[graffis-l] oil reserve site very much in question from the people who live there! and more

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At 03:35 PM 4/5/08, you wrote:

>Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis

>Fri Apr 4, 2008 5:21 pm (PDT)

>http://www.enn.com/topics/top_stories

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>Top Stories

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>Oil reserve site raises ire, Bush policy tested

>April 4, 2008 03:01 PM - Reuters

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration says it favors

> " environmentally friendly " energy development, but that policy is under

>attack in a Mississippi town where residents worry a planned emergency oil

>reserve may drain a river, destroy wetlands and harm Gulf of Mexico

>fishing areas. There is fear the Energy Department's plan to carve out

>underground salt caverns in Richton, Mississippi, to hold some 160 million

>barrels of crude oil could be the worst environmental disaster to hit the

>state since Hurricane Katrina.

>

>» Read Full Article

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>World Bank accused of climate change " hijack "

>April 4, 2008 05:26 AM - Reuters

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>BANGKOK (Reuters) - Developing countries and environmental groups accused

>the World Bank on Friday of trying to seize control of the billions of

>dollars of aid that will be used to tackle climate change in the next four

>decades. " The World Bank's foray into climate change has gone down like a

>lead balloon, " Friends of the Earth campaigner Tom Picken said at the end

>of a major climate change conference in the Thai capital.

>

>» Read Full Article

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>April 4, 2008 09:42 AM - Via: Mercury News , MetaEfficient

>Airborne Study Of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution Launched

>April 4, 2008 09:32 AM - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

>Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Assumptions Overly Optimistic, Study Says

>April 4, 2008 09:29 AM - National Center for Atmospheric

>Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

>Sudden 'Ecosystem Flips' Imperil World's Poorest Regions

>April 4, 2008 09:25 AM - McGill University

>Spanish region may ship water to relieve drought

>April 4, 2008 07:14 AM - Reuters

>Good policies can contain climate change costs: IMF

>April 4, 2008 07:11 AM - Reuters

>German minister stops biofuel blending plans

>April 4, 2008 06:27 AM - Reuters

>U.S. droughts endanger Canada's water: study

>April 4, 2008 01:33 AM - Reuters

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>SPOTLIGHT

>Solar Thermal Electricity: Catching the Eye of Utility Companies

>, Triple Pundit

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>The American Southwest has some of the greatest solar resources on the

>globe, it yet remains largely untapped. This trend may be changing as

>solar technology matures, market forces shift and concern for climate

>change mounts. One of the most common arguments against large-scale use of

>renewable energy is that it cannot produce a steady, reliable stream of

>energy, day and night. Ausra Inc. does not agree. They believe that solar

>thermal technology has the potential to supply over 90% of grid power,

>while finding solutions to environmental issues.

>» Read Full Spotlight

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>Member Press Releases

>a.. TPL & Banana Republic Partner for Earth Week, 4/22-27

>April 4, 2008 12:55 PM - The Trust for Public Land

>b.. West Coast Green Moves to Silicon Valley

>April 4, 2008 10:20 AM - West Coast Green

>c.. The Beginning of the End for Coal: A Long Year in the Life of the U.S.

>Coal Industry

>April 3, 2008 10:12 AM - Earth Policy Institute

>d.. Rwanda Conservation Effort to Link Endangered Chimps to Distant Forest

>April 2, 2008 12:30 PM - Great Ape Trust of Iowa

>e.. Honda and Keep America Beautiful Team for Great American Cleanup

>April 1, 2008 10:10 AM - American Honda Motor Co., Inc

 

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