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Duck deaths reported annually on Alberta tailings pond, environment officer says (Canada.com) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:18 GMT The Syncrude tailings pond in northern Alberta — where hundreds of ducks died after landing on the bitumen-covered body of water — violates a federal law designed to protect migratory birds, an Environment Canada officer told an Alberta court Tuesday.

Four Environment Groups Sue European Commission Over Biofuels (Bloomberg) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:58 GMT March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Four environment groups sued the European Commission over its alleged refusal to release about 140 documents on the climate impact of widespread use of biofuels in the region.

Business expo puts focus on environment (Pocono Record) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:12 GMT Local businesses will get the chance this week to learn how ignoring the environment can not only hurt your bottom line, but put your company behind the times in a marketplace where consumers are more conscious than ever about going green.

Security environment more difficult: Narayanan (The Hindu) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:04 GMT KOLKATA: The security environment in West Bengal has become more difficult than the past year and meeting the challenge would require, among other things, filling vacancies in the police force, improving the police-population ratio, acquiring more sophisticated weapons, imparting better training and providing more incentives for working in difficult areas, Governor M.K. Narayanan told the ...

Environment Ministry seeks to stem disappearance of farmland under new development (Radio Prague) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:51:07 GMT Agricultural land is fast disappearing under concrete in the Czech Republic and the pace is getting faster rather than slowing down. That is one of the main reasons why the Ministry of Environment is making a last minute bid to pass a new law that could put a brake on the process. Chris Johnstone reports.

BCA Academy to offer postgrad programme in facility & environment management (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:18:37 GMT SINGAPORE: The BCA Academy will offer a new postgraduate programme in facility and environment management.

Monitor -ing the Environment (Columbia Journalism Review) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:48:00 GMT In recent years, blogs have become a popular way for newspapers (in print and online) to handle specialized topics like science and the environment. At least one outlet has tried that and decided to go back to a newsroom-wide approach, however.