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Prentice to the World: I told you so! Tar Sands Extraction is Less Badder Than Offshore Drilling! (Desmogblog.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:12:10 +0000

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What did you learn from the recent oil spill off the coast of Louisiana?
Canadian Environment Minster Jim Prentice learned that extraction from t …

Gulf Spill Clean Up Chemicals May Cause New Environmental Concerns

Scientific American — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:55:00 +0000

The chemicals BP is now relying on to break up the steady flow of leaking oil from deep below the Gulf of Mexico could create a new set of environmental problems.

Even if the materials, called dispersants, are effective, BP has already bought up more than a third of the world’s supply. If the leak from 5,000 feet beneath the surface continues for weeks, or months, that stockpile could run out.

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Green transport losing share to polluters: EU study (Reuters.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:56:58 +0000

Reuters: Europe’s greenest modes of transport are falling behind the biggest polluters, which is contributing to a steep rise in climate-warming emissions, the European Environment …

United Kingdom: SNP biomass plant plans under attack (Timesonline.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:58:22 +0000

Times (UK): Plans to build a network of biomass power plants in Scotland as part of Alex Salmond’s green revolution could damage the environment and cost thousands of jobs, accordi …

Letters: Day for the climate change question (Guardian.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:15:56 +0000

Over the past month supporters of the UK’s leading environment and development organisations have been mobilising in key marginal seats (The debate, 23 April). In their thousands t …

United States: City eyes carbon footprint (Www2.tbo.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:14:41 +0000

Tampa Bay Online: The city plans to measure its carbon footprint to look for ways to reduce its energy bills and protect the environment. Energy usage – natural gas, electricity, …

Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems clash over environment policies (Guardian.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:11:05 +0000

Ed Miliband accuses of Lib Dems of ‘ducking’ difficult issues at special debate organised by GuardianImportant differences between the major parties on the environment emerged last …

Rattlesnakes Sound Warning On Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation (Redorbit.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:24:08 +0000

Like the canary in the coal mine, the timber rattlesnake may be telling us something about the environment we share.Cornell University researchers – using cutting-edge tools incl …

Heathrow aiport expansion will result in £5 billion loss (Guardian.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:24:38 +0000

Calculations on the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow are outdated and do not make economic sense says a new report. From the Ecologist, part of the Guardian Environment …

UK faces court action over planning law (Guardian.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:16:25 +0000

Europe’s new environment commissioner says unaccountable planning decisions, such as Labour and the Conservatives’ push for new nuclear reactors, will be challengedEurope’s new env …