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Consultant Selected for Environmental Review of Longview Project
Cowlitz County approved a contract for environmental consulting company ICF International to help local, state and federal governments prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate a proposed coal export terminal along the Columbia River near Longview, ...
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Charge investigation of Texas fertilizer blast hampered by in-fighting
The federal safety agency investigating the West Fertilizer Company explosion in Texas has accused other investigators of hampering his agency's work. Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a letter that the Texas state fire marshal and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blocked access to key witnesses for three weeks after the April ...
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12 Greenpeace activists arrested in Spain
Spanish police said they arrested 12 Greenpeace activists for parking a fishing boat outside the Ministry of Agriculture and chaining themselves to it. Greenpeace members organized the demonstration to encourage the Spanish government to meet with the group and discuss promoting more environmentally friendly ways of conducting trade. Celia Ojeda, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace, said that ...
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Rapid drop in Lake Malawis water levels drives down fish stocks
Nguwo village committee chairman Ibrahim Kachinga on the shores of Lake Malawi. For the past five years the committee has been educating residents about the need to protect the lake. Photograph: Mabvuto ...
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The secret life of internet trolls part one - video
Meet the Climate Trolls is a three-part video series, exploring who gets to define the truth about climate change in the digital age. In part one of ...
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How to make your garden wildlife-friendly
gardens in the UK cover 270,000 hectares, covering more space than all the National Nature Reserves in the UK. Here's what to do to make your garden more ...
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Zambia Changing Environment in the Zambezi River Basin
Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. The Atlas uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics to present various issues in the Zambezi basin, which encompasses part of eight countries -- ...
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Griff Rhys Joness letter in response to Jeremy Leggett on renewable energy
In this letter, Jones accuses the government of 'random desecration' of the countryside and broadens his criticism to taxpayer support of green energy, the planning system and the reliability of wind and solar ...
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Griff Rhys Jones attacks green energy desecration of countryside
The comedian Griff Rhys Jones has accused the government of "random desecration" of the countryside and despoiling "pristine landscapes" through its subsidies to wind turbines ...
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Green deal MPs blast government for failure to quantify success
The government has estimated that 14m households could benefit from the sorts of improvements that would be financed under the green deal. Photograph: Dan Chung for the ...
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Creating a debate on sustainable tuna fishing is the first step towards change
Our second ship tour of the Indian Ocean as part of the campaign for sustainable tuna fisheries ended last week. Combined with last year's tour, Greenpeace has been patrolling the region for illegal and unsustainable fishing practices for five out of the last 10 months. During the last two months we have documented illegal and destructive fishing and have used our port stops to meet with ...
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State of UK Wildlife winners and losers - in pictures
unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half ...
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The anti-nature narrative in UK politics is hard to fathom | Tony Juniper
An absence of positive political debate about the natural world is even more troubling than the decline in UK wildlife revealed by State of Nature ...
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Columbus State University Implements Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Environment
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. - Columbus State University, ranked among the top regional universities in the South by US News & World Report, improved reporting accuracy and timeliness, enhanced data quality and provided insight into student retention, progression and graduation trends with the implementation of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, according to Oracle press ...
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International Biodiversity Day in photos
Whale Sharks in Cenderawasih Bay Paul Hilton / Greenpeace On this International Day for Biological Diversity, we want to show you stunning images from one of the world's richest places in biodiversity: Indonesia. From whale sharks, to abundant coral reefs and forests teeming with life, the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow warrior is currently documenting the beauty and fragility of ...
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Will Emirates love for environment drive in hybrid cars
Manufacturers are waiting for interest in hybrids to grow Hybrid cars are reaching the Gulf in limited numbers. But those who want to do their bit for the environment, or make a statement, will have to dig deep into their resources -- the niche here is dominated by prestige, performance marques such as Porsche, Lexus, BMW and McLaren Automotive.And for now, these companies are not particularly ...
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Theres a Gnome at the Bottom of Your Garden
Royal Horticultural Society have decided this year to relax their century-old ban and for the first time allow the "little people" into the show -- garden gnomes, that is, those tacky little statues of short bearded men with pointy ...
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Your Pictures The Oklahoma Tornado
Nicholas Rutledge snapped this picture of yesterday's devastating tornado as it gathered strength in Newcastle, Oklahoma. It later intensified before smashing through suburbs surrounding Oklahoma City, including the city of ...
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5 Tornado Myths Busted
deadly tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City area on Monday , leaving 24 dead. As rescue crews assist victims, scientists have fanned out across the Great Plains, seeking to better understand how severe storms form, and how people may better guard against their worst ...
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Greenpeace drops item on Swedish reactor from glider to make point
STOCKHOLM - Environmental pressure group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it flew a paraglider over a nuclear reactor building in south-western Sweden and dropped an item upon it from the air to show how vulnerable the facilities ...
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On the Scene in Tornado Hit Town Even Trees are Stripped of Everything
VOA correspondent Greg Flakus is at the site of the tornado damage in Moore, Oklahoma. He spoke with English broadcaster David Byrd Tuesday afternoon about what he is ...
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QA Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment
- The wake of the global financial crisis, as many national governments in Europe cut back on services to citizens and used public money to rescue banks, taught many people a valuable ...
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North Van RCMP charge three men alleging trees cut in Capilano park to improve homeowners’ view
Surrey RCMP are looking for a woman who allegedly assaulted an animal-rights protester at the Cloverdale Rodeo. The female victim said the woman punched and kicked her, and pulled her hair, after a ...
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Country diary Cotehele Tamar Valley Sid Coombe No 1 among this years thick and gorgeous apple blossoms
Cotehele 's formal gardens from the old orchard. The apple is particularly thick and gorgeous this year. It obscures mistletoe, and clothes limbs that until a few weeks ago were bare apart from lichen and moss. Most spectacular is the luminous Sid Coombe No 1 - a spreading tree planted here 25 years ago. Genetic testing has proved this variety to be unique, so it goes by the name of the ...
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Environmental First Nations activists protest at Sarnia oilsands meeting
SARNIA, Ont. -- About 50 environmental and First Nations activists gathered to protest in Sarnia, Ont., as a two-day national conference on oil sands bitumen opened Tuesday. Carrying signs reading "People Not Profits" and "Solidarity Against The Tar Sands," they gathered to demonstrate their opposition to Alberta oil sands development and proposed pipelines. They held a ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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