"The Government Is About to Sanction the Murder of Our National Bird"
"The Interior Department is on the cusp of finalizing a rule that would give wind farms 30-year permits that authorize killing eagles."
Source: National Journal, 12/06/2013
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"Winter Storm Brings Icy Blast To Wide Swath of United States"
"People from Texas to New York were bundling up on Thursday against winter weather that closed schools and businesses, blanketed roads and power lines with ice and threatened to disrupt travel across a wide swath of the United States."
Source: Reuters, 12/06/2013
"Obama Tells Feds To Boost Renewable Power 20 Percent"
"WASHINGTON -- Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020."
Source: AP, 12/06/2013
Host City for SEJ Conference Maintains Sustainable Attitude
SEJ returns to Chattanooga, Oct. 2-6, for its 23rd annual conference, this time building on and highlighting the city's sustainability theme, which has entered its second generation and garnered worldwide recognition. SEJ President Don Hopey explains.
"Obama to Feds: Bulk up on Green Power"
"President Obama on Thursday will order the federal government to use renewables for 20 percent of its electricity needs by 2020."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 12/05/2013
Enbridge May Have To Boost Pipeline Safety in Michigan After Violations
"Michigan environmental officials are drafting a settlement with Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. over a series of violations of the state's water laws that occurred earlier this year."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/05/2013
Stranded Everglades Pilot Whales Unlikely To Survive
"Everglades National Park, Florida (CNN) -- The outlook for dozens of short-finned pilot whales stranded in shallow water off Florida's Everglades National Park "does not look good," wildlife officials said Wednesday."
Source: CNN, 12/05/2013
"Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills"
"Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said on Tuesday, as fears of a major marine disaster grow."
Source: Reuters, 12/05/2013
"U.N. Launches Green Climate Fund With Little in Its Coffers"
"The Green Climate Fund, designed as the United Nations' most important funding body in the battle on climate change in developing nations, launched its headquarters on Wednesday in South Korea, but uncertainty over finances clouded the event."
Source: Reuters, 12/05/2013
"Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon"
"WASHINGTON — More than two dozen of the nation’s biggest corporations, including the five major oil companies, are planning their future growth on the expectation that the government will force them to pay a price for carbon pollution as a way to control global warming."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2013
