Texas PUC Decision Puts Ratepayers, Environment at Risk (Public Citizen)

Today’s decision of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to allow AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) to charge Texas customers to help build a coal-fired power plant in Arkansas puts Texas ratepayers at risk for higher electric bills and ignores the dangers carbon dioxide poses to the environment.

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Angola: Namibe - Tombwa Administrator Calls On Citizens to Preserve Environment (AllAfrica.com)

The municipal administrator of Tombwa, João Guerra, appealed Thursday to citizens to keep their township quarters clean, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the environment of the city.

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Ministry of Environment confirms some glycol leaking from train derailment near Lytton (News 1130)

Crews from the Ministry of Environment have confirmed that glycol is leaking into the Thompson River from one of the submerged rail cars at the site of a train derailment near Lytton. Ministry tests …

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PennFuture Hails Passage of Historic Global Warming Bill - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

PennFuture Hails Passage of Historic Global Warming Bill
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -3 hours ago
"They understand that global warming poses a threat to our economy and our future if we don't take action, and they also understand that solving the problem

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RIBLE: CORZINE MISSES GLOBAL WARMING PLAN DEADLINE - PolitickerNJ

RIBLE: CORZINE MISSES GLOBAL WARMING PLAN DEADLINE
PolitickerNJ, NJ -4 hours ago
The Asbury Park Press today reported that the administration missed a June 30 deadline to produce a plan for complying with the Global Warming Response Act

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PennFuture Hails Passage of Historic Global Warming Bill - Business Wire (press release)


Business Wire (press release)
PennFuture Hails Passage of Historic Global Warming Bill
Business Wire (press release), CA -3 hours ago
“They understand that global warming poses a threat to our economy and our future if we don’t take action, and they also understand that solving the problem

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Namibe: Tombwa Administrator Calls on Citizens to Preserve Environment (AngolaPress)

Namibe, 07/03 – The municipal administrator of Tombwa, João Guerra, appealed Thursday to citizens to keep their township quarters clean, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the environment of the city.

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20th Annual Empowering Teachers Summer Institute at Sarah Lawrence College Focuses on the Environment and Social Justice (Newswise)

Early childhood and elementary school educators from as close as neighboring Westchester towns and as far away as Saudi Arabia will participate in Sarah Lawrence College’s Child Development Institute’s Empowering Teachers Summer Institute July 7 to 11 on the theme “Teaching the World: Children, the Environment, and Social Justice.”

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Final Examinations in a save environment (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

I heard rumors three months ago that the final examinations of the high schools in Baghdad wouldn’t be held in schools where the students were supposed to have taken those tests.  This rumor proved true when the Ministry of Education announced that universities and institutions were to be the sites for the final examinations. The minstry said the reason behind change is a “security matter.”

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Picnics: Easy on the Wallet and Environment (ABC News)

‘GMA’ and Country Living team up to offer July 4th picnicking tips.

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