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The Healthy Bodegas Initiative: Bringing Good Food To The Desert
(The Atlantic)
As Indian Point Seeks Relicensing, NY Officials Call For Better Evacuation Plan
(WNYC)
Recycling Has Dropped Drastically During Bloomberg’s Tenure
(Gothamist)
Will The NYC Taxi Of Tomorrow Be The Taxi Of Yesterday?
(NRDC)
Environmental Group Opposes Tappan Zee Plan
(NBC)
Congresswoman Hayworth Meets With Environmental Advocates
(WAMC)
Brooklyn’s Urban Agriculture Scene Gets A Boost
(City Atlas)
Searching For Seals | New York Harbor
(Greening the Apple)
Will New York’s Underground Park Become A Reality?
(Huffington Post)
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National News >
98 % Of Colorado In A Drought, Say CSU Climatologists
(Denver Post)
“Historic” Severe Weather In North Texas
USDA Considering Privatizing Meat/Poultry Inspection!
(Daily Kos)
With New System, Obama Admin To Approve Fracking & Drilling Operations In 1/3rd the Time
EPA Orders Oil Companies To Pay For Contamination Of Montana Town’s Water Supply
(Treehugger)
Interior To Expedite Review Of Onshore Oil Drilling Permits
(The Hill)
New York Times Reporter Criticizes His Paper For ‘Scandal’ Of ‘Dodging’ How Global Warming Is Poisoning Our Weather
(Think Progress)
Climate Change, The News Media And The Public
(NY Times)
EPA Delays ‘Fracking’ Air Pollution Rules
(The Hill)
After Public Outcry, Oklahoma Senate Lets Climate-Denial Bill Die
(Think Progress)
USGBC To Revamp The LEED Program
(Environmental Leader)
BPA Gets A Reprieve — for Now
(Time)
Bill McKibben On Keystone, Congress, And Big-Oil Money
(Yale Environment 360)
Franz Litz – Is the U.S. Moving On Climate Change? Yes, Slowly.
(WAMC)
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International News >
State Of Emergency In Fiji
(350.ORG)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Ignores Concerns About Tar Sands Pollution
(Think Progress)
UK Revives £1 Billion Competition To Boost Carbon Capture Sector
(Yale Environment 360)
United Nations To Appoint A Chief Scientific Advisor
(Nature Magazine)
UN Chief: Social, Economic And Environmental Well-Being ‘Indivisible’
(The Examiner)
Which Nations Have Reduced Carbon Intensity The Fastest?
(Breakthrough Institute)
What’s New For Rio +20?
(Huffington Post)
Chance For India To Back LDCs In Their Submissions To UN On Emission Reduction
(Economic Times)
Chinese Cities Are Sinking Due To Excess Groundwater Use And Rapid Growth
(Inhabitat)
As Climate Becomes Less Certain, So Does China’s Ability To Feed Itself
(E&E News)
Controversial Bird Flu Research Set For Publication
(The Independent)
Greece Eyes Jobs, Growth Impulse From Solar Energy Export
(Bloomberg)
The Environment Is So Bad in North Korea, They’ll Even Let Americans Help
(The Atlantic)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
3,000 Dolphins Found Dead On The Coast of Peru
(Treehugger)
Massive Dolphin Die-Offs In Gulf Of Mexico Have Researchers Looking At Link To BP Oil Spill
(Think Progress)
Fukushima Radiation Tracked Across Pacific Ocean
Dengue Virus Makes Mosquitoes Better Spreaders
Deadly Bat Fungus Moves West
Seismic Testing Halted After Dolphin Deaths
(Huffington Post)
Sampling The Pacific For Signs Of Fukushima
Fertilizer Use Responsible For Increase In Nitrous Oxide In Atmosphere
(Science Daily)
Chinese Researchers Unlock Secret Of Butterfly Wings To Make Efficient Solar Power
(Inhabitat)
Fracking Our Way To A Toxic Planet
(Mother Jones)
Polar Bears’ Melting Habitat Forces Zoos To Act
(NPR)
Exposure To Weed Killer Can Alter The Shape Of Amphibians, Study Says
(Yale Environment 360)
Study Shows Coral Will Survive Warming Climate
(ENN)
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Business >
Koch-Funded ALEC Behind State Attempts To ‘Reclaim’ Your Public Lands
(Think Progress)
Is Industrial Poultry About To Get Even More Disgusting?
(Grist)
Danone, Xerox Boycott APP Because Illegal Logging Threatens The Rare Sumatran Tiger
(Inhabitat)
Can America’s Largest Green Business Development Spark A Movement?
(Good Magazine)
Solazyme And Bunge Plan Factory To Make Oil From Algae
(NY Times)
Buffett Says Shortcuts On Environment Can Risk Profits
(Bloomberg)
Honeywell To Destroy Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants For 125,000 Tons Of Carbon Credits
Heineken Starts Online Search For Green Beer Packaging
Lowe’s Sustainability Report: Purchased Green Power Jumps 34%
(Environmental Leader)
Shell Battles To Clean Up Its Act In The Niger Delta
(Mail Online)
Natural Gas: Pros And Cons
(Triple Pundit)
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