<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs13.com/green/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic</title><link>http://cbs13.com/green</link><description><![CDATA[CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX Sacramento Television Stations Inc. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:57:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[CityCenter Gets More Environmental Certifications]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/MGM.Mirage.says.2.1325773.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/MGM.Mirage.says.2.1325773.html</link><description><![CDATA[MGM Mirage says two more structures at CityCenter have received an environmental certification. Mandarin Oriental and Veer Towers have gotten gold certification in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. The new recognitions bring the total number of LEED gold certified facilities at CityCenter to six. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:51:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Rules Against Army In Environmental Dispute]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Judge.rules.against.2.1325781.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Judge.rules.against.2.1325781.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Army has suffered another legal setback in its quest to resume live-fire training in Makua Valley on Oahu. U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled the Army must provide the community with meaningful information on how the military training could damage Native Hawaiian cultural sites and contaminate marine resources used by area residents. The rulings keep alive a request by the community group Malama Makua to have the court set aside the Army's environmental impact statement until the service completes more marine contamination studies and archaeological surveys. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:57:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interior Increases Oversight Of Mountaintop Mining]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Interior.Coal.Mining.2.1321500.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Interior.Coal.Mining.2.1321500.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also tighten the federal permitting process to better protect streams from mining waste. The department said its actions are designed to serve as interim steps until a new federal regulation on mountaintop mining can be completed that will impose tighter restrictions on dumping the huge amount of generated fill dirt and waste near and in steam beds. While America's vast coal reserves are a vital part of the country's energy mix, "we have a responsibility to ensure that development is done in a way that protects public health and safety and the environment," said Assistant Interior Secretary Wilma Lewis in a statement outlining the new actions. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:27:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poll: Sometimes It Isn't Easy Being Green]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Poll.Easy.Green.2.1319097.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Poll.Easy.Green.2.1319097.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's easier to think green than be green. A survey released Tuesday suggests people have largely embraced recycling bottles and cans, and are inclined to turn down thermostats to save energy. But it also indicated that some paths toward a greener Earth aren't as easily taken &#151; or turned into action. The telephone poll, conducted for The Associated Press and NBC Universal, tries to gauge attitudes about the environment. It found that 60 percent of those surveyed felt either a "great deal" or "a lot" of personal responsibility to protect the environment, while 37 percent rarely, if ever, even thought about the impact of their actions on the Earth's health. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:29:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama, Hu Vow Cooperation But Produce Few Deals]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Barack.Obama.Hu.2.1318020.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Barack.Obama.Hu.2.1318020.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill. After two hours of talks and a separate meeting over dinner the night before, the presidents spoke of moving beyond the divisiveness over human rights, trade and military tensions that have bedeviled relations in past decades. "The major challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery, are challenges that touch both our nations, and challenges that neither of our nations can solve by acting alone," Obama said, standing with the Chinese leader in the Great Hall of the People.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/South.Korea.greenhouse.2.1319115.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/South.Korea.greenhouse.2.1319115.html</link><description><![CDATA[South Korea announced its first greenhouse gas reduction target Tuesday, pledging to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 4 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The announcement came amid dimming prospects for a new global climate-change pact at next month's U.N. conference in Copenhagen. South Korea is not among countries that must cut emissions under the existing Kyoto Protocol, and Tuesday's voluntary target-setting could put pressure on developed nations to act more aggressively to fight global warming. On Sunday, President Barack Obama and other leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit in Singapore affirmed the growing consensus that the December deadline set two years ago for a completed climate accord is out of reach, and reset the goal for Copenhagen as striking a political deal. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:40:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Rejects Global Warming Trial In Auction Case]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/United.States.Utah.2.1319169.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/United.States.Utah.2.1319169.html</link><description><![CDATA[A federal judge said Monday he won't allow global warming to be put on trial in the case of a college student charged with disrupting an auction of oil and gas drilling leases. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson denied a motion by lawyers for Tim DeChristopher, who wanted to mount a defense that he acted in the interest of the greater good by bidding up parcels near some of Utah's national parks. The University of Utah student won 13 leases at the Bureau of Land Management auction last December while acknowledging he had no intention or capacity to pay the $1.7 million for his winning bids. He also drove up prices by hundreds of thousands of dollars on parcels won by others. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:11:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar Panel Maker Suntech Plans US Plant]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Chinese.owned.solar.2.1319188.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Chinese.owned.solar.2.1319188.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Chinese-owned solar panel maker is planning to build a 100,000-square-foot (9,290-sq. meter) headquarters and manufacturing plant in the Phoenix area. Suntech Power Holdings said the facility is expected to start building solar panels by the third quarter of 2010 and will eventually employ 250 or more people. Suntech will potentially be the first company eligible under Arizona's Renewable Energy Tax Incentive program that provides refundable tax credits and property tax reductions for manufacturers. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:23:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspenites Question Impact Of Hydroelectric Plant]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Aspen.Colorado.hydroelectric.2.1313946.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Aspen.Colorado.hydroelectric.2.1313946.html</link><description><![CDATA[The city of Aspen says building a hydroelectric plant would reduce the community's greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists say it could also drain area creeks. Some area residents want the proposed project to go through a full environmental review. The city has applied for an exemption from a full federal analysis. City officials are taking public comments on the proposal and say a more comprehensive review is possible if there is enough concern or there are issues they haven't considered. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connecticut Planning For Future With Electric Cars]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Connecticut.electric.vehicles.2.1313935.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Connecticut.electric.vehicles.2.1313935.html</link><description><![CDATA[Connecticut officials say they want the state to get ahead of the curve in planning for the eventual widespread presence of electric-powered vehicles. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has issued an executive order setting up a study council to determine what Connecticut must do to prepare for the day when those "green" vehicles are common. It will study issues such as where the vehicles will be able to recharge and what effect they will have on the region's power grid. 
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