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Environment
BP hiring former FEMA head for Gulf recovery
(AP)
AP - BP says it's hiring a former Clinton-era emergency management official and his consulting firm to help with the recovery from the massive Gulf oil spill.
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Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News
House begins debating oil spill bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - The House of Representatives began debating legislation on Friday to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the BP oil spill.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News
BP to set aside $100 million for unemployed rig workers
(Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico who are unemployed as a result of the company's oil leak.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News
BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News
Back in Touch With Her Inner Camper
Even as a boy scout's mother was struggling to keep warm, she could appreciate what she had been missing by staying in hotels.
Source: New York Times - Environment
Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
For decades before the rig explosion, the oil industry, farming and lax oversight have contributed to a dead zone in the gulf.
Source: New York Times - Environment
Regulators Warned Enbridge About Monitoring of Pipeline Corrosion
Enbridge was warned in January by federal regulators about insufficient monitoring of the pipeline that officials say leaked more than one million gallons of oil into a major waterway this week.
Source: New York Times - Environment
Florida takes aim at Gulf oil spill-related scams
Florida's state attorney general is investigating two Florida companies over claims they offered free emergency response training for oil spill clean up work but then withheld students' training certificates unless they paid a large fee.
Source: MiamiHerald.com: Environment
Russia's heatwave: A hazy shade of summer
A potent mix of heat, haze, alcohol and corruptionRUSSIA’S ability to deal with its legendarily severe winters is a source of national pride. But now Russia’s survival skills have been tested by the hottest summer since records began, 130 years ago. In the country’s...
Source: The Economist: The environment
Mexico's environment: A breath of fresh air
The capital’s filthy atmosphere has improved at lastHEMMED in by mountains and volcanoes, Mexico City is the perfect smog-trap. At its altitude of 2,250m the air is already thin; on days when the toxic “cream”, as the familiar brown cloud of pollution is locally...
Source: The Economist: The environment
Energy policy: Efficiency drive
Cutting carbon is appallingly complex as well as costlyALTHOUGH Britain’s energy companies are no longer nationalised industries, they are still, to some extent, arms of the Treasury. When the government decides on a way to make Britain greener—such as joining the European...
Source: The Economist: The environment
America's climate policy: Capped
The Senate’s retreat from cap and trade might, one day, lead to a carbon tax. For now it leaves a dreadful messNO ONE expected a bang; but the idea of a cap on America’s carbon emissions died with barely the bathos of a whimper. Despite months of legislative fiddle piled...
Source: The Economist: The environment
Toward a Cleaner and Greener New York
By halving sulfur levels in No. 4 heating oil, New York City could make a dent in air pollution and respiratory illnesses.
Source: New York Times - Environment
Ports Bill Paves the Way for Clean Air Programs Across the Country
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2010) -- Legislation introduced today by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) seeks to reduce truck-borne pollution in and around our nation’s shipping ports, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. The federal legislation will protect port authority...
Source: NRDC: News
EPA Follows the Science, Denies Climate Deniers' Petition
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2010) -- EPA today denied petitions from a rogues gallery of climate deniers who had asked the agency to reconsider its scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and the environment.
Source: NRDC: News
Advocates "Race for the Cause" to End Toxic Chemicals Threats
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2010) – In front of a giant inflatable rubber duck meant to illustrate how even the simplest items can contain unsafe chemicals, a crowd of scientists, health professionals, parents, children and advocates participated in the inaugural “Race for...
Source: NRDC: News
Gulf states now worry about restoring their image
Louisiana fishermen pray their livelihood will return, hoteliers in Alabama wait for the phones to ring, and New Orleans' finest chefs cook up public relations strategies rather than po'-boys — all because oil has touched their shorelines.
Source: MiamiHerald.com: Environment
