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Feds Allow More Comment Time on Endangered Species Change
Today, the Bush administration announced that it will extend the comment period on a proposed rule that conservationists claim would weaken the Endangered Species Act....
Illinois Cement Plant Forced to Cut Air Pollution
In the first settlement secured by the federal government in its enforcement of the Clean Air Act to reduce air emissions from Portland cement plants, two companies that own and operate a cement plant near Dixon, Illinois will pay an $800,000 civil penalty and install pollution controls....
New York Needs $50 Billion to Keep Waters Clean
New York Governor David Paterson is calling on the federal government to help New York's municipalities maintain lakes, rivers and streams....
LA Runoff Must Meet Clean Water Standards During Review
A coalition of 21 cities in Los Angeles County and the Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation has lost its legal bid to prevent the California state and LA regional water boards from applying clean water quality standards to stormwater....
Democratic Nominee Obama Vows to Defeat Climate Change
Climate change has made Senator Barack Obama's list of "threats of the 21st century" alongside terrorism and nuclear proliferation, poverty, genocide, and disease....
Democrats Want Obama to Grow a Green, Clean Energy Economy
Speaker after speaker at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday called on Americans to elect Barack Obama president because they expect him to build a green economy powered by U.S. renewable energy instead of by foreign oil....
Democrats' Green Platform Plank, Obama's Green VP Pick
At the opening of the Democratic National Convention Monday, the Democratic Party adopted a new platform that incorporates the energy plan put forward by Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive presidential nominee....
'Sneaky' Bush Attack on Endangered Species Angers Conservationists
Saying the Bush administration's most recent Endangered Species Act rulemaking is "anti-democratic," 104 conservation and scientific organizations today submitted a letter to Cabinet officials calling for increased transparency and opportunities for public participation....
Investigation Sought Into EPA Mishandling of Florida Water
A series of federal court rulings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been derelict in its duty to protect the water quality of Florida's Everglades has prompted calls for a probe of the agency's regional operations....
Free-Wheeling Talks Mark National Clean Energy Summit
Who would have thought last year that me and T. Boone Pickens would be in the same boat pulling the same oar the same way," U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada marveled to reporters on a teleconference last week to promote the National Clean Energy Summit that opened here today....

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Irish SMEs could Save €200 million on Annual Energy Costs – Sustainable Energy IrelandFinFacts Ireland, 5:35 am September 15, 2008
NWMA's Skaer says November general election will be significant for U.S. miners, explorersMineWeb, 5:34 am September 15, 2008
Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?Informed Comment, 5:31 am September 15, 2008
China says milk powder contamination sickens 1,253PhysOrg.com, 5:30 am September 15, 2008

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