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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A state measure to speed up the regulatory process for iron mines was met on Wednesday with a mix of support for the jobs a planned northern Wisconsin mine could create and concerns about its potential impact.An environmental group ...
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A controversial plan to strip mine for iron ore in northern Wisconsin could proceed under a proposed state law designed to ease environmental rules.The bill, which will be discussed in a public hearing in Milwaukee Wednesday, was introduced by ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region fell to its lowest in 23 years in the year through July, the government said Monday, attributing the drop to its tougher stance against illegal logging.Destruction of the Brazilian portion of the world's largest ...
LINCOLN, Nebraska (Reuters) - Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial proposed U.S.-to-Canada oil pipeline away from an ecologically-sensitive region in the state, and the governor quickly signed the measure into law.Governor Dave Heineman signed bills to reroute TransCanada ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Durga Mukherjee remembers the first time she climbed to the top of New Delhi's largest and oldest landfill, joining the dogs, cows and crows there to begin her life as a waste picker."I vomited so much," the 40-year-old ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, struggling with an ambitious agenda on clean air regulations, will likely delay proposing the country's first ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, sources said.The EPA had been required to propose the rules by ...
LINCOLN, Neb (Reuters) - The Nebraska legislature on Wednesday voted 45-0 to advance a proposed law that would reroute the $7 billion TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline, avoiding the SandHills and Ogallala aquifer that environmental groups and many residents fear could be polluted ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Enter the Neo. Part motorcycle and part toilet, it runs on eco-friendly biogas produced from sewage -- and recently completed a journey of more than 1,000 km (600 miles) across Japan.The three-wheeled vehicle, developed by Japanese toilet maker Toto, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats defeated a bill on Thursday that would have blocked federal environmental regulators from slashing power plant air pollution that blows downwind to other states and causes lung and heart problems.The bill, sponsored by Rand Paul, a ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament passed laws that impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.The laws will force Australia's top ...
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