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1. Martian Glaciers
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... go? Extensive radar mapping of the middle latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

2. Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
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AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime ...

3. Gowanus Canal goes Superfund
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... the Environmental Protection Agency. The new designation means that the EPA will now move ahead to clean up this derelict canal and to compel PRP's (principal responsible parties) to perform the cleanup ...

4. EPA defends plan to regulate Greenhouse gas emissions
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The Environmental Protection Agency chief fought back on Monday against Senate attempts to challenge the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, saying delaying action would be bad for ...

5. Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
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AP - The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry.

6. House members seek to block EPA carbon limits
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... way to overturn Environmental Protection Agency proposals to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming. ...

7. EPA to Phase in CO2 emissions permits/BACT for mid-sized sources
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The Obama administration will give small businesses a break on coming carbon dioxide emissions rules but big emitters like coal-fired power plants will face a crack-down, U.S. Environmental Protection ...

8. Martian Glaciers
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... go? Extensive radar mapping of the middle latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

9. 3 Questions: Eduardo Kausel on Chile’s massive earthquake
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... learned from past design mistakes, most of which were not a-priori obvious. Until recently, the goal of seismic codes was to protect human life, not the buildings themselves. This philosophy may be gradually ...

10. Senator urges EPA to restrict plastics chemical (AP)
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AP - A New York Senator is asking the Environmental Protection Agency why it did not include Bisphenol-A, the controversial plastic-hardener, on a list of chemicals subject to stricter rules. ...

11. EPA adds 2 Ill. sites to Superfund priorities list (AP)
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AP - The Environmental Protection Agency has added a cluster of waste-disposal sites in Chicago and a former copper smelter in southern Illinois to its list of Superfund locations, allowing the government ...

12. EPA adds 10 sites to the Superfund list (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - After years of languishing as the neglected stepchild of environmental enforcement, there are signs that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program is beginning ...

13. EPA adds polluted NYC canal to Superfund list (AP)
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AP - For at least 120 years, city officials have been promising to do something about the oily, smelly mess that is the Gowanus Canal.

14. House members seek to block EPA carbon limits
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... way to overturn Environmental Protection Agency proposals to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming. ...

15. Italian oil slick reaches key farm center of Parma (AP)
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AP - Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples ...

16. Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Endangered Species Act Protection From Arizona's Desert Nesting Bald Eagles
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acting to remove Endangered Species Act protection from Arizona's desert nesting bald eagles. Almost two years after U.S. District Court Judge Mary Murguia’s March ...

17. EPA orders cleanup to resume at PR fuel depot (AP)
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AP - The owners of a Puerto Rican fuel depot that exploded in October have been ordered to resume cleanup after contractors walked off the job last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said  ...

18. Most of Italy's oil spill to be retrieved by Friday: official (AFP)
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AFP - Rescue workers will be able to recover a large chunk of a giant, deadly oil spill moving down Italy's largest river by late Friday, the country's civil protection agency said.  ...

19. Italian oil slick reaches key farm center of Parma (AP)
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AP - Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples ...

20. WWF welcomes new protected areas in Ukraine (AFP)
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AFP - Environmental group WWF on Wednesday welcomed Ukraine's decision to designate large swathes of land as protected, but warned that key areas, such as the Danube delta, were still under threat.  ...

21. Senate battles EPA in greenhouse gas showdown (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - Clashes over climate change dominated a Senate hearing Tuesday on the Environmental Protection Agency's budget, amid signs some senators may soon try to strip the EPA of ...

22. Engine Emissions
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... 17, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that will further reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from existing diesel powered stationary reciprocating internal combustion ...

23. Dozens of primate species on the brink: study (AFP)
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AFP - Seldom seen species of lemur, monkey and gorilla are among 25 primates facing near-certain extinction unless urgent measures are taken to protect them, according to a report released Thursday.  ...

24. Texas, Virginia challenge EPA greenhouse gas finding (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - Texas and Virginia have joined business groups and others jostling on the courthouse steps in the run-up to a legal battle over whether the Environment Protection Agency ...

25. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

26. Dozens of primate species on the brink: study (AFP)
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27. Texas, Virginia challenge EPA greenhouse gas finding (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - Texas and Virginia have joined business groups and others jostling on the courthouse steps in the run-up to a legal battle over whether the Environment Protection Agency ...

28. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

29. Climate change affecting Kenya's coffee output
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... were caught out by rains and did not protect their crop in time. "We have seen climate change in intermittent rainfall patterns, extended drought and very high temperatures," said ...

30. A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
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... last year that gave the Environmental Protection Agency the power to regulate greenhouse gases has “changed the game” politically. “My economist friends tell me it’s the worst way” for emissions to be ...