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Environment News Service News Index January 2008
- EU Gives Italy One Month to Solve Waste Crisis
- Energy Secretary Scraps FutureGen Clean Coal Project
- U.S. Wind Power Generation Grows by 45 Percent in 2007
- Kansas City Faces $3.6 Billion Sewer, Stormwater Upgrade
- Texas Wildfires Flare in Dry, Windy Weather
- Unexplained "White Nose" Disease Killing Northeast Bats
- Senate Committee Approves Platte River Recovery Program
- EPA Commits to Lead-Safe Standards for Older Building Repairs
- Future of FutureGen Clean Coal Plant Looks Dim
- Most of Gulf Dead Zone Nutrients Come from Just Nine States
- Hot Liquids Release Harmful Chemical from Plastic Bottles
- Toss Magazines, Catalogs in Recycling Bin, New Yorkers Urged
- Dallas, Houston Among Top 25 Green Power Purchasers
- Giant Teach-In to Focus the Nation on Global Warming
- Climate Change Links 2008 Champions of the Earth
- Chicago 2016 Summer Olympics Bid Focuses on Green Games
- California Chinook Salmon Numbers Hit Record Low
- Nothing New for Environment in Bush State of the Union
- Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink by Half in 50 Years
- Cuba Bans Harvesting of Endangered Sea Turtles
- Feds Help Hawaii Move to 70% Renewables by 2030
- New York Sets Guidelines for Wind Turbine Harm to Birds, Bats
- Navy Withdraws Plan for Jet Runway Near Wildlife Refuge
- Tallahassee Solid Waste Services Earns Green Building Label
- Rocky Mountain Wolf Killing Rule Goes to Court
- States Petition EPA to Control Climate Gases from Nonroad Engines
- World Leaders Fortify Commitments to Environment
- Type 2 Diabetes May be Linked to Pesticide Exposure
- INSIGHTS: Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008
- States Seek Fraud Protection for Carbon Offset Market
- California Slaps Yamaha With $2 Million Air Pollution Fine
- Pennsylvania Hospital Found Throwing Medical Waste in Landfills
- New Jersey Brownfields Funded to Go Green
- Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging
- Agriculture is Altering Mississippi River Chemistry
- Europe to Trade More Greenhouse Gases, Use More Biofuels
- U.S. Airbase in Okinawa Dugong Habitat on Hold
- Bird Flu Flares Up Anew
- Tamarack Resort Fined $185,000 for Stormwater Violations
- Energy Department Eases Nuclear Power Path for Iraq, Libya
- Onondaga Lake at Risk from Auto Metal Shredder
- Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves in the Crosshairs
- EPA Chief Blasted for Denying California Clean Car Waiver
- The Disappearing Scrub-Jays of Florida
- USA Slips Behind Ecuador in Environmental Ranking
- Climate Change Solutions Key to World Prosperity
- Majority Tells Mayors' Poll Going Green Makes Economic Sense
- California to Filter Stormwater from 1,000 Miles of Roads
- Conservationists: Jaguar Recovery Abandoned in Favor of Border Wall
- Manatee Protection Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court
- EPA Inaction on Greenhouse Gas Ruling Angers States
- Hawaii Plans Big Solar Power Arrays at Airports, Harbors
- Dollars Ahead for Connecticut's Shoreline Greenway Trail
- Future Energy Summit: Abu Dhabi Pledges $15 Billion for Renewables
- Governors, Mayor Form Coalition to Rebuild Ailing U.S. Infrastructure
- Chemical Exposures Cost California $2.6 Billion in 2004
- Dozens of New Satellites Planned to Monitor Climate
- Rebuilding Greensburg Greener Than Ever
- First Wave Energy Project Provokes Federal-State Clash
- Dallas Toots Its Green Horn
- New Jersey Enviro-Cops Try to Catch Companies Doing Good
- Need Fuels Algae-to-Biodiesel Revival
- Treading Lightly in World's Most Visited Cruise Destination
- Zimbabwe's Heavy Rains a Disaster for Farming
- Grants Worth $1.2 Million Propel Elizabeth River Restoration
- New Columbia River Water Rights Under Review
- Colorado Firm Cut Stream Channel Through City Illegally
- New York Capital Region Cities Funded to Restore Riverfronts
- Home Furnace Efficiency Standards Challenged as Weak
- Longline Fishermen Scare Seabirds for Their Own Protection
- Sea Shepherd Crewmen Released by Japanese Whaler
- U.S. Lawmakers Hot Over Polar Bear Decisions
- Chimpanzees Key to Iowa-Rwanda Forest Restoration Plan
- Toxic Spills to Appalachian Waters Cost Massey Coal $20 Million
- Clean Watersheds Could Cost $202 Billion Over 20 Years
- Sinclair Oil Agrees to Pollution Controls Worth $72 Million
- Lawsuits Force Listing of Six Rare Birds as Endangered
- Upstate New York Fire Academy Costly to Clean
- San Francisco Mayor Issues Roadmap to a Greener City
- Sea Shepherd Loses Japanese Whaler With Two Hostages
- Bush Exempts Navy From Court Order Protecting Whales
