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Plants that regulate sprouting tackle climate change well
2014-04-20 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: lants with the ability to regulate the timing of germination in response to environmental cues are more likely to spin off new species and are better at dealing with weather threats from climate change. Plants whose seeds put off sprouting until conditions are more certain give rise to more species, a study said. Plants whose seeds have since lost the ability may be prone to extinction under future climate change, especially if the timing of sprouting is no longer in tune with their environment,...
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Utilities Disagree How EPA Should Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2014-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The federal government's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants may be pitting utilities that rely on coal-fired power plants against those that don't. Speaking Tuesday at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Future of Energy Summit in New York City, several representatives of the electric power industry and an environmental consultant said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pending rules are injecting significant uncertainty into their ability to plan...
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West Virginia bill signed to regulate storage tanks after spill
2014-04-01 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on Tuesday signed a bill regulating above-ground chemical storage tanks, a measure prompted by a spill in January that tainted water supplies for some 300,000 people. The new law requires above-ground tanks in critical areas near public water supplies to be registered with the state Department of Environmental Protection, which will perform annual inspections. "The Elk River chemical spill has made us all - in our communities and across our nation - take...
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Green groups take comments on EPA new proposal to regulate carbon emissions
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Statewide and local environmental groups took public comment on Thursday evening to forward to the Environmental Protection Agency on a proposed rule to regulate carbon emissions from new power plants. A peoples hearing held in meeting rooms of the Holiday Inn in Helena brought forward support for the EPAs new regulation and affirmed the need to also move ahead with the proposed regulation. The EPA website notes that new standards on carbon dioxide limits from new fossil-fuel electrical generation...
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Panel spikes bill to regulate fracking A House committee killed a...
2014-02-28 09:20:39| Waste Management - Topix.net
A House committee on Wednesday killed a bill that would have put more regulations in place to protect groundwater during the process of drilling for oil and natural gas.
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