http://sierraactivist.org Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/0iFT5N7pXZg/va-misses-deadline-filing-plan-cut-bay-pollution?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-va-misses-deadline-on-filing-plan-to-cut-bay-pollution http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/0iFT5N7pXZg/va-misses-deadline-filing-plan-cut-bay-pollution#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:51 +0000 Dennis Virginia was the only state that missed a deadline Wednesday for filing its plan for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/va-va-misses-deadline-on-filing-plan-to-cut-bay-pollution/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/dhxnFzz_pLE/hurricane-earl-category-4-heads-toward-nc-and-va?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-hurricane-earl-at-category-4-heads-toward-n-c-and-va http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/dhxnFzz_pLE/hurricane-earl-category-4-heads-toward-nc-and-va#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:32:34 +0000 Dennis Earl, a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph this morning, is making a run toward the North Carolina and Virginia coasts.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/va-hurricane-earl-at-category-4-heads-toward-n-c-and-va/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/CHHpjX6h6eg/SB10001424052748703882304575465634035917078.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-judge-deals-new-blow-to-drilling-moratorium http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/CHHpjX6h6eg/SB10001424052748703882304575465634035917078.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:11:00 +0000 Dennis The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's initial six-month moratorium on deepwater oil-drilling dealt the government another blow on Wednesday.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/us-judge-deals-new-blow-to-drilling-moratorium/feed/ 0 http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/09/face_facts_climate_change_is_u.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=face-facts-climate-change-is-unfolding-as-predicted http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/09/face_facts_climate_change_is_u.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:06:08 +0000 Dennis Noah K. Murray/The Star-Ledger Lifeguards keep an eye on swimmers from the North Wildwood station. This summer was the hottest on record. The wildfires in Russia, the floods in Pakistan and the record heat this summer in New Jersey have... ]]> ]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/face-facts-climate-change-is-unfolding-as-predicted/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/grsKU4B4PUA/article_9c2decbc-b60e-11df-bace-001cc4c03286.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sd-river-threat-now-taken-seriously http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/grsKU4B4PUA/article_9c2decbc-b60e-11df-bace-001cc4c03286.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:49:09 +0000 Dennis Hats off to the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department for stepping up to take control of a public safety hazard that recently claimed three lives.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/sd-river-threat-now-taken-seriously/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/walXydNEKn0/Hurricane-Earl-expected-to-stir-hidden-dangers-on-S-C-coast?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sc-hurricane-earl-expected-to-stir-hidden-dangers-on-s-c-coast http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/walXydNEKn0/Hurricane-Earl-expected-to-stir-hidden-dangers-on-S-C-coast#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:26:54 +0000 Dennis Upstate residents headed to the beach for an early start to Labor Day weekend could find dangerous rip currents and high surf stirred by...]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/sc-hurricane-earl-expected-to-stir-hidden-dangers-on-s-c-coast/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/w0lmXjzTyOc/hurricane_nears_09-02-10_EFJOJVG_v34.25395b4.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ri-r-i-on-alert-ahead-of-hurricane-earl http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/w0lmXjzTyOc/hurricane_nears_09-02-10_EFJOJVG_v34.25395b4.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:05:41 +0000 Dennis As Hurricane Earl bore down on the mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday, emergency officials throughout the East Coast were preparing for the storm's broad sweep.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/ri-r-i-on-alert-ahead-of-hurricane-earl/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/9-kW5x9Ndos/s_697545.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-state-deals-with-drillers-raise-brows http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/9-kW5x9Ndos/s_697545.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45:18 +0000 Dennis The cash-strapped Rendell administration has leased nearly 150,000 acres of public forests and game lands to gas companies that paid $400 million to drill for natural gas.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/pa-state-deals-with-drillers-raise-brows/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/BtLDH04syxE/first_users_of_oregon_solar_pi.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=or-first-users-of-oregon-solar-pilot-program-up-and-running http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/BtLDH04syxE/first_users_of_oregon_solar_pi.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:02:04 +0000 Dennis Like almost all Oregonians, Jeff Ramp has paid utility bills for years to power his home, which sits on an onion farm near Salem.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/or-first-users-of-oregon-solar-pilot-program-up-and-running/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/ZBnznblp144/state_warns_against_drinking_water_from_south_umpqua_river_near_canyonville.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=or-state-warns-against-drinking-water-from-south-umpqua-river-near-canyonville http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/ZBnznblp144/state_warns_against_drinking_water_from_south_umpqua_river_near_canyonville.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:08:59 +0000 Dennis State health officials are warning the public not to drink water from the South Umpqua River near Canyonville and to avoid coming into contact with it.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/or-state-warns-against-drinking-water-from-south-umpqua-river-near-canyonville/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/3rlOVxWbZBQ/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-kucinich-warns-loophole-in-the-great-lakes-compact-could-allow-exploitation-of-water http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/3rlOVxWbZBQ/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:48:15 +0000 Dennis Think of the Great Lakes compact as a fence. The agreement is meant to wrap around the Great Lakes watershed and keep people from taking water out.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/oh-kucinich-warns-loophole-in-the-great-lakes-compact-could-allow-exploitation-of-water/feed/ 0 http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2010/2010-09-02-091.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-gives-northern-spotted-owl-a-fresh-chance-at-recovery http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2010/2010-09-02-091.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:24:18 +0000 Dennis http://5861C526-23C3-4D8F-AC56-37579E70D3CA ]]> ]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/court-gives-northern-spotted-owl-a-fresh-chance-at-recovery/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/jMkR9tfPqwc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nv-thinking-big-and-smart http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/jMkR9tfPqwc/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:54:37 +0000 Dennis A nonpartisan think tank Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan to boost renewable energy development in America and placed Nevada and the West in the center of it.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/nv-thinking-big-and-smart/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/IumLzNT4pW8/hurricane_earl_should_bring_re.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nj-hurricane-earl-is-expected-to-bring-relief-to-hottest-n-j-summer-on-record http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/IumLzNT4pW8/hurricane_earl_should_bring_re.html#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:34:02 +0000 Dennis If it seems like air conditioners have been cranking much more than usual the past few months and people have been sweating more outside, there's a simple explanation: This summer officially went down as the hottest on record in New Jersey.]]>

]]> http://sierraactivist.org/2010/09/03/nj-hurricane-earl-is-expected-to-bring-relief-to-hottest-n-j-summer-on-record/feed/ 0 http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/cFsEm8yFefU/pay-by-bag-begins-quietly?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nh-pay-by-bag-begins-quietly http://feeds.stateline.org/~r/StatelineorgRss-Environment/~3/cFsEm8yFefU/pay-by-bag-begins-quietly#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:12:19 +0000 Dennis Yesterday marked the first day of Hopkinton's new pay-by-bag system for trash disposal, but sightings of the designated green bags at the town dump were few and far between.]]>

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