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Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University of Jersusalem reiterate the prediction that increasing ocean acidity due to CO2 emissions will collapse the world's coral reefs in as little as 30 years from now.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers say this will make it difficult for many ... |
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Research completed by the Environmental Working Group shows that California cow milk may expose pregnant women and children to unsafe levels of the chemical perchlorate, which is a component of rocket fuel. It has been linked to thyroid damage, lowered IQ, mental retardation, loss of hearing and sp ... |
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The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy releases an in-depth report for policy makers to confront security, economic and environmental impacts caused by nuclear power reactors in and around Georgia. |
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In an effort to reduce air pollution caused by commercial building energy use, the EPA announces its expansion of the ENERGY STAR program to encourage energy efficient designs in new commercial buildings. Architects achieving this goal can apply the label "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR." |
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One day after Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) made public a U.S. Army directive to all base commanders to cut environmental programs, the Army issued a new order to countermand it. |
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Yale University releases the results of a National Poll on the Environment. Of the 1000 polled, 84% say the environment will be a factor in their vote in November, while 5% consider it a "major factor." 50% say that the quality of the environment in the United States is getting worse. |
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The Wall Street Journal reports that leaders from a broad spectrum of religious groups joined leading scientists to press U.S. Senators for regulations to address the issues of climate change. |
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The California state Senate approves, by a 22-13 vote, legislation that would require housing developers to include solar panels on a certain percentage of new homes. The rule faces a vote in the state Assembly. |
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U.S. Announces Major Clean Air Act Settlement With Santee Cooper |
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News is released that the burning ruins of the World Trade Center spewed toxic gasses "like a chemical factory" for at least six weeks after Sept. 11, 2001. |
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News of the White House modification of EPA Press Releases regarding the 9/11 disaster. |
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Australian power company EnviroMission announces its "hopes" to build a 3,300-foot solar tower in southwest New South Wales. The glass at the base would span 4 miles and the tower would be twice the height of Malaysia's Petronas towers. |
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Thick black fuel oil, leaking from the sunken tanker Prestige reaches the beaches of the picturesque Landes region near Bordeaux, France. |
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A huge slick of fuel oil from the sunken tanker Prestige starts to wash up on the Galician coast - bringing more environmental devastation. |
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The damaged oil tanker "Prestige" broke in two and disappeared beneath the waves some 75 miles off Spain's northwestern coast today with a 22 million gallon cargo of fuel oil on board. |
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The Bush administration reverses a ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. |
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The World Summit on Sustainable Development opens as South African President Thabo Mbeki welcomes delegates from 184 nations. Colin Powell, and not George W. Bush, represents the United States. |
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The U.S. department of agriculture recalls 19 million pounds of ground beef which are suspected of being contaminated by E. coli bacteria. |
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The U.S. Senate votes to move ahead with a repository for high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada overriding the April veto of Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn. |
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Supertanker Exxon Valdez, commanded by Captain Hazelwood, spills 11 million gallons of oil of the coast of the state of Alaska. |
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The Ixtoc oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico spills 176,400,000 gallons of oil to be spilled into the water, the worst oil spill to date. |
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The Argo Merchant runs aground on Nantucket Shoals, in Buzzards Bay, Mass. Its entire cargo of near 8 million gallons of No. 6 fuel oil is spilled when the ship breaks up on the 21st of December. |
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U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.
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Initated by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the first Earth Day celebrated. |
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The Peace Corps is created by a bill signed by President John F. Kennedy. |
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London smog of 1952 - worst smog in London ever, 4,000+ die |
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An environmental organization called The Sierra Club is founded in San Francisco, California by the well known conservationist John Muir. |
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The National Geographic Society is founded. |
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An unexplained midday darkness falls over New England and Eastern Canada |
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