Maldives
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‘Alarming’ coral reef bleaching wave descends on the Maldives
It's a bad time to be a coral -- still.
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Critical List: North Sea gas leak poses oil spill risk; Chinese oil company is larger than ExxonMobil
A look at the big news of the day.
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Critical List: Fukushima will take decades to decommission; North Sea gas leak
Is Fukushima news ever positive? A new assessment of damage at the plant shows levels of radiation higher than expected, which means decommissioning the plant could take decades. Building cleantech requires certain resources — rare earth metals, water, biomass — that are getting scarce. Mohamed Nasheed, the deposed Maldives president, is doing a media tour […]
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Critical List: Trader Joe’s signs Fair Food agreement; newborn baby tapir
Trader Joe’s signed a Fair Food agreement with Coalition of Immokalee Workers that increased the price the company pays per pound of tomatoes. Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, after a independent review outlined possible improvements to the program’s oversight. The White House is pointing out that the review showed […]
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Critical List: Approval coming for two nuclear plants; warrant issued for Nasheed’s arrest
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will give its blessing to two new nuclear power plants in Georgia today. There’s a warrant out for the arrest of Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldivian president and environmental crusader forced to resign at gunpoint. The new president, who deposed him, says the warrant will be used only to ensure Nasheed’s safety. […]
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World’s most environmentally outspoken president forced to resign at gunpoint
Mohamed Nasheed, president of the climate change-threatened Maldives, was forced to step down from office -- at gunpoint.
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The world’s most environmentally outspoken president steps down
Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives leader known for his international climate campaigning, stepped down from his office on Tuesday.
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Critical List: Toxic chemicals on the rise; baby seals in trouble
The EPA may retest water in Dimock, Pa., where residents have linked polluted water to fracking operations. In its first round of testing the town's water, the EPA declared it safe.
GM is fixing up the Volt in order to avoid in real-life battery fires like the ones that started during testing.
As winter sea ice disappears in the Arctic, fewer baby harp seals are making it.
The amount of toxic chemicals shunted into the environment went up 16 percent between 2009 and 2010, according a new EPA report.
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Critical List: Crowdsourcing carbon solutions; New Yorkers regret drilling leases
The Maldives are going to crowdsource their carbon-cutting plan. (They’re asking international experts, not just letting any citizen drive policy. Not sure how that would work in the Maldives, but in the U.S. you’d get a lot of “shine lamps on solar panels for infinite energy!”)
Should the new poster child for global warming be the city mayor who has to deal with unexpected weather extremes?
Usually you hear about buyer's remorse, but New Yorkers are having sellers' remorse about turning over drilling rights to natural gas companies.