- Shades of Green at the North American International Auto Show
- Miami Hosts World's First Carbon Neutral Fishing Contest
- New Jersey Bans Disposal of Electronic Waste
- Eagle Celebrations Brighten Midwest Winter Days
- Australian Court Orders Illegal Japanese Whale Hunt Stopped
- Animal Clones Approved for Human Food
- Oil Spills Costly for Three New England Companies
- NanoSensors Will Go Underground to Boost Oil Production
- Klamath Water Deal Still Missing Dam Removals
- Bush Previews Abu Dhabi's Planned Carbon Neutral, Car Free City
- Everglades Restoration Gains Urgency as Climate Warms
- Forest Service Plans to Relocate Jobs Out of Forests
- Developer Loses, New Jersey Wins Water Protection Case
- Texas Offers Clunker Owners $3,500 to Buy Newer Cars
- Geothermal Energy Set to Double Across Western States
- Emerging Waterfowl, Raptor Disease Linked to Toxic Algae
- Vermont Streamlines Hydropower Permitting Process
- Big Banks Ranked on Climate Change Practices
- Greenpeace Chases Japanese Whalers in Antarctic Sanctuary
- Human Thirst for Palm Oil Wipes Out Rare Forest Birds
- U.S. Nuclear Waste Repository Foes Speak Out
- Chinese Smugglers Caught With Endangered Sea Turtle Shell
- Dam Upgrades Will Double Flood Protection for Sacramento
- Explosive Hazwaste Removed From Massachusetts Superfund Site
- Sunken Shrimping Vessel Spills Diesel at John's Pass
- Greenhouse Oceans May Support Only Smaller Fish
- State of the World 2008: Environmental Woes Sow Seeds of Sustainability
- Wild Swans in Britain Found Dead of Bird Flu
- China Bans Free Plastic Bags
- Conservation Groups Sue to Block Electric Transmission Corridors
- Coca-Cola Donates $2 Million to Hometown Atlanta BeltLine
- New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Coastal and Ocean Protection Bill
- Plastic Bag Recycling Coming to Big Apple Stores
- Ace Hardware Fined $850,000 for Selling Polluting Wiper Fluid
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell Locomotive in Development
- Bush Administration Abandons Effort to Undercut National Forest Protections
- Human Activities Endangering Caribbean Coral Reefs
- U.S. Supreme Court: Canadian Smelter Must Clean U.S. Pollution
- Shell's Deer Park Refinery Emissions Draw Legal Action
- Stormwater Flood in Nevada Declared an Official Disaster
- EPA Reports Reduced Costs With Low Impact Development
- Another Greka Oil Spill Fouls California Creek
- Butter From Pennsylvania Farm Show Sculpture to Run Tractors
- Vancouver Company Convicted of Queen Conch Smuggling
- Logging Road Punched Through Sumatra Threatens Tigers, Tribes
- Switchgrass Ethanol Yields Large Net Energy Gain
- Connecticut Urges Rejection of Long Island Sound Gas Terminal
- South Florida Records Two Driest Back-to-Back Years
- Los Angelenos' Cancer Risk From Air Pollution Down 15%
- Whistleblower Seeks Restoration of Independent EPA Ombudsman
- New Sun Cycle Raises Risk of Disruptive Solar Storms
- Waste Crisis Erupts in Naples
- Baghdad Park Bridges Sectarian Divide
- Groups Seeking Polar Bear Listing to Sue Bush Administration
- U.S. Clean Fuel Programs Have Helped to Clear the Air
- UK Invasive Species Strategy Attracts Public Support
- China to Begin First National Pollution Survey in February
- Grants of $20.5 Million Safeguard Coastal Wetlands
- California Paralyzed by Powerful Snowstorm
- Waste Crisis Erupts in Naples
- New York Environmental Officers' Firearms Training Now Lead-Free
- Poisoning Migratory Birds Costs Colorado Man $60,000
- New Jersey Benefits From Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Relicensing
- Citizens Petition to Halt Flawed U.S. Nuclear Plant Relicensing
- Record Heat Parched Southern Australia in 2007
- Each Degree of Global Warming Linked to 20,000 Deaths a Year
- Missouri Landfills Hold Recyclables Worth Millions
- California Criticizes Planned Transmission Line Through Park
- Court Orders U.S. Navy to Limit Sonar, Monitor for Whales
- Recovery Starts for Most Endangered U.S. Waterbird
- New Yorkers Recycle Christmas Trees Into Wood Chip Mulch
- Battelle Memorial Institute Fined for Radioactive Releases
- World to Focus on Improved Sanitation in 2008
- California Sues EPA for Rejecting Tailpipe Emissions Law
- Argentina Strives to Clean Mystery Oil Spill in Patagonia
- Texas Coastal Wind Farms May Put Birds at Risk
- Sides Line Up in Florida State-Federal Water Dispute
- Degraded Clinch and Powell Rivers Get Federal, State Help
- Fort Wayne Faces $250 Million Bill for Sewer Upgrades
- EPA Funds Efforts to Beat Childhood Lead Poisoning
- Fish and Wildlife Service Claims Sacramento River Islands
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