild Winters May Shift Spread Of Mosquito-Borne Illness
(Science News)
Shop Towels Show Metal Contamination Threat
(Environmental Leader)
Is It Safe to Play Yet? Going To Extreme Lengths To Purge Household Toxins
(NY Times)
Low Doses, Big Effects: Scientists Seek ‘Fundamental Changes’ In Testing, Regulation Of Hormone-Like Chemicals
‘There Are No Safe Doses For Endocrine Disruptors’
(Environmental Health News)
Cadmium In Diet Is Linked To Higher Breast Cancer Risk
(LA Times)
Pill Designed To Stop Miscarriages Left A Generation Blighted By Cancer
(Mail Online)
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Business >
Green Tech Execs Guilty Of Panel Price Fixing
(Bloomberg)
Ohio Judge Accepts Scotts Miracle-Gro Guilty Plea For Violating Federal Environmental Laws
(Washington Post)
Coke Wastewater Straining City Resources, Officials Claim
(Environmental Leader)
Dow Pledges $10 Million For Sustainability Fellows Program
(Mother Nature Network)
The World’s Most Ethical Companies
(Forbes)
Is GM Guilty Of Funding Climate Change Denial?
Four Emerging Trends In Corporate Social Responsibility
Solar’s $10 Billion Potential
(Triple Pundit)
US Corporations Heat Up Solar Market
(Green Biz)
Shell Says Was Sued For Causing Climate Change
(Reuters)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty To Selling Poisoned Bird Seed
(Grist)
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