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"Alert Extends Up the East Coast as Hurricane Irene Closes In"

"DUCK, N.C. — Hurricane watches were posted for New York and much of the Northeast on Friday morning as Hurricane Irene jogged northward, putting the whole of the East Coast on alert.

The hurricane warning that was put into effect in North Carolina on Thursday was extended by the National Hurricane Center to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey on Friday morning, indicating that preparations for the storm should be completed as soon as possible.

Source: NY Times, 08/26/2011

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"Van Jones Slams Misleading Quotes in NYT Green-Jobs Story"

"In an email to Climate Progress, green jobs champion Van Jones explains how The New York Times misrepresented his quotes and his views."

Source: Grist, 08/25/2011

"Canadian Medical Association Slams Feds' 'Shameful' Asbestos Stance"

"ST. JOHN'S — Canada's doctors are condemning the Harper government for its 'shameful' decision to block listing asbestos as a hazardous product.

Delegates to the Canadian Medical Association's general assembly voted nearly unanimously — 99 per cent — in support of a motion Wednesday opposing the federal government for contesting the international designation of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance.

Source: Postmedia, 08/25/2011

"BP Fund Has Paid Out $5 Billion To Gulf Spill Victims"

"BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2011

"Study: Climate Shifts Cause War"

"Top military brass, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the UN Secretary General have all warned that climate change will create conflicts in the future. But environmental shifts are already causing wars, argues a team of experts in a new paper in Nature published this month."

Source: Mother Jones, 08/25/2011

"Record-Setting Agricultural Disaster in Texas Gets 'Worse by the Day"

"MILES, Texas -- After scanning the landscape surrounding this tiny (population 757) central Texas town, one immediately understands why the city's officials have decided to scratch the word 'cotton' from the annual September Cotton Festival.

Source: ClimateWire, 08/25/2011

"Nuclear Refugees Struggle To Cope With Uncertain Future"

"Like thousands of other people, Miwa Kamoshita's life was turned upside down when the March 11 tsunami struck the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, leading her and her family to voluntarily evacuate their home in Iwaki, some 40 km south of the crippled power station."

Source: Japan Times, 08/25/2011

"U.S. Inspecting Virginia Nuclear Reactor After Quake"

"Dominion Resources workers were inspecting the North Anna nuclear power plant in Mineral, Virginia on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake centered near plant knocked both reactors offline, the company said."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2011

"U.S. Green Groups Write Obama To Oppose Oil Pipeline"

"Ten U.S. environmental groups came out in support of hundreds of protesters arrested at the White House since Saturday for opposing a proposed $7 billion pipeline that would greatly expand imports of crude extracted from Canadian oil sands."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2011

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