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Environmentalists Push For Coal-Ash Regulation
Originally Published by Truthout - environment
– In what promises to be a contentious, high-profile series of debates, the forces of environmental protection will be lining up against those of the electric power industry over the future status of coal-ash.
Gray wolf back on protect list in Mont. and Idaho, to ranchers and hunters ire
Originally Published by Washington Post
Posted on
August 31st, 2010
Biodiversity, Politics
Norway Dumps Its Samling Global Stocks Over Illegal Logging
Originally Published by ENS
Posted on
August 26th, 2010
Economy, Ecosystems, Politics
Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns
Originally Published by Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
Posted on
August 12th, 2010
Energy, Politics, Sustainability
The Politics of Dispersants
Originally Published by NY Times
Posted on
August 7th, 2010
Disasters, Health, Oceans, Politics
Baghdad Dog Cull Raises Alarm
Originally Published by ENS
Posted on
July 23rd, 2010
Biodiversity, Politics
Anti-whaling Campaigner Bethune Gets Suspended Sentence in Japan
Originally Published by ENS
Posted on
July 12th, 2010
Biodiversity, Politics
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Orbital Sunrise
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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