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Rob Hotakainen, E&E News reporter
NOAA Fisheries said today that five companies can begin exploring for energy in the Atlantic Ocean, even if the sound of air gun blasting harms whales, dolphins and other sea life.
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire