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The Court Decision Disappointed Even the Victors
Decisions Shut Door on Bush Clean-Air StepsBy Felicity Barringer / July 12, 2008 Any major steps by the Bush administration to control air pollution or reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases came to a dead end on Friday, the combined result … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government
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Native Americans, Environmentalists : Thousands Gather in Washington
Dennis Banks organized the five month march to the White House.‘Longest Walk’ reaches Washingtonby Sally Art / July 11, 2008 WASHINGTON – Thousands of demonstrators are gathering in Washington DC after a five month long journey across America to draw … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Native Americans, Social Action, Social Change
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Complex Underwater Eco-Systems at Peril
A fish swims among coral reefs off the Obhor coast, north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah. A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first global … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans
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Carcinogens Found in Gulf Coast Trout, Catfish
Catfish, like this one caught Tuesday by Mark Arnett of Alvarado, are now on the state’s consumption warning list. Photo by Julio Cortez / Houston ChronicleTexas issues health warning on some Galveston Bay fishBy Allan Turner and Rosanna Ruiz / … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Environment, EPA, Fishing, Oceans, pollution, Public Health, Texas
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SPORT : Sailing the Choked Waters
Chinese fishmen remove green algae from the sea on July 4, 2008 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. More than 1,000 boats and 5,000 fishmen have been mobilized to clean up green algae which has invaded the Olympic sailing venue. Photo by … Continue reading
The Earth: Love It or Lose It, Part V
Two Potential Components of MicrogenerationBy Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / July 7, 2008 Microgeneration may or may not present much of a solution for our increasing energy deficit; but it’s still fun, and it’s not counter-productive as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Solar Energy, Sustainability
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Against the (Border) Wall!
Not even federal law can keep Bush’s fence from ripping through natural areas along the Rio Grande.By Melissa del Bosque / June 27, 2008 The following article appears in the current issue of the Texas Observer [Vol. 100, No. 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Ecology, Environment, EPA, Immigration, Nature, Texas
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Another Species Is Biting the Dust
Orangutan Populations Declining SharplyBy Michael Casey / July 5, 2008 BANGKOK, Thailand – – Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species … Continue reading
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A Small Environmental Victory for Washington State
Depleted Uranium Activism Saves Washington! By Cathy Garger | July 3, 2008 In the June 30 issue of Tacoma’s The News Tribune, readers from Washington got to read the attack on Governor Gregoire in “Gregoire’s inaction cost jobs, say Tri-Cities … Continue reading
Biofuels – Still Very Problematic
A handful of corn before it is processed. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/APSecret report: biofuel caused food crisisBy Aditya Chakrabortty / July 4, 2008 Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive Biofuels have forced global food prices up by … Continue reading
Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife
Hole in one! Workers near Alaska’s Lake Teshekpuk take a core sample from a grizzly bear cub. Image courtesy The Onion.Drilling of polar bears, grizzlies, porpoises plannedWASHINGTON, DC — Following a recent ruling by a U.S. District Court that blocked … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Fauna, Humor, Nature, Satire
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Anti-science conservatives must be stopped
Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake.By Joseph Romm / Jun. 30, 2008 Conservatives put on a spectacular display of scientific ignorance this month in … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Conservatives, Environment, Global Warming, Religious Right, Right Wing, Science
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