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EPA Administrator Tells Power Companies to Invest In Clean AirWashington D.C. - "It's time to start cleaning up." EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt, addressing a Board of Directors meeting of the Edison Electric Institute, told the nation's power company officials their industry must begin investing now to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and mercury from power plants. |
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U.S. delays easing wolf protectionsBillings, Montana - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delayed plans to drop federal protection for gray wolves in parts of the West, saying yesterday that Wyoming had failed to submit an adequate plan for protecting the animals if the federal government steps aside. |
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Renewable Energy Fuels New Apollo ProjectWashington DC - An unusual alliance of labor, environmental, civil rights, business, and political leaders today laid out a vision for a "New Apollo Project" to create 3.3 million new jobs and achieve energy independence in ten years. |
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Court overturns Bush air conditioner efficiency standardWashington DC - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled the Bush administration was wrong to scrap a Clinton-era efficiency standard for home air conditioners and impose a less stringent one. |
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Solar Power Gift Brings Ray of Sunshine to India’s Rural PoorMangalore, India - Poor families in India are being given a New Year renewable energy life-line as a result of a donation by one of the world's leading solar power companies. |
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Feds offer habitat protection grantsGreen River, Wyoming - USFWS spokeswoman Patricia Fisher said the agency will have about $7.1 million available in fiscal year 2004 to support on-the-ground conservation efforts on private lands through its Private Stewardship Grants Program. |
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UK moves on carbon emission targetsBritain - Britain is poised to impose stringent targets to cut carbon emissions, well beyond the international agreements made at Kyoto and despite industry objections. |
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Britain rejects RI plywood over illegal timber issueJakarta, Indonesia - In another blow to Indonesia's ailing forestry-based industry, British buyers have rejected Indonesian plywood over a report that the logs used for the plywood were felled illegally. Forestry Industry Revitalization Agency (BRIK) chairwoman Soewarni said the rejection came following a report by Greenpeace which alleged that about 80 percent of Indonesian plywood exported to Britain was made of illegally cut timber. |
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Hong Kong Court Rules Against Harbor Reclamation PlanHong Kong - Hong Kong's world-famous Victoria Harbour won a reprieve from developers Friday when the city's top court ruled against a government plan for a big land reclamation project. |
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Valley farm water-pollution plan nearSacramento, California - The end is nearing on debate over how the state's top water-pollution cops will cut back on the Central Valley's top cause of water contamination. |
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