Tag: Air
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The Low-Down on How Sequestration Would Impact Environmental Health
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — If sequestration, the series of automatic budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011, goes into effect as scheduled on March 1, it will have a disastrous impact on …
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Rising Sea Levels Could Spark Largest Migration of Displaced People in History
THE HUNGRY TIDE — Kiribati is expected to be one of the first countries to disappear as a result of climate change. Sea level rise and increasing salinity are threatening the homes and lives of 105,000 residents spread over …
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VIDEO: Facing Climate Change—How Ocean Acidification is Impacting Oyster Farmers
FACING CLIMATE CHANGE — Kathleen Nisbet and her father, Dave, farm oysters in Washington’s Willapa Bay. They recently shifted some of their business to Hawai’i, after ocean acidification started killing baby oysters in local hatcheries …
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Three Coal-Fired Power Plants to Retire in Major Climate and Clean Energy Victory
SIERRA CLUB — Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power requiring AEP to stop burning coal by 2015 at three power plants in …
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Environmental Scorecard: How Your Elected Officials Voted in 2012
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS — From an environmental perspective, the best that can be said about the second session of the 112th Congress is that it is over. Indeed, the Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives continued its war on the environment …