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Where in the World?
Brazilians and Indians are the greenest, says survey |
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08 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:29 PM on 08 May 2008 Brazilians and Indians are the most eco-friendly folks in the world, and Canadians and Americans are the least, according to a new survey done by the National Geographic Society. Consumers in 14 countries, representing more than half of the world's population and about three-quarters of its energy use, were ranked on their sustainability in the areas of housing, transportation, food, and co ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, Canada, China, consumerism, green living, India, news, United States (all these topics) |
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It's Like a Glow-in-the-Dark Gold Rush
Projected nuke-power renaissance spurs U.S. uranium-mining bonanza |
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05 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:15 AM on 05 May 2008 Due to the escalating price of uranium, a flurry of uranium-mining claims has been staked in the United States recently, with one of the greatest concentrations around the Grand Canyon in Arizona. On public lands within five miles of Grand Canyon National Park, there are now 1,100 uranium-mining claims, compared with just 10 in January 2003. One proposed ura ... |
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| Topics: mining, news, nuclear power, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Putting the 'Cute' Back in Execute
Captured sea lions on Columbia River assassinated |
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05 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:00 AM on 05 May 2008 Six salmon-eating sea lions captured on the Columbia River in the U.S. Northwest were shot and killed over the weekend near the Bonneville Dam by an unknown assailant. A few weeks ago, the federal government itself announced it would allow wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington to kill up to 85 sea lions a year in the Bonneville area since they were eating large quantities ... |
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| Topics: news, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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A Compact, With Less of the Devil
Small cars gaining popularity in U.S. amid high fuel costs |
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02 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:48 AM on 02 May 2008 High gasoline prices and other economic woes have driven car-buyers in the U.S. to purchase smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles lately. Last month, sales of compact and subcompact cars made up about 20 percent of total sales; in the mid 1990s, small cars accounted for only about one in eight cars sold in the country. Sales of vehicles with four-cylinder engines also ou ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, news, United States (all these topics) |
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If the Leaders Lead, the Lead Standards Will Follow
U.S. EPA to tighten standard for airborne lead |
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02 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:24 AM on 02 May 2008 Compelled by court order to review its 30-year-old standards for airborne lead, the U.S. EPA proposed a new, tougher standard this week that would cut allowable lead levels by over 90 percent. True to form, though, the agency proposed a range of standards that exceeded the maximum limit of what its scientific advisers recommended as necessary to protect public heal ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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You Animals!
Independent report calls for major reforms to industrial animal farming |
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30 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:51 AM on 30 Apr 2008 Photo: FarmSanctuary.org Industrial animal farming in the United States needs to make many major reforms in order to protect public health and the environment, an independent two-and-a-half-year study by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has concluded. The report criticized the widespread use of antibiotics to promote animal growth, sa ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Jack 'Em Up 'Phenol Na Na Nay, Jack 'Em Up 'Phenol-A
Congress investigating industry's role in bisphenol-A health studies |
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28 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:41 AM on 28 Apr 2008 Democrats in Congress are investigating the chemical industry's influence in regulating the chemical bisphenol A, which is widely used in many plastic products and the lining of food cans. Over the years, plenty of evidence has surfaced that bisphenol A can potentially harm human health as it can mimic the effects of estrogen and has been sho ... |
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| Topics: Congress, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Interference and Loathing in Washington, D.C.
Over 800 EPA scientists report political interference in their work, survey says |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:35 AM on 24 Apr 2008 More than 800 U.S. EPA scientists reported some form of political interference in their work in the last five years, according to a survey of EPA staff by the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS sent out some 5,500 questionnaires to EPA scientists and received some 1,580 responses; over half the respondents asserted they had experienced p ... |
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| Topics: news, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Think Again
All-electric car coming to the U.S. next year |
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22 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:57 AM on 22 Apr 2008 Reasonably priced, all-electric cars are coming soon to a California near you. (And then to the rest of the U.S. before too long.) Think Global, which was sold by Ford Motor Co. to Norwegian investors in 2003, will partner with two venture capital firms to mass-produce the battery-powered Think City in the U.S., starting next year. About the size of a Mini Cooper, the Think City is a two-seater but has ro ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Braking a Catch
Salmon fishing season canceled in California, heavily restricted elsewhere |
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11 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:17 AM on 11 Apr 2008 Photo: Josh Larios For the first time ever, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council has voted to cancel the salmon fishing season off the coast of California and much of Oregon due to exceedingly low populations of chinook salmon in the Sacramento River area. The restrictions apply to commercial as well as recreational fishers; only a catch of 9,000 hatchery-raised coho ... |
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| Topics: fishing, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Happy Renew Year!
