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U.S. Missing Goal on Critical Emission Cuts

2013-02-07 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Environmentalists here are warning that the United States is not on track to meet a target of a 17-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, despite President Barack Obama's stated commitment. Yet, according to a new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), a Washington-based environment think tank, the country can still meet that goal by using existing federal laws and state action, and investing in renewable energy sources. "Even without Congressional involvement or new technologies,...

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Safety Compromised by Missing Rules on Oil and Gas Pipelines, GAO Says

2013-02-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Oil and gas pipelines could be made safer if pipeline operators had clear guidelines for how quickly they must respond to accidentsbut federal regulators don't have the data they need to establish those rules, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent arm of Congress. The first few minutes and hours after a pipeline accident are considered crucial for effective cleanup and damage prevention. But the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...

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Few clues, many twists in search for missing Chesapeake woman

2013-02-03 06:35:45| Paper - Topix.net

Pat Merna, second from left, shares a keepsake book of the life of her daughter Dana Lynn Turner with granddaughters Brooke Turner, left, Emily Spanninger, second from right, and her daughter Tammy Spanninger during a celebration of what would have been Dana Lynn Turner's 45th birthday on Sunday, December 16, 2012, at her family's home in ... (more)

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