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Secretary Salazar Announces Offshore Wind Plan

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and representatives from six mid-Atlantic states meet in Washington to lay the groundwork for wind development off the East coast. Salazar says he will streamline the permit process for offshore alternative energy. Source: Clean Skies News

Arctic ice melting faster than feared

Canadian experts in arctic oceanography say their latest research voyage on the Amundsen research vessel shows that the Arctic is heating up much faster than expected. Source: CBC News

Arctic Sea Ice status in 2009

NASA climate scientist Tom Wagner provides a look at the state of Arctic sea ice in 2009 and discusses NASA’s role in monitoring the cryosphere in the face of global climate change. Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Whale freed from shark net

A humpback whale caught in a shark control net off an Australian beach is free after a frantic rescue effort. Source: Reuters

“Critter Cam” records wildlife first hand

National Geographic came to MIT for the HEMBI (Human Environment Mobile Based Interactions) workshop and showed off their “Critter Cam”. Source: IDG

Glacier melt warning from the Antarctic

A leading member of the U.N. Climate Panel David Vaughan is recording what he says are worrying signs of glacier melt adding to world sea levels. Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey, made his remarks to Reuters in an open speedboat crossing a bay on the Antarctic Peninsula which had been blanketed by ice for thousands of years but is now open water. The bay is fed by the small Sheldon Glacier which Vaughan used to illustrate his concerns to Reuters correspondent on the scene Stuart McDill.

Business zone is “ruining environment”

In Cambodia, more than 300 villagers have filed complaints with the Kampot provincial governor to stop a private company from developing a coastal fishing area.

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