Senate passes one-year extension of renewable-energy tax credit |
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10 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:17 AM on 10 Apr 2008 The U.S. Senate passed an extension of the renewable-energy production tax credit Thursday as part of a bill intended to address the ailing U.S. housing market. The renewable-energy credit provides a per-kilowatt-hour incentive for the first 10 years a renewable-energy project is in operation -- a credit considered to be a vital driver of clean-energy expansion. The credit is worth ... |
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| Topics: legislation, news, renewable energy, United States (all these topics) |
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How Enterprising
Enterprise Rent-a-Car opens six 'green' branches in Atlanta |
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10 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:26 AM on 10 Apr 2008 The largest car rental company in the United States, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, announced it's opening six "green" branches in Atlanta, Ga., where 60 percent of the available rental vehicles will be hybrids or other fuel-efficient cars. The agency said the increase in efficient vehicles is due to consumer demand. Enterprise currently has a fleet of about 4,000 hybrids out of a tot ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, hybrids, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Put It in Parks
Private land inside national parks under threat of development, report says |
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09 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:19 AM on 09 Apr 2008 Nearly 2 million acres of private land within the boundaries of U.S. national parks is at risk of being developed if it isn't purchased by the federal government soon, according to a report from the National Parks Conservation Association. Some 4.3 million acres of private land lie within park boundaries, 1.8 million acres of which are considered high priority purchases a ... |
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| Topics: national parks, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Exec Men: The Stand
Oil execs questioned on high oil and gasoline prices |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:15 AM on 02 Apr 2008 Executives from five huge oil companies were questioned by members of Congress Tuesday amid frustration over high oil and gasoline prices. Big-wigs from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell did their best to eschew blame for high prices while explaining that they still need billions of dollars in subsidies. They also said increasing taxes on dirty energy to fund re ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Congress, news, United States (all these topics) |
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The Devel(opment) Is in the Details
Bush admin finalizes development-friendly wetlands rules |
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01 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:21 AM on 01 Apr 2008 The Bush administration has finalized rules for wetlands development that encourage developers to restore or create new wetlands when old ones are destroyed, sometimes far from the original site. While it sounds innocent enough on its face, opponents of the controversial approach say that natural streams and wetlands are more complex than simply wet places, and they're d ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, news, United States, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Breaking the U.S.-China suicide pact
William Chandler's recommendations on how we can cooperate to lower emissions |
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28 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, energy, China, United States, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, climate change mitigation, economy (all these topics) |
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It Was the West of Times ...
U.S. West warming faster than the rest of the planet, says analysis |
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28 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:42 AM on 28 Mar 2008 The U.S. West is warming faster than the rest of the country, and faster than the planet as a whole, according to an analysis of 50 scientific studies done by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. From 2003 to 2007, the globe was 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than its average 20th century temperature; during the same period, 11 Western states averaged 1.7 degrees war ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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We Detect a Seal Change
Feds to consider endangered-species protections for four species of Arctic seals |
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27 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:05 AM on 27 Mar 2008 Photo: noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it's considering whether to list four species of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act due in part to climate change. The Center for Biological Diversity, a species-advocacy group, petitioned the agency last year to consider protecting ribbon seals due to disappearing sea ic ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Twisted Mettle
Bush admin appeals ruling on mercury cap-and-trade plan |
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27 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:00 AM on 27 Mar 2008 The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that struck down the U.S. EPA's controversial mercury cap-and-trade plan. The earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it enacted the mercury rule in 2005. The cap-and-trade system allowed dirtier power plants to buy the right to pollute from cleaner ones; 17 sta ... |
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| Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Unclear and Present Danger
Climate change may cloud Lake Tahoe's waters, study says |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:45 PM on 25 Mar 2008 Climate change will likely cloud Lake Tahoe's famously clear waters within a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California at Davis. Warmer temperatures are likely to alter and eventually shut down the lake's deep-water circulation, eventually turning the waters a murky green, researchers said. "A permanently stratified Lake Tahoe becomes ju ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Like a Bat Out of Help
Mass die-off of bats in U.S. Northeast worries and puzzles researchers |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:35 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Photo: Michael Grace A mass die-off of tens of thousands of bats in the U.S. Northeast is confounding researchers and worrying wildlife advocates. The phenomenon has been dubbed white nose syndrome since many of the dead and dying bats show a white fungus on their nose. However, the fungus itself is believed to be a secondary symptom; the primary cause is as yet unknown ... |
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Law & Order: Species Victims Unit
Green group files lawsuit to protect 681 species |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:00 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Environmentalists filed suit last week against the U.S. Interior Department, seeking to force the agency to review and issue findings on the status of 681 species vulnerable to extinction. WildEarth Guardians, which filed the suit, contends that the Bush administration has deliberately stalled Endangered Species Act listing decisions to appease developers and other interests; ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Only You Can Prevent Climate Change
Gore group will launch climate marketing campaign |
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24 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:42 AM on 24 Mar 2008 Photo: World Resources Institute Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend more than $300 million over the next three years on a marketing campaign aimed at getting Americans to address climate change. With ads developed by the Martin Agency (the folks behind the Geico cavemen and chatty gecko) and partnerships with grassroots groups, the campaign focus will be o ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Al Gore, business, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, green products, news, United States (all these topics) |
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City Slickers
High oil prices revive urban oil drilling |
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21 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:55 AM on 21 Mar 2008 The high price of oil has spurred many drillers to revisit formerly abandoned wells all over the country, including some in towns and cities. Suburban developments that have sprung up near old wells abandoned years ago are seeing oil drillers returning to their old 'hood, often using new techniques to extract every drop of oil possible. Even wells that will only produce five or so barrels of oil a day are b ... |
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| Topics: news, oil and gas drilling, United States (all these topics) |
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Dread in the Water
Much of U.S. Midwest flooded, weather service warns of more to come |
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20 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:55 AM on 20 Mar 2008 Heavy rains in the U.S. Midwest since Monday have flooded large parts of the region, with some areas enduring over a foot of rain. Officials warned of more flooding to come as communities downriver and downstream brace themselves for hugely increased flows. Thousands of people have been evacuated, including more than 500 homes in Missouri. Missouri's governor asked for federal ... |
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| Topics: news, severe weather, United States (all these topics) |
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