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Environment News Service News Index February 2008
- Texas Refinery Area Meets Federal Air Quality Standard
- 'A Civil Action' River to Be Cleaned at Superfund Site
- Battery Company Faces $10,000/Day Fines for Overflows
- Freezing Plants in a Warming World
- Energy Department Selects Four Companies for Cellulosic Ethanol Funding
- Millionth Mercury Switch Recovered from Junked Vehicles
- Cleaning House Can Ease Asthma Symptoms
- Developing Countries Get Help to Cope with Climate Change
- Corn Genome Map Could Lead to Higher Yields
- Australia to Spend $50 Million for Murray-Darling Water
- Forest Service Drops Plan to Pull Employees Out of Forests
- Big City Water Agencies Form New National Climate Alliance
- Groups Seek Emergency Endangered Listing for Red Knot
- Canada Lynx May Win Back Critical Habitat
- Pennsylvania Looks to Its Own Water Infrastructure Funding
- Harnessing the Bacteria That Make Rain
- Exxon Valdez Dispute Spills into U.S. Supreme Court
- New Zealand Imposes Fishing Rules to Help Endangered Seabirds
- Renewable Energy Industry Hot in Latest Global Status Report
- More Coastal Dwellers, Not More Hurricanes, Hike Dollar Damages
- Conservationists Serve Notice of Lawsuit Over Wolf Delisting
- Western Governors Agree to Develop Alternative Transport Fuels
- Report Card: Lack of Federal Funding Hinders Ocean Health
- Giant Constrictor Snakes Invade Florida
- Watershed Restoration Funded for Washington, Oregon Forests
- Scientists Give Birth to the Encyclopedia of Life
- First Seeds Placed in Arctic Global Seed Vault
- Home Depot Fined for Construction Site Runoff in 28 States
- New York State Reaches for Green Power, Green Jobs
- Wind Cooperative of the Year Award Goes to Rural Alaska
- Eroding Alaska Native Village Sues Energy Companies
- Austin's $30 Million Land Conservation Deal
- A Drought-Proof Water Supply for Algiers
- Wal-Mart to Audit Energy Efficiency of State Capitols
- World's Coastal Waters Riddled with Invasive Species
- Forest Protection Is Climate Protection, GLOBE Forum Told
- Asiatic Black Bears Readied for Return to the Wild
- Western Dust Up 500 Percent in 200 Years
- Arizona to Reintroduce Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
- Iowa Cities Face Costly Wastewater System Upgrades
- Paving the Way For Greener Roads
- Nevada Solar One Dedicated to Power Las Vegas Homes
- Ocean Ranger Cruise Ship Bill Introduced in California
- Funding Shortfall Hampers Pennsylvania's Wastewater Cleanup
- California Buyers of Clean Vehicles to Receive Rebates
- Three Florida Agencies Boost Recycling in State Buildings
- Green Freedom Fuel Technology Sucks CO2 From Air
- Fish Perish as Climate Change Disrupts Ocean Systems
- Federal Delisting of Northern Rockies Wolves Headed for Court
- Afghanistan: Power Cuts Leave Helmand Shivering
- African Development Bank to Fund Congo Forest Conservation
- McCain Scores Zero on 2007 Environmental Voting Record
- Bipartisan Consensus Builds for California Water Bond
- Nevada Conservation Projects Receive $78 Million
- Thousands of Variances Cut Into Maryland's Shoreline
- Solar Power Troughs to Cover Three Square Miles of Arizona
- U.S. Scientists Head to Antarctica for Climate Research
- Conservation of Wildlife May Prevent Emerging Diseases
- World's Environment Ministers Meet to Facilitate Global Green Economy
- First Galapagos Wind Turbines to Halve Diesel Imports
- California Cities, Counties Invited to Low-Carbon Workshops
- Homebuilders Reach for High Performance Green Standards
- Senate Majority Leader Promotes Renewable Energy
- CBS Will Pay $31 Million to Clean Indiana Superfund Sites
- Army Sued to Clear Ordnance from Hawaiian Temples
- Washington State Issues Aquatic Weed Control Pesticide Permit
- Heavy Snows Damage One-Tenth of China's Forests
- Fishing Pressure Pushing Sharks Towards Extinction
- Earth First! Blockades Florida Power Plant Construction, 27 Arrested
- Court Orders Cell Tower Safeguards for Birds Along Gulf Coast
- Climate Scientist James Hansen Honored for Speaking Truth to Power
- Scientists Warn of Profound Changes in World's Oceans
- Alcoa Ready to Dredge Toxic Sediment from Columbia River
- Minnesota Removes Seven Waters From Impaired List, Adds 297
- Energy Crops to Cover Missouri Landscape
- Mad Cow Scare: 143 Million Pounds of Ground Meat Recalled
- Track Climate Change at Home With Project BudBurst
