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Austin : Cyclist Lance Armstrong Now Champion Water Guzzler
Lance Armstrong’s Austin home, with a swimming pool and an acre of gardens, used 330,000 gallons of water in July. Photo by Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman.‘In July, Mr. Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times, used a … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Lance Armstrong, Sports, Texas, Water Conservation
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Suffocating Dead Zones Spread Across World’s Oceans
With more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in global coastal waters, scientists are calling for such dead zones to be recognised as one of the world’s great environmental problems.Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Zones, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Marine Life, Oceans, Science
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Austin and US 290 E : You Can’t Get There From Here
A little historical foreplay: 1971 Plans for the US 290/2222 interchange. Proposed toll road: ‘The public hearing was set up and designed as an exercise in intimidation’ By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 13, 2008 The conduct … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Texas, Toll Roads, Transportation, TXDot
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Berkeley Scientists : World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Amphibians are dying even in remote Sierra Nevada.Scientists: Humans To Blame ‘Behind all this lies the heavy hand of Homo sapiens’ By John Boitnott / August 12, 2008 “There’s no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right … Continue reading
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Tagged Amphibians, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Fauna, Mass Extinction, Science
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Rush to Arctic As Warming Opens Oil Deposits
US Coast Guard Cutter Healy will embark on Arctic Voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf in Alaska and to map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil Exploration
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Oil Drilling, the New ‘Clean’ Energy?
The New York Sun ran this idyllic graphic with its op-ed by Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover, who also owns a drilling company. Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover — who owns an oil drilling company — asserts that ‘oil drilling … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Katrina, McCain, Oil Companies, Oil Drilling, Texas, Texas Legislature
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San Francisco Peaks : Court Allows Further Development on Sacred Native American Land
Native American dancers in Arizona.‘Ruling in the case to protect the environmental and cultural integrity of Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks’By Brenda Norrell / August 9, 2008 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Bending under pressure from the Bush Administration, the Ninth Circuit Court … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Federal Courts, Indigenous People, Native Americans, Public Lands, Religious Freedom, Spirituality
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Climate Change: Prepare for Global Temperature Rise of 4 Degrees
Drought-resistant plants such as these in the Majorelle gardens in Marrakech, Morocco, would become more common in British gardens. Photo by Clay Perry / Corbis.‘We need strategy to adapt to potential catastrophic increase’By James Randerson / August 7, 2008 Great … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Great Britain
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Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
MIT’s Daniel Nocera.‘Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon’August 2, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce … Continue reading
The High Costs of the Things We Like
The Climate Costs of a Glass of Milkby Raúl Pierri MONTEVIDEO – A simple glass of milk on the breakfast table can carry high environmental costs. Because of this, some farmers and scientists are looking for ways to reduce the … Continue reading
The Most Malicious and Deceitful Administration in American History
Democrats: White House must publish ‘chilling’ climate change documentBy Elana Schor The row over US inaction on carbon emissions reached new heights yesterday after the White House allowed Congress to look at last year’s government proposal to officially deem climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Congress, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency
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Giant Chunks Break Off Canadian Ice Shelf
This satellite image shows a large, rectangular chunk of ice at center that broke away from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. Other pieces also broke away from the shelf. Photo from NASA.Cracks had been earlier found on Ward Hunt; ‘more … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Canada, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans
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