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From the Ashes of ’69, a River RebornThe first time Gene Roberts fell into the Cuyahoga River, he worried he might die. The year was 1963, and the river was still an open sewer for industrial waste. Walking home, Mr. Roberts smelled so bad that his friends ran to stay upwind of him. |
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Indonesia Creates the Savu Marine Park, Largest in Southeast AsiaIndonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries minister said. |
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News Analysis: Path to healthy oceans wide open following marine protection declarationFinally, after two years of effort to convince the world that ocean destruction is as much important as climate change effect, the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Indonesia ended its session by issuing the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) on marine environmental protection on Thursday. |
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Environmental campaign blocks palm oil project in Cote d’ Ivoire wetlandEnvironmentalists have thwarted plans to establish an oil palm plantation in the Tanoe forest wetlands of southern Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast), reports AFP. |
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Damaged Barrier Reef coral makes ‘spectacular’ recoverySections of coral reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef have made a "spectacular" recovery from a devastating bleaching event three years ago, marine scientists say. |
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New limits to Antarctic tourismUS proposals for binding restrictions on Antarctic tourism have been adopted by countries with ties to the region, in a bid to protect the continent's fragile ecosystem, officials said Friday. |
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Obama signs wide-ranging conservation lawWashington, D.C., USA - President Barack Obama signed legislation on Monday expanding and protecting US public parks and wilderness areas from oil and gas development, billed as the largest US conservation measure in more than 15 years. |
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Living walls and green roofs pave way for biodiversity in new buildingLondon, England, UK - What do the Westfield shopping centre, Canary Wharf and a Victorian museum have in common? |
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Poland reverses to spare wetlandPoland has proposed a new route for a disputed motorway to save a pristine wetland, the environment minister says. |
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MIT Professor: Power Your House With 5 Liters of Water Per DayAspen, Colorado, USA - At the Aspen Environment Forum today, MIT professor Dan Nocera gave a revolutionary picture of the new energy economy with an assertion that our homes will be our power plants and our fuel stations, powered by sunlight and water. |
evironmental news headlines
- EPA Proposes New Standards for Large Ships
- New Law Requires Calif. Landfills to Capture Methane
- US House supports emissions bill
- Endangered blue whales returning to Alaska
- Tennessee Webbing Products using recycled seat belts for purses
- Human waste to heat thousands of homes in £4m plan to recycle it into gas
- Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program
- From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn
- Natural cosmetics maker swamped with demand
- The blues are back: Butterfly species reborn 30 years after ‘extinction’
- Solar Collectors Covering 0.3 Percent of the Sahara Could Power All of Europe
- Riders bare all for World Naked Bike Ride
- World’s largest solar tower switches on
- Ambitious global pact on climate change in sight
- Flexible Solar Powered Rooftop Shingles
- Calling All Green Screenwriters: New Forum To Sell Your Stuff
- Waste Management to Distribute Solar Powered Trash Compactors
- Floating wind turbine launched
- Institute compost powers conversion of USDA’s new organic People’s Garden along National
- Ahire, a solar energy village in Maharashtra
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