LA County leaders back night fire flights
AP - 22 minutes agoLos Angeles County leaders responding to the summer's destructive Station Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires at night.
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Oil Drilling - Official Position of the Clearwater Audubon Society
Clearwater Gazette - Tue Nov 24, 6:16 pm ETClearwater Audubon Society, Inc. supports energy conservation endeavors, and the development of alternative energy resources, in order to reduce U.S. consumption of fossil fuels and dependence upon imported oil, to create high paying jobs in alternative energy technologies, and to curtail carbon contributions to climate change.
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LA County Supes vote to push changes in U.S. Forest Service firefighting policies
KPCC Pasadena - Tue Nov 24, 5:43 pm ETAllow night flying, cede more decision making to on-scene commanders and clear more brush around structures were among the policies that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on today to urge changes in U.S. Forest Service policies.
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Report: Indiana power plants 4th dirtiest in US
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 5:01 pm ETCoal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.
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California Takes Step to Limit Emissions
New York Times - 12 minutes agoWith proposals to reduce emissions ties to climate change stalled in Congress, a state works on its own cap-and-trade plan.
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Wake Forest beats Winston-Salem State 76-52
AP via Yahoo! News - 13 minutes agoIshmael Smith and C.J. Harris scored 16 points apiece to help Wake Forest cruised to 76-52 win over Winston-Salem State on Tuesday night.
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Obama hails US-India ties amid talks with Singh
AP via Yahoo! News - 17 minutes agoSeeking firmer footing for U.S.-India relations, President Barack Obama tried Tuesday to calm India's fears about Asian rival China, salving bruised feelings in the world's largest democracy with an elaborate state visit and assurances of India's "rightful place as a global leader."
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US firm on slapping tariffs on Chinese steel pipes
AFP via Yahoo! News - 20 minutes agoThe United States has firmed up plans to impose up to 15 percent tariffs on imported Chinese steel pipes targeted for wideranging sanctions for alleged unfair subsidies.
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Police: Ky. census worker staged death as homicide
AP via Yahoo! News - 25 minutes agoOn the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.
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Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food
AP via Yahoo! News - 31 minutes agoVisitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.
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Obama fetes 'indispensable' India
AFP via Yahoo! News - 48 minutes agoBarack Obama threw the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.
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Denmark invites 191 world leaders to climate summit
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 3:22 pm ETDenmark's premier raised the stakes for next month's U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen by inviting 191 world leaders to attend.
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Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 0 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as key priorities.
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Police: Census worker committed suicide, staged scene
CNN - 1 hour 8 minutes agoA Kentucky census worker who was found dead in September committed suicide and staged the scene to look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.
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Scientist: Leaked climate e-mails a distraction
USA Today - 1 hour 26 minutes agoLeaked e-mails exchanged among global warming scientists is part of a "smear campaign" to derail a U.N. climate summit, one scientist said.
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US official blasts big oil over Obama energy program
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 34 minutes agoUS Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.
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Interior Chief Slams Oil and Gas Groups' 'Election-Year Politics'
New York Times - Tue Nov 24, 1:27 pm ETFiring back at recent industry charges that the Obama administration is not promoting domestic energy development, Interior S...
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Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 55 minutes agoA flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday.
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Canadian parliament votes for deep CO2 emissions cut
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 57 minutes agoCanada's parliament on Tuesday passed a motion urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Tory government to adopt a deep carbon dioxide reduction target at upcoming international climate talks.
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Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at U.N. meeting
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:17 pm ETHow much would you pay to save the world from the threat of global warming? We might find out soon.
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