- FEMA Hurries Hurricane Survivors Out of Toxic Trailers
- INSIGHTS: Arrested While Protecting the Forest From Suburbia
- Hard Plastic Baby Bottles Leach Toxic Chemical
- Flood Safety Summit Planned for New York State
- New York City First With Electronics Recycling Law
- Court Rules Against Arizona Cattlemen, for Mexican Spotted Owl
- Texas Tops in Greenhouse Gas Reduced by Efficient Buildings
- Bottom Trawling Impacts Visible From Space
- Degraded Bay Area Pipes Cause Wastewater Spills
- High Speed Robots to Replace Animal Testing of Toxic Chemicals
- For Magic and Medicine, Sumatran Tigers Are Traded to Extinction
- Crunch Time for India's Tigers: Numbers Down By Half
- Conservationists Plan Genetic Tiger Corridor Across Asia
- New York Will Cut Use of Tropical Hardwoods by 20 Percent
- Florida's Largest Solar Power Array Dedicated in Sarasota
- New Record Set for Solar-to-Grid Conversion Efficiency
- Kansas Government Renews Call for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
- Controversial Texas Smelter Awarded Air Permit to Reopen
- Power Shirt Generates Electricity as Wearer Moves
- U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard Going Up
- U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard Going Up
- Whaling Images Rouse Anti-Whalers' Resolve to Stop Japan
- Zimbabwe Water in Short Supply Despite Rain
- Senate to Vote on Allowing Park Visitors to Carry Loaded Guns
- Environmentalists Raise Alarm Over Towing of SS Independence
- North Carolina's 11 Thirstiest Towns Get Help to Find Water
- Online Tool Pinpoints Sand for Florida Beach Restoration
- Lake Mead Water Could Dry Up by 2021
- Ranches Transformed Into Endangered Jaguar Reserve
- Alaska Continental Slope 100 Miles Farther Out Than Thought
- Vehicle Emissions Fight Just Beginning, Auto Dealers Say
- Pennsylvania Governor Budgets $100 Million for Flood Control
- Turning Contaminated Properties into Shopping Centers
- Environment New Hampshire Urges Protective Wetlands Laws
- Energy Star TVs Held to Higher Standard Come November
- Woman's Death Linked to Environmental Tobacco Smoke
- New Jersey Stream Buffers Cut Back by Senior Environment Official
- Green Grammys Honor Great Music With Smaller Carbon Footprint
- Biofuels Could Add to Climate Concerns
- Appeals Court Rejects EPA Mercury Cap-and-Trade Rule
- State Foresters Furious Over 60 Percent Cut in Federal Funding
- Northern California Flood Control Projects Fast-Tracked
- New Cheaper Nano-method Offers Big Possibilities
- Absent Analysis, Forest Planning Rule Assumes No Impact
- Atlantic Richfield Pays $187 Million to Clean Montana River
- Sham Mississippi Hazwaste Operator Jailed
- Federal Government Petitioned to Protect Pacific Walrus
- Investors Request Disclosure of Climate Emissions, Strategies
- Exploring the Heavens From Antarctica's Highest Point
- African Elephant Countries Strategize to Thwart Poaching
- Unseasonable Tornadoes Claim 52 Lives Across the South
- Iowa Lawmakers Introduce Surface Water Protection Act
- Old-Growth Nesting Seabird Keeps Threatened Species Protection
- Container Ports Ease Away from Polluting Diesel Fuel
- Environmentalists Win a Second Navy Sonar Case This Week
- Cleaner Ethylene Production Technique Prevents Climate Emissions
- Bush Record-Splitting Budget Cuts Environment, Funds Nuclear Weapons
- 15 Government Agencies Plan Alternatives to Animal Testing
- Scientists Ignored on Pitfalls of Arctic Oil Leasing
- Alabama, Florida Declare Victory in Water War With Georgia
- Will Candidates' Green Talk Lead to Presidential Action?
- Iraq Braced for More Cholera Outbreaks
- Nuclear Waste Neighbors Look to Candidates for Relief
- Federal Judge Overturns Bush Sonar Waiver
- EPA Nixes Pumping Mississsippi Wetlands Dry for Agriculture
- UN: Mangrove Forests Vanishing at an "Alarming" Rate
- Natives, Conservationists Sue to Block Chukchi Sea Oil Leasing
- Vast Congolese Wetlands Protected to Mark World Wetlands Day
- Survey Asks Missourians to Place Dollar Value on Wetlands
- Developer Fined for Despoiling Hawaii's Largest Wetland
- Herons in Chicago Wetlands Survive Exposure to Banned Toxics
- Florida Stakeholders to Advise Energy and Climate Change Team
- Human Pollution Drives Weekday Southeast Storms
- U.S. Company Seeks Permit to Import Nuclear Waste
- U.S. Lawmakers Urged to Lead Global Warming Battle
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