The Beat: SEEEJ? News Convergence — the Three Es of Environment, Energy and Economy
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Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare
On February 17, 2009, all full-power broadcast US television stations will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. So, many old TVs are now creating e-waste challenges as they're relegated to landfills and recycling centers.
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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums?
Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.
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Sawmills Drop, Production Increases
Report details how fewer sawmills in the US and Canada see higher production of wood products.
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Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit
A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
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Nations Seek "Roadmap" to Post-Kyoto Climate Treaty at Bali
Post-Kyoto climate change negotiations began in earnest in Bali, Indonesia, to prepare for the next iteration of world consensus on the topic.
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Green Building Standards Aim to Fix the Housing Market While It's Down
Green Building Council releases its green building rating system for new and remodeled houses.
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Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure
Weary of undisclosed corporate financial risk, battered stock investors are pressuring companies to disclose the economic risks they face from climate change.
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Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court
US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
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Major Banks Toughen Rules For Financing Coal Power Plants
Big banks take greenhouse gas emissions into account when assessing risks of financing power plants
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