The popular uprising in Ukraine has resulted in ex-President Yanukovych fleeing the capitol on Saturday, apparently retreating to the safety of Kharkiv, a city in Russia-friendly Eastern Ukraine. While it's extremely historically significant... ...
http://www.examiner.com/article/ukraine-overthrows-yanukovych-amid-us-
Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC The State Department?s release of the final environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline marks a new stage in the evaluation of that controversial project. Moving forward, the National Interest Determination process will allow other federal departments and members of the public to bring their expertise to bear on the project?s environmental impacts. Howev ...
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/a_deeper_dive_states_environm
There aren?t many things bleaker than a soggy English winter, and this winter has really provided something for the Brits to whinge about.Nearly six inches of rain fell on southern and central England in January, triggering floods and producing the heaviest monthly drenching since record-keeping began at an Oxford University weather station in 1767. And the mid-winter deluges have continued into these first few days of February.?Hitherto-unpreced ...
http://grist.org/climate-energy/it-hasnt-rained-this-much-in-england-s
A trial program with electric cars at the Kennedy Space Center is going better than expected, cutting greenhouse gas emissions in company vehicles. In fact, the center's sustainability office suggests the results are 10 times better than those expected--electric cars are making a real impact on-site. According to redOrbit, the Kennedy Space Center.. ...
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1090085_electric-cars-cut-greenhou
