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This Is Our Time: Opportunity Amid Media Turmoil

By PERRY BEEMAN

I write this as the Winter Olympics end. Some athletes landed hard on the ice or snow and went home without the oversized jewelry they sought. Others turned an ice version of shuffleboard and a snow version of skateboarding into gold medals.

Many were inspired, and inspiring. It brought back memories of the speech '80 U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks gave in the movie "Miracle." He wanted the young Americans to discard their fear of the Soviets, and said bluntly, "This is YOUR time!"

Texas Sues BP for Pollution

"BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its Texas City refinery -- including one tied to an explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others four years ago."

Source: AP, 06/05/2009

U.S., Canadian Groups Hit Oil Sands Development

"The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and 28 other North American environmental groups are calling on the United States and Canada to boost investments in clean energy, halt industrial fishing in the Arctic and freeze expansion of the Alberta's oil sands...."

Source: NYTimes, 06/05/2009

Eastern States Warn on Fish Consumption

Eight eastern states warned against over-consumption of rockfish, bluefish, and other popular Atlantic Ocean species because of PCB contamination.

Source: Baltimore Sun, 06/05/2009

Feds Cut Water to California

"Farmers and urban users will see about a 5% to 7% annual reduction from actions intended to help salmon and other fish."

Source: LA Times, 06/05/2009

Long Beach Turns On Port Grid

"Port officials unveil what is billed as the world's first electrical shore-side power system for tankers, which are notorious fuel guzzlers and air polluters."

Source: LA Times, 06/05/2009

El Nino Could Develop as Hurricane Season Opens

"The El Nino weather pattern, which can bring global weather chaos such as droughts and floods, could develop within weeks, [NOAA's] Climate Prediction Center ...ssid."

Source: Reuters, 06/05/2009

House Committees Eye Climate Bill Under Deadline

"House Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) hopes to add a major oil and gas title to the Democratic energy and climate bill, but it remains unclear whether he will get the chance as House leaders aim to speed the bill's progress."

Source: Greenwire, 06/05/2009

Senators Push for More Nuclear Power in Energy Bill

While the Senate Energy Committee has so far resisted counting nuclear power in mandated "renewables" quotas, it adopted an amendment allowing nuclear plants to up their output.

Source: Reuters, 06/05/2009

Obama May Go to Copenhagen

"President Obama may attend world climate talks in Copenhagen this December, marking the first visit to the annual U.N. conference by a sitting U.S. president since George H.W. Bush's 1992 trip to Rio de Janeiro."

Source: Greenwire, 06/05/2009

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