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"Canada Plans Massive Expansion of Northern Park"

"Canada plans to expand one of its most prized parks to more than six times its current size in a move to help protect the habitats of grizzly bears, caribou and other species...."

Source: Reuters, 06/10/2009

Senate Panel Expands Gulf Offshore Leasing

"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved expanded oil and gas leasing today in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a bipartisan vote that would upend a 2006 compromise with Florida senators that provided their state at least a 125-mile buffer in most areas until mid-2022."

Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009

"EPA's Jackson Outlines Changes To Scientific Review Process"

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at a Senate hearing Tuesday outlined several changes to the agency's scientific review and assessment processes that reverse protocols enforced during the Bush administration."

Source: Dow Jones, 06/10/2009

Limited Evidence Raises Red Flags About Synthetic Turf

Users of athletic fields, parks, and playgrounds with artificial turf may face risks from dozens of potentially harmful synthetic chemicals in the ground-up recycled tires used to make it.

Regenwoud

Dutch portal about rainforest issues.

"What Counts as Green Collar?"

Green collar jobs are at the heart of President Obama's economic program. Some laid-off blue-collar workers are starting to wonder what those green collar jobs will look like.

Source: Environment Report, 06/09/2009

"The Vindication of a Public Scholar"

"Forty Years After The Population Bomb Ignited Controversy, Paul Ehrlich Continues to Stir Debate"

Source: Earth Island Journal, 06/09/2009

"Menaces to Oceans: CO2, Plastic Bags, Overfishing"

"The world's seas are filled with too much garbage and too few fish with flimsy plastic bags and government subsidies bearing much of the blame, activists and trade officials said Monday on the first U.N. World Oceans Day."

Source: Reuters, 06/09/2009

"Jon Wellinghoff, Obama’s Energy Futurist"

Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of FERC, will have enormous influence in a time when the United States' energy future is at a crossroads.

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/09/2009

"House Climate Bill Would Trim Budget Deficit, CBO Says"

"The House global warming bill slated for floor debate this summer is projected to trim the federal budget deficit over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office states ...."

Source: ClimateWire, 06/09/2009

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