Riverkeeper Releases Fifth Gas Drilling Reporter

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:29:40 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2009 Riverkeeper Today Riverkeeper released the fifth volume of its Industrial Gas Drilling Reporter. The Reporter collects impact stories of industrial gas drilling from across the country, provides an update on the State environmental review, links to ...

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Public Gets More Time to Comment on New York’s Gas Drilling Plans

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:22:26 +0000

Responding to calls from politicians, environmentalists and concerned residents, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday that it has extended the public comment period for an environmental review of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

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IPI Survey Economists Agree Climate Change Puts Economy at Risk

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000

EP Magazine: Respondents agree at a rate of 81 percent that a cap-and-trade system should auction permits to polluters and only 9 percent prefer the United States to give them away for free. Most expert economists agree that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can help avoid a major economic ...

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Serene Ceramics by Emogayu

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:57:05 +0000

If Haiku were a three-dimensional art form, Japanese artist Yuri Fukuda (a.k.a. Emogayu) would be a master of it. A recent exhibit at the Archip Gallery Theater in Brooklyn, New York featured the artist's Volcanoes , a series of hand-crafted earthenware vessels inspired by the ...

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Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:01:01 +0000

JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS at New York Times October 28th, 2009 Bowing to intense public pressure, the Chesapeake Energy Corporation says it will not drill for natural gas within the upstate New York watershed, an environmentally sensitive region that ...

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EWG Warns of Drilling Threat to NYC Drinking Water

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:01:01 +0000

October 28th, 2009 Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD Senior Counsel, Environmental Working Group Oversight Hearing on the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement Relating to Drilling for Natural Gas in New York State Using Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic ...

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Meet Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson At Special NYC Event

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Lately it seems like Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson is all over the news! Just last week, Watson took to Ecorazzi to share his thoughts on South Park’s parody of his organization, explaining: “I have to say that being lampooned on South Park is hardly something to complain ...

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Email - Join Farm Sanctuary and Jonathan Safran Foer in NYC on Nov. 22

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:02:19 +0000

Join Farm Sanctuary in NYC on Nov. 22 for a compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with sumptuous holiday fare, an inspiring program, and a silent auction to benefit our sanctuaries rescued animals and satisfy all your holiday Register Today! shopping needs! Best-selling author of ...

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Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Green rankings in the U.S. don’t tell the full story about the places where the human footprint is lightest. If you really want the best environmental model, you need to look at the nation’s biggest — and greenest — metropolis: New York City. BY DAVID OWEN

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Take Me Out to the Green Ball Game: World Series Gets Eco-Friendly

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Have you heard? Baseball is American as apple pie. (Mmmm…..crispy organic apple pie.) Now, the 2009 World Series is making it a green...

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gender cc - women for climate justice: Home

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:44:00 +0000

Gendercc Updates Constituency of Women & Gender NGOs The UNFCCC secretariat decided to recognize women and gender NGOs as official constituency in its own right as of Nov 2009. Gotelind Alber, GenderCC, is the constituency's focal point in the first phase. more Women on the Road ...

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10/28/2009 1:01 PM

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:03:26 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2009-- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), America’s most active driller of new natural gas wells and one of its largest natural gas producers, today confirmed its previous announcements that it has no intention of drilling natural gas wells within ...

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Campaign Against Emissions Picks Number

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:12:54 +0000

Kathleen Jordan, of New York, left, and others participate in an International Day of Climate Action rally on Saturday in New York's Times Square. More Photos >

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Global events mark magic number on climate change

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:12:54 +0000

The Associated Press Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:45 PM NEW YORK -- Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350. The number represents 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in the ...

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Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:55:39 +0000

Call President Obama now at 202-456-1414 and ask him to help save Coal River Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCES -- CoalRiverWind.org -- New York Times article: World Climate-Change Forum May Touch on ...

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Ship built with recycled WTC steel

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:14:17 +0000

A Navy warship, its bow made of recycled steel from the World Trade Center, glided into New York harbor this week, capping a five-day voyage from Virginia for its official commissioning. Laden with symbolism, the $1 billion USS New York weighed in at 25,000 tons, including 7.5 tons of steels salvaged from the wreckage of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Made in Louisiana, the 684-foot ship is the length of two football fields.

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An environmental crisis at home

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:15:42 +0000

New York City is facing an environmental crisis that is threatening not only our prestige and competitiveness, but also our quality of life. And it is costing New Yorkers — both property owners and tenants — a lot of money. The issue is our buildings: They are huge consumers of energy and breeding grounds for greenhouse gases.

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TX, NY and MD Schools Top EPA’s Green Power Schools Ranking

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Schools in New York, Texas and Maryland top the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inaugural ranking of the top 20 primary and secondary schools nationwide that use the most power from renewable energy sources. The top EPA Green Power Partner schools are buying nearly 113 million ...

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Fight Over Shale Gas Drilling Not Over

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:23:56 +0000

Although Chesapeake Energy said it would not drill for gas in the New York watershed, many groups quickly pointed out that the company's pledge does not eliminate the possibility that another company will.

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Chesapeake Energy Won't Drill for Natural Gas in New York Watershed

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:47:06 +0000

Marcellus Shale is believed to hold substantial gas reserves.

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EWG Warns of Drilling Threat to NYC Drinking Water

Meet Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson At Special NYC Event

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Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think

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gender cc - women for climate justice: Home

10/28/2009 1:01 PM

Campaign Against Emissions Picks Number

Global events mark magic number on climate change

Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining

Ship built with recycled WTC steel

An environmental crisis at home

TX, NY and MD Schools Top EPA’s Green Power Schools Ranking

Fight Over Shale Gas Drilling Not Over

Chesapeake Energy Won't Drill for Natural Gas in New York Watershed