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Coast Guard to Study 'Cargo Sweepings' For more than 75 years, shipping companies that haul iron ore, coal, salt and limestone have dumped their "cargo sweepings" -- residual materials and wash water left on freighters after they are unloaded -- into the Great Lakes to avoid contaminating future loads. Extreme Cold Slows Cleanup of Record Oil Spill on Alaska's North Slope Heavily bundled crews are braving merciless cold to continue cleaning up the largest oil spill ever on Alaska's North Slope. In recent days, the wind chill factor dipped to more than 70 degrees below zero at Prudhoe Bay. Report Says Alternatives for Treating Hog Waste Remain Too Expensive A five-year study to find more environmentally friendly ways to treat hog waste in the nation's second-largest swine producing state turned up several options, but none that farmers appear ready to pay for. U.N. Meeting to Try to Slow Species Loss A U.N. environmental meeting in Brazil from March 20-31 will review a world goal of slowing a drastic acceleration of the loss of animal and plant species by 2010. General Electric Agrees to Buy Water Company General Electric Co. will buy a water treatment company in Canada for $656 million in a deal that will accelerate the conglomerate's plans to tap into a fast growing market in a thirsty world, company officials said Tuesday. NASA Says Northern Ozone Pollution Spurs Arctic Warming Ozone pollution in the Northern Hemisphere, churned out by factories and vehicles that burn fossil fuels, is a major factor in the dramatic warming of the Arctic zone, NASA climate scientists reported Tuesday. >>>More articles at ENN.com
Algodones Dunes Will Stay Protected From Off-Road Excess By: the Center for Biological Diversity A giant environmental and public lands ruling was issued in federal court yesterday upholding protections of the Algodones Sand Dunes in southern California's Sonoran Desert. The court strongly sided with the Center for Biological Diversity and other plaintiffs, and rejected the anti-conservation arguments of the off-road lobby and Bush Interior Department. Large sensitive habitat areas of the dunes will remain protected from off-road vehicle damage. Campaign to Protect Puget Sound's Shoreline Launched By: The Trust for Public Land Saying the time to act is now, three leading conservation organizations - with support from a top regional foundation - launched on Tuesday an $80 million campaign to restore and protect Puget Sound's ecologically rich shorelines and ensure they're available for people to enjoy for generations to come. Oil Price-Gouging Bill Points Finger In Wrong Direction By: the National Center for Policy Analysis The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony today on the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Act of 2006, introduced by committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett calls the bill an unneeded regulation designed to divert attention from the real reason behind oil price increases - Congress. >>>Read all Non-Profit News Measuring Progress: Can Business-NGO Partnerships Deliver Powerful Returns on Investments? By: the Ethical Corporation The US Business-NGO Partnerships conference, to be held at the Hilton Woodcliff Lake hotel, in New Jersey on May 9-10 2006 will, among other topics, tackle the main challenges of establishing indicators and monitoring progress. >>>Read all Company News
>>>Voice Your Opinion Latest Poll : In your opinion, will Interior Secretary Gale Norton's resignation be good for the environment? Poll Results : "Are you in favor of expanded use of ethanol in gasoline?" 72.7% - Yes 27.3% - No |
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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