<?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>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:41:09 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Shell Oil To Pay $19.5M In Environmental Fines]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Shell.Oil.Fines.2.1297843.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Shell.Oil.Fines.2.1297843.html</link><description><![CDATA[Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California. The findings come after the Attorney General's Office launched an investigation in 2006 of 1,000 gas stations that found "numerous violations." Many dealt with failure to properly monitor underground storage tanks and spill alarm systems. Under terms of Friday's judgment, Shell and its related entities will pay $19.5 million in civil and administrative penalties. They also must immediately bring its underground fuel storage into compliance with state laws and implement employee training. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al Gore Urges Philly Group To Fight Climate Change]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Al.Gore.climate.2.1299121.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Al.Gore.climate.2.1299121.html</link><description><![CDATA[Al Gore urged a gathering of about 500 people in Philadelphia to become part of the solution in the global climate change fight. The former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate told the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia on Friday that the U.S. and the world have the tools to address the climate change crisis, "with the possible exception of political will." His hour-long talk came during a seminar that also included remarks from Tom Ridge, former Homeland Security chief and Pennsylvania governor. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volcano Pumping Out Dozens Of Small Lava Flows]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Kilauea.volcano.Big.2.1299136.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Kilauea.volcano.Big.2.1299136.html</link><description><![CDATA[Erupting Kilauea volcano is sending dozens of small lava flows to the ocean. Jim Kauahikaua is the scientist-in-charge at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island. He says a flow destroyed a cabin this week. It was the last remaining structure in a flow field. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:42:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caribbean, Gulf Spared Widespread Coral Damage]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Caribbean.coral.damage.2.1299135.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Caribbean.coral.damage.2.1299135.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday. Unusually warm water in recent years has caused the animals that make up coral to expel the colorful algae they live with, creating a bleached color. If the problem persists, the coral itself dies &#151; killing the environment where many fish and other marine organisms live. "We dodged a bullet this year. The good news is that temperatures didn't get quite warm enough for there to be a large-scale bleaching problem," said C. Mark Eakin, coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch network. He was among scientists gathered in Puerto Rico's capital for a meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:35:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Car Plant Bringing Jobs To Stockton]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/stockton.electric.car.2.1292900.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/stockton.electric.car.2.1292900.html</link><description><![CDATA[An electric car company is setting up shop in Stockton and is planning
on building cars there, potentially providing a huge boost and
much-needed jobs to the local economy.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:05:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Senators Join Forces To Rescue Climate Bill]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/With.bill.at.2.1292160.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/With.bill.at.2.1292160.html</link><description><![CDATA[A trio of senators with different political views launched a rescue effort Wednesday for troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., announced that they would work in conjunction with the White House to patch together a bill that could pass the U.S. Senate. The three senators met individually Wednesday with Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Carol Browner, the president's assistant for energy and climate change.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Debate Has Rocky Start For US Senate Panel]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Global.Warming.Congress.2.1290406.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Global.Warming.Congress.2.1290406.html</link><description><![CDATA[European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rift. An emotional plea for action by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an address before Congress was met with silence from most Republicans, while Democrats stood and applauded. The Europeans as well as the U.S. were pressured in turn by African nations to do more, at a conference in Spain leading up to next month's international climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:37:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Barbed Wire Fences Deadly To Sage Grouse]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Wyoming.study.finds.2.1289629.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Wyoming.study.finds.2.1289629.html</link><description><![CDATA[An ongoing study found that collisions with a relatively short section of barbed-wire fence killed dozens of sage grouse over a seven-month period, research that could affect a decision on whether to protect the bird under the Endangered Species Act. In the results released last week, researchers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department documented 146 instances of finding sage grouse feathers and/or carcasses on or near a 4.7-mile section of barbed-wire fence near Farson in western Wyoming. Placing colored tags on the fence to make the wire more visible seemed to reduce the number of birds killed by about 60 percent, the study also found.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republican Senators Stay Away From Climate Debate]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/George.Voinovich.Barbara.2.1289610.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/George.Voinovich.Barbara.2.1289610.html</link><description><![CDATA[Republicans boycotted the start of committee debate Tuesday on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill's costs have not been fully examined. The action put a spotlight on the difficulties Democratic leaders face in moving climate legislation this year. Republican Sen. George Voinovich attended the session for 15 minutes to explain the his party's argument for staying away.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:53:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nev., Calif. Delegations Sponsor Lake Tahoe Bill]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Nevada.and.California.2.1289619.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Nevada.and.California.2.1289619.html</link><description><![CDATA[Legislation introduced in Congress on Tuesday would expand the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and authorize $415 million over eight years to combat the worst environmental threats to the Sierra Nevada lake and surrounding basin. Congressional delegations from Nevada and California submitted companion bills in the Senate and House of Representatives. Lake Tahoe environmental regulators have outlined $2.5 billion in environmental improvement projects for the next 10 years.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:54:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>