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Shun beef to stop climate change, says India

Friday, November 20th, 2009

An Indian farmer with his cattle in the village of Kamalasagar. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Strdel)AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.


Obama administration pauses on Alaska drilling

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil Co., talks during an interview in New York. Odum said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, the company did not ask a federal agency to delay a decision on the company's request to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s rugged Chukchi Sea. The delay came after the oil company asked for time to respond to criticism of its plan to drill in the icy sea, a prime habitat for threatened polar bears.


Sushi Often Not What You Think

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A fishermen hauls out tuna in Spain. Environmentalists on Sunday warned bluefin tuna was on its way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)LiveScience.com - That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds.


NY AG: AES Corp. agrees to pollution disclosures

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures.

Md. regulators approve Garret County wind farm

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

AP - The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County.

Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

India's Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh attends a climate change workshop in New Delhi in October. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.


Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Reuters - Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.

Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

AP - A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to reverse an earlier court ruling.

Energy leaders back climate change deal

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Technicians repair power lines in Nuaille-d'Aunis, western France, in February 2009. Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.(AFP/File/Xavier Leoty)AFP - Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.


EPA adds US Magnesium to Superfund site list

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the U.S. Magnesium site near Utah’s Great Salt Lake to the federal Superfund list.

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