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N. Indiana utilities offer draft plan to conserve rare butterfly

via Capitol Reports | GNN staff | Sun July 31, 2005
A draft plan to conserve the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly on lands owned and managed by two northern Indiana utility companies is available for review and comment.

EU Commission Welcomes Six-Nation Climate Pact

via Planet Ark | Fri July 29, 2005
The European Commission on Thursday hailed a six-nation climate change pact unveiled by the United States and Australia, saying it would boost efforts to fight global warming.

Pa. DEP, Dentists Partner to Reduce Mercury Discharges

via Recycling Today | Thu July 28, 2005
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced the launch of a new partnership with Pennsylvania dentists to review voluntary best-management practices for mercury-bearing amalgam wastes and to collect obsolete supplies of elemental mercury to prevent the material from entering the environment.

Solar-Powered Subway Station Is Coney Island’s Newest Attraction

via GreenBiz | Thu July 28, 2005
The newly reconstructed Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn has become the city's first solar-powered train terminal, billed as one of the most sustainable mass transportation sites ever built in the U.S.

Witnesses Say Bears Back in Switzerland

via Washington Post | Wed July 27, 2005
Bears may have returned to Switzerland, more than 100 years after disappearing from their Alpine habitat, according to eyewitnesses.

Queen goes green to power Windsor Castle

via Gulf Daily News | Tue July 26, 2005
Britain's Queen Elizabeth drew praise from environmental campaigners yesterday with an announcement that Windsor Castle is to be partially run by hydro-electric power.

Los Angeles ports extend hours to reduce pollution, ease congestion

via Iowa News Channel | Tue July 26, 2005
Los Angeles California authorities have a plan to end the tangle of trucks at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

E-waste recycling program hits stride

via Mercury News | Mon July 25, 2005
California's pioneering electronic-waste recycling law was as confusing for the big recycling operators as it was for collectors and consumers when it went into force at the beginning of the year.

Electronic waste treatment plant to debut in Beijing

via China View | Mon July 25, 2005
A garbage treatment plant that is capable of treating 1.2 million units of waste household electric appliances will debut in China's capital Beijing before the end of this year.

Northern California Oil Refineries Get Tougher Pollution Standard

via Terra Daily | Sat July 23, 2005
Historic new regulations limiting how much waste gases San Francisco-area oil refineries can burn are a "win-win" for the companies and the environment, air quality officials said Thursday.

US Senate panel begins work on greenhouse gas cuts

via Washington Times | Fri July 22, 2005
A senior Senate Republican said on Thursday he will pursue legislation that may eventually require U.S. industry to cut gases linked to global warming, a view sharply at odds with the White House and many other Republicans.

Scientists Plan to Reintroduce Gray Whales off UK

via Planet Ark | Fri July 22, 2005
Squadrons of Gray whales could be winging their way across the Atlantic within a decade to restock British waters under plans put forward by two conservation scientists.

Petition to list headwater and roundtail chubs gets further consideration

via Capitol Reports | GNN staff | Fri July 22, 2005
A petition to protect the headwater chub and the Lower Colorado River basin population of the roundtail chub under the Endangered Species Act has been found by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have sufficient merit to warrant further consideration.

Students flock to campus organic farms

via CNN | GNN staff | Fri July 22, 2005
Plenty of college kids still subsist on a steady diet of ramen noodles, cold cereal and beer to wash it all down.

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