"New Measures to Aid Solar on Public Lands"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced measures on Monday to hasten the development of solar energy on Western public lands."
Source: NYTimes, 06/30/2009
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"EPA Reveals 44 Higher Risk Coal Ash Sites"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year."
Source: AP, 06/30/2009
Forum on Media Diversity
A partnership of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication and the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, the Forum comprises more than 2,000 journal articles and books; a research database of syllabi of diversity courses from approximately 40 universities and colleges around the country; a directory of state ethnic media; and more.
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"Keeping Panthers and People from Colliding"
Rebecca Williams reports biologists are trying to figure out how to keep panthers and people from running into each other.
Source: Environment Report, 06/29/2009
Palin's Pipeline Raises Questions
"Where the natural gas from the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline will end up is a murky question. ..."
Source: SolveClimate, 06/29/2009
Ameren Plans Huge Cleanup in Galesburg, IL
"AmerenIP hopes to begin a massive environmental clean-up at the former site of McCabe Scrap Iron & Materials Co. [in Galesburg, Ill.,] by September or October. Galesburg Gas Light & Coke Co. produced gas beginning in 1861 at the 3-acre site, with coal tar as a waste product."
Source: Galesburg Register-Mail, 06/29/2009
"Fallen hero: the St. Lawrence Seaway at 50"
When the St. Lawrence Seaway was opened 50 years ago, it promised to move the ocean 1,000 miles inland, boost commerce, and light cities. But some think it has been an environmental nightmare.
Source: Globe & Mail, 06/29/2009
"Obama Aide's Husband Lobbied for Oil Drilling"
White House climate czar Carol Browner's husband, former Rep. Thomas Downey, was a paid lobbyist for the group pushing for more oil drilling off Florida's coast.
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/29/2009
Contaminated Kansas Ghost Town
The century of mining that built Treece, Kansas, has left it a toxic ghost town. EPA says the residential areas have been cleaned up, but Sen. Pat Roberts is poised to file a bill to buy out residents if EPA does not spend stimulus money to do so.
Source: Wichita Eagle, 06/29/2009
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