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Worst Offender : eBay Bans Ivory Sales
‘eBay auctions account for nearly two-thirds of the global trade in endangered species.’By Casey Miner / October 24, 2008 eBay announced this week that it would ban all sales of elephant ivory on its site after the International Fund for … Continue reading
Health of All Is Affected by Preventable Pollution
These children are developmentally impaired as a result of lead poisoning. Haina, Dominican Republic. Photo: Blacksmith Institute.Worst Forms of Pollution Killing MillionsBy Stephen Leahy / October 23, 2008 UXBRIDGE, Canada – Gold mining and recycling car batteries are two of … Continue reading
Ecuador : Nature has Inherent Rights
‘Breaking with tradition and establishing a bold legal precedent, Ecuador recently decided that nature should have rights of its own.’By Anna Cederstav / October 23, 2008 Most environmentalists believe that nature has a right to exist for its own sake, … Continue reading
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Animals Seek Higher Elevations Fleeing the Heat
Scientist went to sites, including Mono Lake (pictured here), examined decades ago by Joseph Grinnell, to look at effects of climate change. Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle.Climate change forcing animals to move upDavid Perlman / October 10, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — … Continue reading
White House Refuses to Read Unsavory E-Mails
Although this article is more than three months old, we somehow missed it, and its significance is astounding. That the Bush White House would simply refuse to read documents received with which they took issue is virtually unbelievable, even to … Continue reading
1 in 4 Mammals Now Thought to Face Extinction
A fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), one of the world’s mammals that is declining in population. More than a third are probably threatened with extinction. Photo by Mathieu Ourioux / AFP / Getty Image.‘What we are facing is a very rapid, … Continue reading
Ike: Oil Contamination in the Gulf, Too
At least 500,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ike assaulted the U.S. Gulf Coast. The environmental damage is only now starting to emerge, weeks after the storm. Here, oil coats the waters off … Continue reading
Prince Charles Rejects Genetic Engineering
Prince Charles has again stirred controversy with his strong views. Getty Images.Charles targets GM crop giants in fiercest attack yetBy Geoffrey Lean / October 5, 2008 In a provocative address to an Indian audience, the Prince echoes Gandhi with a … Continue reading
Ask a Tuvaluvian If Global Warming Is a Myth
The Pacific island of Tuvalu is facing a near certain death as global warming raises the sea level.Sinking Tuvualu wants our help as ocean levels riseBy Brad Crouch / October 4, 2008 THE first nation likely to be overwhelmed by … Continue reading
Van Jones: ‘We just need the president to stop breaking everything.’
We Can’t Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy ProblemsBy Van Jones / September 20, 2008. In an electrifying speech, Van Jones explains that we have to invent and invest our way out of the economic and environmental crises. The … Continue reading
US Recycling Is Poisoning the Rest of the World
This boy was scavenging on a pile of broken electronics at the Alaba market, Lagos, Nigeria. 2006. (Photo © Basel Action Network)EPA Faulted for Failing to Control E-Waste ExportsSeptember 19, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. hazardous waste regulations have not … Continue reading
Addicting You to Your Drinking Water
I facetiously used to say that they put heroine in chapstick because it seemed to be so addicting. Now the over-regulation of the disposal of medical “controlled substances” endangers us with our drinking water. Good one, government !! Richard Jehn … Continue reading
