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May 3, 2010

ENVIRONMENT IN FOCUS – This week the EIF features the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report. Do not forget to explore top related websites and supplementary reading among other features in this week’s Environment in Focus.

Wikipedia with quality control. Among our most recently published and updated articles are:

Bioswale by C. Michael Hogan
Air pollution by Sjaak Slanina

EarthNews gathers news from various sources to give you the most up-to-date information. Some big stories this week include:

· Shell to halt oil sands expansion
· U.S. falling behind on renewables, GE CEO Immelt warns
· Cape Cod residents expect fight over turbines to continue

Read about recent events relating to the IPCCs Fourth Assessment Report.

· New predictions for sea level rise
· Climate debate gets ugly as world moves to curb CO2
· Scientists in Bangladesh question IPCC’s claims on flooding