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  • State should support renewable energy 10 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... Alaska's largest statewide Native organization passed a resolution ... the nation, has witnessed changes in its environment linked to global warming emissions that come from burning fossil fuels ...

  • No clear sign of alarming retreat in Himalayan glaciers, says report 10 Nov 2009 01:32 GMT
    ... Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had been saying it ... retreat of the Himalayan glaciers due to global warming. Sourcing his findings from a wealth of ... of the order that some glaciers in Alaska and Greenland are reported” to be showing. ...

  • Indian study challenges global view on Himalayan glacial melt 10 Nov 2009 11:30 GMT
    ... Tuesday. The paper, released by the federal Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday, challenges the globally ... Himalayan glaciers are rapidly shrinking due to global warming, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported. "The Himalayan ... of the order that some glaciers in Alaska and Greenland have reported," the paper authored ...

  • Egan, Kerttula plan to run for new terms in state Legislature 10 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... for a full four-year term in the Alaska Senate, following his appointment by former Gov. Sarah ... to produce electricity. "We've got gigawatts of renewable energy here, not only hydro but wind, biomass, ...

  • Climate Legislation Unlikely to Come to Senate Floor This Year 10 Nov 2009 10:14 GMT
    ... Committee will study the job implications of global warming legislation with testimony from a major labor ... Natural Resources Committee ranking member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, hints that starting over with a blank ... Baucus, R-Mont., Energy Chair Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Environment Chair Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Rockefeller, Agriculture Chair ...

  • Senate Climate Debate Picking Up Some Steam 10 Nov 2009 10:14 GMT
    ... Committee will study the job implications of global warming legislation with testimony from a major labor ... Natural Resources Committee ranking member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, hints that starting over with a blank ... Baucus, R-Mont., Energy Chair Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Environment Chair Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Rockefeller, Agriculture Chair ...

  • Alaska gold production at its highest since 1916 10 Nov 2009 16:20 GMT
    ... rush seems to be under way in Alaska. The state's gold production last year - ... in mining activity has raised concern among environmentalists and some rural communities. Two lawsuits have ...

  • Parker Drilling specializes in difficult challenges and complex environments 10 Nov 2009 02:56 GMT
    ... island and pipeline infrastructure, thus significantly reducing environmental impacts of this new development. This highlights ... for five years of development drilling in Alaska. In addition to the Liberty project, these ...

  • You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things 10 Nov 2009 00:12 GMT
    ... of life on Earth," Ran Nathan, an ecologist at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote in ... Nathan is combining work in biology, ecology, environmental science, physics and mathematics into a theory ... Middle East and Asia to Europe, Siberia, Alaska, North America and eventually down to the ...

  • City sets goal for emissions reduction 10 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... buildings will be churning out significantly less pollution by 2012, if the city meets its ... pounds of carbon dioxide, according to the Environmental Protection Agency; achieving the target is the greenhouse ... though it anticipates continued participation in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's energy conservation financing, and ...

  • Can EPA regulations on CO2 be blocked? 10 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
    ... finds CO2 to be a dangerous air pollutant—and sure enough, yesterday. EPA regulations now appear ... and Technology Policy and the Office of Environmental Policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor ... regs under Clinton? Well, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) , back in September. Her amendment was ...

  • Local books: Illustrated Goethe, the Battle of Seattle and Wheedle on the Needle 10 Nov 2009 13:11 GMT
    ... Miller . The director of the interdisciplinary environmental-studies program at Seattle University supplies an introduction ... the Eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea" (Alaska Sea Grant College Program/University of Alaska Fairbanks, ...

  • Shell wins conditional approval to explore Beaufort Sea 10 Nov 2009 02:56 GMT
    ... and 23 miles north of Point Thompson, Alaska. The Beaufort Sea is estimated to contain ... our activity and exploit the currently advantageous environment presented to us in terms of favorable ...

  • St. Louis County voters,volunteers supportedProp N for public health 10 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
    ... You just never know what you can recycle. Changes at Justice As one of the many ... spring in siding with the state of Alaska in refusing to allow an inmate access ...

  • RE: Personal losses 10 Nov 2009 11:15 GMT
    ... I am really interested in how the environmentalists and only the environmentalists were responsible for ... you. Be thankful that we live in Alaska where it's still possible to get a ...


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