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Posted at 4:58 PM on 07 Apr 2008

• Rubber plantations to feed China's booming tire industry are threatening rainforests.

• The Kansas legislature continues to push for new coal plants.

• More polar bears venture out of their usual habitat.

• Canada will create a huge new national park.

• Climate change may increase your risk of cataract blindness.

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Climate change does not increase UV

This health expert seems to be harboring the common misconception that climate change and ozone depletion are one and the same. They are largely unrelated.

Ozone depletion has been halted by the banning of CFCs and halogenated gases under the Montreal Protocol and its amendments.

Climate change is caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, and is currently scheduled to continue unabated. Climate change will not have a significant affect on the ozone layer.

by MikeJMills at 10:38 AM on 08 Apr 2008

Bad journalism!

Actually, it is the journalists who have conflated climate change with ozone depletion. The original report by Dr. Mueller makes no mention of climate change:

http://www.hollows.org.au/Page.aspx?ID=1423

by MikeJMills at 10:46 AM on 08 Apr 2008

Polar bears, cougars, wolves, tigers...

Hello All.

Can someone direct me to an organization dedicated to finding ways for humans and other large predators to coexist? Or at least live near one another?

Polar bears, cougars, wolves, tigers... we can't continue killing every single one that encounters a human being. Either we back off and give them some habitat or learn to protect ourselves from aggression.

by wiscidea at 2:17 PM on 15 Apr 2008

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