"State Projects Will Drive Funding for High-Speed Rail"
"The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail if the states granted the funds reject them."
Source: Wash Post, 11/16/2010
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"In Depth: Shale Gas Exploration in Quebec"
The possibility of producing natural gas from shale formations beneath central Quebec is raising the same debate about its perils and promises as is raging in U.S. states.
Source: Montreal Gazette, 11/16/2010
Enviros Say They Will Sue Over Oil Dispersants in Alaskan Waters
"An environmental group has filed a formal notice that it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency and the Coast Guard for authorizing oil dispersants without studying how they'll affect Alaska's polar bears, Cook Inlet beluga whales, Steller sea lions and other imperiled species."
Source: Juneau Empire, 11/16/2010
"Americans Are Wary Of Genetically Engineered Foods"
Only 21 percent of Americans believe genetically engineered foods are safe, a new poll shows.
Source: NPR, 11/16/2010
"Gazprom of Russia to Drill for Oil in Cuban Waters"
"The Russian energy giant Gazprom has joined a growing list of companies that plan to drill for oil in the waters off Cuba, close to the United States but out of reach of its safety regulators."
Source: NYTimes, 11/16/2010
"Troposphere Is Warming Too, Decades Of Data Show"
"Not only is Earth's surface warming, but the troposphere -- the lowest level of the atmosphere, where weather occurs -- is heating up too, U.S. and British meteorologists reported on Monday." The findings may put to rest a 20-year-old controversy over differences between satellite and surface measurements of warming.
Source: Reuters, 11/16/2010
Nestle Bid Prompts Move To Put Michigan's Water Under State Protection
"Michiganders don't have to worry much about having an adequate supply of water. But efforts by Nestlé to bottle water in the state, and the prospect of drier times in a climate-changed future, are leading some residents to try to put Michigan groundwater under permanent protection."
Source: Living on Earth/PRI, 11/16/2010
"G-20 Leaders Progress Toward Fossil Fuel Subsidy Phase-Out"
"At the Seoul G-20 Summit [Friday], leaders of the world's 19 most industrialized nations and the EU said they have made 'substantial progress' toward phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in the 14 months since their decision to do so at last year's G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
Source: ENS, 11/15/2010
Haiti's Cholera Could Spread to US; $164 Million Control Plan Issued
"The United Nations and its partners have finalized a $164 million plan to support the government of Haiti's response to the current cholera epidemic. To date, more than 12,000 Haitians have been hospitalized, and over 800 people have died, the UN reports."
Source: ENS, 11/15/2010
"Leaking Underground CO2 Storage Could Contaminate Drinking Water"
"Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold or more in some places, according to a study by Duke University scientists."
Source: SPX, 11/15/2010
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