Corps Proposal for Gulf Draws Criticism From Scientists
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Many coastal scientists say the ambitious federal plans to repair the Gulf Coast would only perpetuate a costly and wrongheaded approach to storm management.
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Environmentalists and two Maryland Democratic congressmen chastised the Bush administration Wednesday for proposed regulations they said will not do enough to reduce mercury contamination of Maryland rivers, lakes and the Chesapeake Bay.
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A new study claims to undermine the key argument used by people sceptical of climate change.
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BERKELEY, California  - Officials in the famously liberal California town of Berkeley have stirred a national fuss by telling U.S. Marine Corps recruiters they aren't welcome anymore and by aiding those protesting against them.
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A report calling for more building on green belt land in England is criticised by environmental groups.
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An American proposal to allow the diversion of water from the Great Lakes threatens both the environment and Canada&#39;s sovereignty, critics warn.
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The Royal Society, the UK's premier group of scientists, has written to the British arm of energy giant ExxonMobil, demanding the company withdraw support for groups that attempt to undermine the consensus relating to climate change, a newspaper has reported.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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Scientists will step into a feud between Washington and its allies over global warming at a British-sponsored meeting this week.
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Some outside scientists wondered whether a Department of Veterans Affairs panel was stretching thin data to tell veterans what they wanted to hear in the committee's recent report.
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A think tank partly funded by Exxon Mobil sent letters to scientists offering them up to $10,000 to critique findings in a major global warming study released Friday which found that global warming was real and likely caused by burning fossil fuels.
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Scientists and pitchmen press for a more effective name for "global warming.".
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According to "Oman Observer", a meeting of the GCC ministers responsible for environmental affairs was held in Jeddah. Oman's delegation to the meeting was headed by Shaikh Abdullah bin Salim al Rowas, Minister of Regional Municipalities , Environment and Water Resources.
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The Royal Society, Britain's premier group of scientists, has written to the British arm of energy giant ExxonMobil, demanding the company withdraw support for groups that attempt to undermine the consensus relating to climate change, The Guardian reported.
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Congress will make a final push to open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, aware the Democratic majority next year is less likely to embrace new offshore energy development.
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Bush's move to allow its use is likely to get legal review, say conservationists who claim it threatens marine life.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is rethinking the way it assesses hurricane risk.