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Juneau Launches Website on Sustainability
Channel 2 NewsThe City and Borough of Juneau has launched a website in order to promote green energy and sustainability. The webpage is just one part of the city's Climate Action Plan, which hopes to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by...Tags: Environmental Issues, Microsoft Corporation
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Murkowski Announces National Energy Plan Proposal
Channel 2 NewsU.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski says a national energy plan should cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions but should not simply raise the price of petroleum to reduce consumption. Murkowski says the cost of heating homes in rural Alaska can be 50 percent of a...Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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Warm Arctic Sets Record for Summer Sea Ice Melt
SETH BORENSTEINScientists say critical ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to record low levels this overheated summer. The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to 1.58 million square miles and is likely to melt more...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Federal Judge Backs Scientists on Polar Bears
The Associated PressA federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear's survival. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday ruled that a May 2008 decision to place the bear on the endangered species...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Judges
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Deadline nears for decision on walrus listing
The Associated PressThe federal Marine Mammal Commission has recommended that Pacific walrus be listed as threatened or endangered, citing threats to the marine mammal from the loss of sea ice they rely on for foraging and giving birth. The recommendation comes as the U.S....Tags: Elections, Bear (animal), Politics, Dirk Kempthorne, Environmental Issues
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ecosystems, Global Change
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Conservation, Science and Technology
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West Hartford Wins Two Power Of Change Awards For Energy Efficiency Efforts
The Hartford CourantThe town and school district received top honors at Tuesday's Power of Change municipal awards ceremony for their energy-saving efforts. The town earned "Top Town Hall" and the schools took first in the Innovation category in the first year of the...Tags: Culture, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Energy Saving, Arts and Culture
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weather, Environmental Issues, Leon Panetta
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Front & Center: Ethanol critic: End state mandate
Florida legislators passed a bill this year to repeal the state law that requires most gasoline sold in the state to include 10 percent ethanol. The bill, awaiting action from Gov. Rick Scott, would be largely symbolic, because federal law still...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Ethanol, Rick Scott, Environmental Issues
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Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...Tags: Barack Obama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Ernest J. Moniz
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Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: State Parks, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ecosystems, Global Change
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