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"California Solar Power Tower Withdrawn in Favor of Monument"

"Solar energy developer BrightSource Energy, Inc. has withdrawn plans for a 5,000 acre solar thermal facility to be located in the Broadwell Valley in California's Mojave Desert."

Source: ENS, 09/22/2009

"Feds Again Petitioned for Florida Panther Critical Habitat"

"As a species, the endangered Florida panther needs about 4,860 square miles in southern Florida to be protected as critical habitat to save the animal from extinction and recover the species, according to a new scientific petition submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by three nonprofit organizations."

Source: ENS, 09/22/2009

"Rediscovering Natural Gas By Hitting Rock Bottom"

New drilling techniques have brought online U.S. natural gas reserves previously considered unreachable.

Source: NPR, 09/22/2009

"Decision Due Soon on Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling"

"Opponents of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Obama administration to impose the same kind of moratorium on oil and gas development that it did on major commercial fishing in the Far North."

Source: LA Times, 09/22/2009

"Fed Judge Says Grizzlies Still Threatened"

"BILLINGS, Mont. -- Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday."

Source: AP, 09/22/2009

"States Can Sue Utilities Over Emissions"

"A two-judge panel of a federal appeals court has ruled that big power companies can be sued by states and land trusts for emitting carbon dioxide. The decision, issued Monday, overturns a 2005 District Court decision that the question was political, not judicial."

Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2009

"As U.N. Meets on Climate, Momentum Is Elusive"

"The world leaders who are meeting at the United Nations to discuss climate change on Tuesday, are faced with an intricate challenge: building momentum for an international climate treaty at a time when global temperatures have been stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years."

Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2009

Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues"

Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.

Nieman Reports Fall 2009: "Let's Talk: Journalism and Social Media"

In this issue of the quarterly magazine of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, journalists describe changes in how they work and what they produce, explore emerging ethical issues, and propose principles of active engagement.

Court Finds EPA Fails To Investigate Civil Rights Complaints

"U.S. EPA's Office of Civil Rights has shown a systemic refusal to address allegations of discrimination in the use of agency funds, according to a unanimous three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."

Source: Greenwire, 09/21/2009

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