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U. of Utah ranks fourth in green efforts
The U. of Utah placed fourth on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of university and college green power-partners in the nation, after a push for reform from environmentally concerned students.
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Column: For the greater green – Cap-and-trade lives up to the moniker
A cap-and-trade system seems to be the popular idea, currently. Not only in the political realm, but on the social front, as the media and political opponents have infamously dubbed it "cap-and-tax." Brilliant, at least as the immediate audience doesn't even question where the tax term comes from.
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Column: BP – Buying time, buying truth and buying people
Americans have an affinity for symbols. There's our flag, whipping in the wind right now someplace, exuding strength, resilience and all forms of freedom.
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Column: Grand bargain on energy
Last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the plug on comprehensive climate change legislation, effectively killing any chance that a bill to limit carbon dioxide emissions will pass this year.
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Column: Texas needs to comply with EPA
The state of Texas is at it again – wasting its energy and our tax dollars this past week on suing the Environmental Protection Agency once more, this time on Texas’ flexible permits program. EPA officials announced in May that Texas was violating several Federal Clean Air Act requirements.
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Environmental Protection Agency officials address city air quality concerns
Speakers were divided between concerns for how stricter air quality regulation would affect the Texas economy and the health and welfare of residents, at an Environmental Protection Agency meeting on Monday.
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Professor researches effect of oil spill on marshes
Texas A&M U. Oceanography professor Thomas Bianchi traveled to Louisiana on a grant from the National Science Foundation to research the effects of the oil spill on decreasing marshlands.
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$1.1 million granted to UI research institutions
The Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C. agreed to grant about $6.3 million to environmentally backed initiatives in Illinois, including about $1.1 million for two U. Illinois institutions.
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Conference discusses worldwide bee disappearance
Penn State hosted the first International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy this week to address the decline in pollinators -- particularly honeybees -- around the world.
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