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Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment		02 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment Congress approved a plan late last week to build a 700-mile-long, two-layer fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to keep out illegal immigrants, eliciting an overwhelmingly negative reaction from environmentalists and, well, folks with a firm grasp on reality. "The fence is a knee-jerk r ...
Topics: land degradation, Mexico, news, politics, ranching, Texas, water conflicts (all these topics)

You Can't Always Nyet What You Want Russia plans enormous sports complex near pristine national park		15 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
You Can't Always Nyet What You Want Russia plans enormous sports complex near pristine national park Hoping to strengthen its bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian government has approved an $11.3 billion project to turn areas of Sochi National Park into a ginormous winter-sports complex. The park is home to 300 endemic plant species and a variety of endangered flora and fauna; over a qu ...
Topics: Greenpeace, land degradation, national parks, news, Russia (all these topics)

Hu's Fine Is It, Anyway? China considers fining media outlets for disaster reporting		24 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Hu's Fine Is It, Anyway? China considers fining media outlets for disaster reporting Advancing their reputation as fun-loving goofballs, Chinese officials are considering a new law that would allow local governments to fine media outlets up to $12,500 for reporting on environmental disasters and other emergencies without permission or in a way that "causes serious consequences." Officials have been embarras ...
Topics: China, land degradation, news, toxics (all these topics)

Law and Border Immigration scuffles threaten wildlands along the U.S.-Mexico border	Eliza Barclay	06 Jun 2006	Main Dish
In the three-way struggle between the U.S. Border Patrol, illegal border crossers, and the natural environment, it's never clear who's winning. A U.S. Border Patrol truck on the move near Douglas, Ariz. Photo: Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. If you ask the Border Patrol, they will tell you they apprehended nearly 1.2 million illegal crossers in fiscal year 2005, and that it w ...
Topics: land degradation, Mexico, United States (all these topics)

It's the End of the World as We Blow It Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do		30 May 2006	Daily Grist
It's the End of the World as We Blow It Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do With hurricane season approaching, scientists are voicing worries about the ability of coastal ecosystems to recover from repeated storms. Some 118 square miles of coastal wetlands were lost to Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf Coast is vulnerable to more loss, as many islands that had acted as storm barriers are fragmented ...
Topics: land degradation, news, oceans, wetlands (all these topics)

No, No, We Said Hit the Road, Gale In parting gesture, Norton paves way for more roads on federal lands		23 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
No, No, We Said Hit the Road, Gale In parting gesture, Norton paves way for more roads on federal lands Yesterday, as a Cruella-De-Ville-esque parting shot, Interior Secretary Gale Norton issued a new policy that enviros warn could allow local and state governments to build hundreds of roads on national parks, wildlife refuges, and other federal lands in the West. At issue is an 1866 law that gave states and ...
Topics: Department of Interior, land degradation, news (all these topics)

The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest		10 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest Cleanup crews have been working in subzero temperatures to sop up crude oil and soiled snow near northern Alaska's Prudhoe Bay after what looks to be one of the largest spills ever in the region. The source of the crud(e) was discovered last Thursday by a BP oil worker: a quarter-inch rupture in the trans-Alaska ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, land degradation, news, oil (all these topics)

At Least the City's Back Up and ... Oh Gulf Coast ecosystems slow to bounce back after hurricanes		30 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
At Least the City's Back Up and ... Oh Gulf Coast ecosystems slow to bounce back after hurricanes Gulf Coast ecosystems are struggling to rebound from last year's record hurricane season. Hurricanes Rita and Katrina destroyed over 100 square miles of wetlands in Louisiana alone. They spread salt water inland and killed many plants, including marsh grasses along the Louisiana coast, popular chow for wild d ...
Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, oceans, Texas (all these topics)

