National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration 

NO LAUGHING MATTER

Cat.: Environment, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
28. August 2009
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Cornelia Dean of the New York Times examines worrying news from NOAA about the danger that nitrous oxide poses to the ozone layer.

ONE STEP AWAY FROM SOCIALISM: OBAMA SAYS GOVT CAN PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES

Cat.: Beltway Outsider, Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of the Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
03. March 2009
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Part of the promise of an Obama presidency is a government that will take on new responsibilities: ensuring every citizen gets health care, facilitating a renewable energy economy. Another part, though, is just undoing the dumbest things George W. Bush did.

Today, as the Washington ...

WHITE HOUSE WOUNDS WHALE PROTECTIONS

Cat.: National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration, Once in a Lifetime
26. August 2008
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The Washington Post's David A. Farenthold reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has weakened protections for the North Atlantic right whale. NOAA decided to change "buffer zones" for these whales to a 20-mile area off of Altantic Ocean ports instead of ...

GRIM REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Cat.: Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration, Once in a Lifetime, Yesterday's News?
20. June 2008
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It took a while for George W. Bush to acknowledge the seriousness of climate change. But the administration's U.S. Climate Change Science Program has released reports unflinchingly showing global warming's effects.

The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin looks at such a report released yesterday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ...

GLOBAL WARMING POSSIBLY ENDANDERING SEALS

Cat.: Dept. of the Interior, Environment, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration, Once in a Lifetime
27. March 2008
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering whether to put four different kinds of seals in the Bering Strait on the endangered species list because of melting ice. The Washington Post’s Juliet Elperin points out that the seals may not be the first arctic ...