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Obama, EPA Finalizing ‘Endangerment Finding’ on Emissions

Posted by Environmental Leader on 07/12/2009

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama Administration are expected to announce the long-awaited — and long-feared, by some — ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health and welfare, according to news reports.EPA Administrator ...

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EPA May Regulate Sulfur Dioxide Emissions on Hourly Basis

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

Manufacturers and utilities that emit sulfur dioxide may soon fall under tighter regulation, as the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules that set hourly requirements on emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.Currently, emissions standards are based on annualized or 24-hour a ...

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ResponsibleTravel.com Scuttles Carbon Offsetting Option

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

One of the first travel agencies to give fliers the option to offset the carbon emissions of their flights has ceased offering the program, calling it a “medieval pardon.”Responsibletravel.com, a UK travel agency, had been offering the offsetting option since 2002. Now it believes the ...

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Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 03/11/2009

A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand more study of the issue, including economic costs on utilities, factories and oil refineries, reports Reuters.Senator Barbara Boxer, t ...

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ESA launches 315 million satellite to study the impact of climate change

Posted by DeshRaj on 02/11/2009

On Monday morning, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched two of its satellites: the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe and Proba-2, into space. While the former will help forecast water content in soil, ocean salinity, weather and...

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