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• California OKs giant desalination plant. • Monsanto will sell dairy hormone business. • Mainstream media science coverage declining. • Cause of tropical deforestation has shifted from poverty to industry. • Critics say German city has become “green dictatorship.”
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Feds cut program that helped poor countries adapt to climate change
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is eliminating a program that helped developing countries anticipate and deal with droughts, floods, and other realities of a changing climate. The now-defunct Center for Capacity Building, which had an annual budget of about $500,000, was reputable in the international climate community for its unique approach to the human […]
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Obama softens opposition to offshore drilling, common insecticides causing health problems, and more
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EPA refuses to lower requirement for ethanol in fuel supply
The U.S. EPA gave a big, husky hug to corn ethanol Thursday, declining a request from Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to reduce the amount of ethanol required to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply. The federal Renewable Fuel Standard mandates that 9 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol be poured into U.S. gas tanks […]
