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• Bush says will veto plan to fund rural schools and libraries with paid-back oil royalties. • Common pesticides linked to diabetes. • Could liquefied-natural-gas project help salmon? • Stop trashing the climate already. • Few are fans of Bush plan for $100 billion cleantech fund. • Norwegian NGO says we can slash emissions 85 […]

House passes bill to green up schools

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would put more than $20 billion over the next five years toward improving energy efficiency in schools. Democrats say the modestly named 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act would save school districts billions in energy costs. In addition, said Education and Labor Committee Chairman […]

New climate campaign aimed at U.S. consumers

A European campaign to raise consumer awareness of climate change has made its U.S. debut. The Together campaign — not to be confused with the similarly named-and-agendaed “we” campaign — was initiated by the nonprofit Climate Group and kicked off in the U.S. by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and […]

An Inconvenient Truth opera to open by 2011, U.S. public transit overwhelmed, and more

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