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Pa. residents sue gas driller for contamination, health concerns.
Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has allegedly been contaminated by drilling for natural gas are suing the Houston-based energy company that drilled the wells. ProPublica. 21 November 2009.
Hacked e-mails fuel climate change skeptics.
Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. New York Times. 21 November 2009.
Regreening Africa.
No matter what happens at Copenhagen or beyond, the world is locked in to decades of temperature rise and the associated climate impacts: deeper droughts, fiercer floods, more pests. How populations in the global South adapt to these changes will help decide whether millions of people live or die. Nation. 21 November 2009.
Effects of judge's Katrina ruling could be huge.
The finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable for much of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina could have a far-reaching effect on flood-control policies and on the government's long-standing refusal to take responsibility for its errors. Los Angeles Times, California. 20 November 2009.
Environmentalists take legal actions to block dredging of Delaware River.
Five environmental organizations Thursday filed legal challenges in opposition to the Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge the Delaware River, which they claimed violates seven federal laws, as well as Delaware law. Newsroom Jersey, New Jersey. 20 November 2009.
As smart grid expands, so does vulnerability to cyber attacks.
The accelerating deployment of tens of millions of advanced electric meters and other smart grid devices may help fight climate change. But it also could make the nation's power network potentially more vulnerable, the head of the nation's electric grid operations monitor says. ClimateWire. 20 November 2009.
U.S. group sees worsening coastal flooding threat.
Fast-melting ice from Greenland and Antarctica will lead to a much sharper rise in sea levels than previously estimated, touching off flooding that will radically alter U.S. East Coast cities from Miami to Baltimore, according to a new study. Reuters. 20 November 2009.
Harvard finds kidney stones, malaria among global-warming risks.
Kidney stones, malaria, Lyme disease, depression and respiratory illness all may increase with global warming, researchers at Harvard Medical School said. Bloomberg News. 20 November 2009.
Eco-alchemy in Alberta.
There's a roaring debate in Canada about whether tailings ponds, and oil mines in general, are ecologically salvageable—specifically, whether they can ever support the same flora and fauna as undisturbed land. Science. 20 November 2009.
Radioactive waste contaminating Canadian water supply: Report.
Nuclear facilities and power plants are contaminating local Canadian food and water with radioactive waste that increases risks of cancer and birth defects, says a new report to be released on Friday. Canwest News Service. 20 November 2009.
Mexico City's transit improvements on track.
Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities with more than 20 million residents and 6 million cars. Associated Press. 20 November 2009.
Four ways to feed the world.
Global population is set to grow to 9.1 billion by 2050, while global warming will have a serious impact on farming. So, what can be done? New Scientist. 20 November 2009.
Asian carp may have breached barrier.
The decade-old battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes might be over. New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 20 November 2009.
EPA intervention in Florida cleanup unwelcome, says DEP.
A panel of experts spoke out Monday in opposition to a federal judge's decision allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set surface water pollution standards for Florida -- the first time any state's standards have been overridden in this manner. Suwannee Democrat, Florida. 20 November 2009.
Lawsuit abuse charge by western lawmakers enrages enviro groups.
Poor government oversight has allowed advocacy groups to squander taxpayer money on frivolous lawsuits that drain the budgets of federal land management agencies without the knowledge of the public or Congress, a group of Western lawmakers charge. Greenwire. 20 November 2009.
Using fish as livestock feed threatens global fisheries.
Fish doesn't just feed humans. Millions of tons of fish are fed every year to chickens, pigs, and even farmed fish even in the midst of rising concerns over fish stocks collapses around the world. Mongabay. 20 November 2009.
UW scientists creep closer to solving mystery of mammoths' extinction.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have taken an important step toward solving the mystery of what wiped out mammoths, mastodons and dozens of other animal species that roamed North America at the end of the last ice age. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 20 November 2009.
In New Orleans, elation over Katrina liability ruling.
The day after a judge ruled that flooding in two areas of New Orleans was caused by negligence, city residents were trying to decipher the implications of the decision. New York Times. 20 November 2009.
A cleaner coal?
Underground coal gasification is one of a handful of techniques being tested across the West to make coal--the cheapest, most plentiful fuel around--more palatable to a carbon-constrained world. High Country News. 20 November 2009.
Tiny Elk Horn, Iowa, has plenty of electric car chargers - but cars might not make it to town.
Establishing a national network of charging stations is a daunting task, but the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Vehicle Technologies has said it is one that must be accomplished before electric cars can become commonplace. Associated Press. 20 November 2009.
Climatologists baffled by global warming time-out.
Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents. Der Spiegel. 20 November 2009.
Oil sands pipeline to West Coast gains backing.
Commercial support is building for a new pipeline to carry oil sands crude on its way to Asia, as Canada's energy industry seeks diversification from the U.S. market and an escape valve from potentially punitive climate-change regulations. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 20 November 2009.
Air panel urged to deny pollution permit for Xcel coal plant.
Neighborhood, university, religious and other group representatives packed a state air-quality regulators' hearing Thursday night — pushing for cleaner energy. Denver Post, Colorado. 20 November 2009.
Energy leaders back climate change deal.
Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming. Agence France-Presse. 20 November 2009.
Australia carbon deal failure may spur poll.
A senior Australian government minister said Friday that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd could call an early election if Parliament fails to pass his carbon trading program. Wall Street Journal. 20 November 2009.
Climate change causing 'corrosive' water to affect Arctic marine life.
Waters in the Canadian Arctic have been so altered by climate change and melting sea ice that plankton, shellfish and fish may have trouble building their protective shells and skeletons, an international team reports Friday in the journal Science. Canwest News Service. 20 November 2009.
Dutch build more dunes against rising seas.
On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding. Agence France-Presse. 20 November 2009.
Kerry still optimistic on Copenhagen.
President Obama is undecided as to whether to attend the Copenhagen climate meetings. Senator John Kerry has some advice for Mr. Obama: Go. New York Times. 20 November 2009.
Dusty thinking settles across wide brown land.
Amid a pitched battle for the centre of the Liberal Party, ACCI's chief executive Peter Anderson managed to align the country's biggest business group - with those in the Opposition who would do nothing to address climate change, perhaps ever. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 20 November 2009.
Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life.
Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found. Reuters. 20 November 2009.
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