Environmental Protection timeline
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Study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Determines Greenland's Glaciers Melting Twice as Fast as Previously Estimated
Satellite observations indicate that Greenland's glaciers have been dumping ice into the Atlantic Ocean at a rate that's doubled over the past five... Read more
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An Inconvenient Truth Hits Theaters
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film, directed by Davis Guggenheim, about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to... Read more
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Bald Eagle Removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
The bald eagle was on the brink of extinction in the continental United States (while flourishing in much of Alaska and Canada) late in the 20th... Read more
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EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases a Danger to Public Health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as expected, on Monday declared greenhouse gases a danger to public health, a decision that could soon... Read more
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Scientists Criticize White House Response to Oil Spill
With heavy oil at last washing ashore in Louisiana, scientists are slamming the Obama administration for responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill... Read more
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United States and Cuba Hold Rare Bilateral Talks to Discuss Protecting Gulf of Mexico from Oil Spills
The United States and Cuba are holding rare talks to discuss the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the State Department said today. The... Read more
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Top NASA Scientist Arrested at White House Protest of Keystone XL Pipeline
Alongside actress Daryl Hannah, religious leaders, and dozens of eco-activists arrested Monday outside the White House protesting a planned oil... Read more
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