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"States Get Tough on Outdoor Wood Furnace Smoke"
"When oil prices climbed, more people turned to wood to heat their homes, many using outdoor wood furnaces that to some are air-polluting nuisances. From Vermont to Connecticut to Indiana, some neighbors have complained about smoke from these furnaces drifting into their yards and homes, in some cases triggering asthma attacks and lung problems."
Source: AP, 04/05/2010
"UN's Ban Calls Aral Sea 'Shocking Disaster'"
"The drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking environmental disasters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday as he urged Central Asian leaders to step up efforts to solve the problem."
Source: AP, 04/05/2010
"Panel Advises Against Cape Cod Wind Project"
"A federal advisory panel urged the U.S. Interior Department on Friday to block a $1 billion wind project off Cape Cod opposed by local business leaders and politicians but seen as helpful to the Obama administration's energy strategy."
Source: Reuters, 04/05/2010
Obama's Drilling Pitch Sways Few Fence-Sitters on Climate Bill
President Obama does not appear to have won many GOP votes for climate change legislation with his offshore drilling plan. In fact, he may have lost as many votes as he may have gained. And the chief beneficiary of the drilling plan -- the oil and gas industry -- is running ads against a climate bill.
Source: Greenwire, 04/05/2010
Gulf Coast Vulnerable to Active 2010 Hurricane Season
"Impacts from a decade of extreme storms on the coastline of the northern Gulf of Mexico have left many coastal areas vulnerable to future storm events, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned [Thursday]."
Source: ENS, 04/05/2010
"Fuel Leak Threatening Great Barrier Reef"
"HONG KONG -- Salvage experts and a tugboat crew struggled on Monday to save a large Chinese freighter that slammed into the Great Barrier Reef off Australia over the weekend, trying to prevent the vessel from breaking apart as some of the 1,075 tons of engine fuel in its tanks began oozing from the hull, threatening the world’s largest collection of coral."
Source: NYTimes, 04/05/2010
"How To Plan Better for New England Floods"
"As flood waters recede in rain-soaked New England, March's record-smashing storms highlight the need for planners in the region to place an increased emphasis on reducing flood risks and boosting their communities' resilience to floods."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/05/2010
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