"Rebooting Urban Watersheds"
"Activists restore blighted San Francisco Bay Area creeks -- and impoverished communities."
Source: High Country News, 06/09/2009
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Glacial Rebound Affects Great Lakes Levels
"Even today the Great Lakes landscape is bouncing back from the glaciers that retreated 10,000 years ago. A key question researchers recently sought to answer is whether that has anything to do with fluctuating lake levels."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 06/09/2009
"Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard."
The town of Lexington, Mass., has a problem with beavers. A big problem.
Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2009
"USDA Undersecretary Nominee Withdraws"
"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs has withdrawn his name from consideration."
Source: Greenwire, 06/09/2009
"GAO Cites FEMA Preparedness Gaps"
"Almost four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has failed to clarify the responsibilities of different agencies that would respond to such disasters, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office."
Source: WashPost, 06/09/2009
"Parkinson's: The Pesticide Link"
"Scientists are closing in on an inescapable conclusion: Pesticides may be a cause of Parkinson's disease."
Source: onearth, 06/09/2009
"Shell Settles Nigeria Deaths Case"
"Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement in a case accusing it of complicity in human rights abuses in Nigeria."
Source: BBC News, 06/09/2009
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"Yvo de Boer, Global Climate Butler"
AFP profiles Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Source: AFP, 06/08/2009
China Plans Smart Grid
An ambitious Chinese plan for a national smart grid could provide an opening for US-China technological cooperation.
Source: SolveClimate, 06/08/2009
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