Unnatural Disasters Which parts of the U.S. have put themselves in nature's way?	Erica Gies, Katharine Wroth	18 Nov 2005	Main Dish
By Erica Gies and Katharine Wroth 18 Nov 2005 It's easy to see in hindsight. Yes, Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster, but it was aided by some very unnatural factors -- developed wetlands and neglected levees, to name two. Figuring there must be other parts of the U.S. in human-made peril, we talked with experts to learn where we've made ourselves most vulnerable, and what -- in lieu of scrapping the whole cou ...
Topics: land degradation, Seattle, United States (all these topics)

Unnatural Disasters Which parts of the U.S. have put themselves in nature's way?	Erica Gies, Katharine Wroth	18 Nov 2005	Main Dish
By Erica Gies and Katharine Wroth 18 Nov 2005 Map: NationalAtlas.gov 1. Uneven Ground The bad news: Much of Seattle's downtown has been built on landfill and other unsteady ground, which can turn to liquid during earthquakes. The last quake here, in 2001, was deep, but a shallower one could cause this liquefaction, threatening residents and landmarks like the train station, football stadium, and (gasp!) Starbucks HQ ...
Topics: land degradation, Seattle, United States (all these topics)

We'll Always Have Parish Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups		04 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
We'll Always Have Parish Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups New Orleans' ecological recovery is likely to be both complex and lengthy. State environmental officials say Hurricane Katrina left around 22 million tons of debris in southeast Louisiana, 12 million of it in Orleans Parish. The ginormous load of trash ranges from organics like downed trees and rotting food to about 6 ...
Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Ranch Dressing-Down Rancher wins defamation claim against conservation nonprofit		19 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Ranch Dressing-Down Rancher wins defamation claim against conservation nonprofit An Arizona rancher has employed activist tactics to win a lawsuit against a conservation group, and his success may inspire other ranchers to fight back against greens. Jim Chilton took the Center for Biological Diversity to court last year for defamation, after the group posted photos to its website showing destruction on land that Chilton ha ...
Topics: land degradation, news, ranching (all these topics)

Apotcalypse Armed pot growers invade public lands		10 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Apotcalypse Armed pot growers invade public lands When we say "growing pot in national parks," what do you think of? Aging hippie, beat-up VW minibus, little dope field a few yards up the hill from the camp site? Yeah, those were good times ... but where were we? Oh yes. Well, times change: California's Sequoia National Park has become prime cropland for pot growers, and we're not talking bliss ...
Topics: California, land degradation, national parks, news (all these topics)

Don't It Make My Blue Earth Brown Astronauts see widespread ecological destruction from space		05 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Don't It Make My Blue Earth Brown Astronauts see widespread ecological destruction from space Environmental damage on Earth is clearly visible from space, reports the crew of the shuttle Discovery. Chatting from an orbit of 220 miles up with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other Japanese officials, Commander Eileen Collins said on Thursday that the astronauts could see widespread erosion and deforestation below. She described th ...
Topics: land degradation, news (all these topics)

Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Decline of wildflowers in forests worries scientists		18 May 2005	Daily Grist
Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Decline of wildflowers in forests worries scientists Sprawling housing developments, hungry deer, invasive plants, and other threats have sent many forest wildflower species in the U.S. into decline. Scientists say there are limited studies and surveys available on the delicate flowering plants, known as spring ephemerals, because they are only visible above ground for a few weeks of ...
Topics: land degradation, news, wilderness (all these topics)

Brazilness as Usual Amazon forests not doing well		14 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Brazilness as Usual Amazon forests not doing well If Amazonian rainforests are, as the old saying goes, the lungs of the world, then our respiratory outlook is not good. The forests face a trio of threats. There are fire and logging, as poor farmers, cattle ranchers, and agribusinesses clear land for crops or cattle. Then there's "dieback," whereby the forest vegetation dies from lack of water, which is ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, land degradation, news (all these topics)

See Hotspot Run Ecologists identify nine new biodiversity 'hot spots'		02 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
See Hotspot Run Ecologists identify nine new biodiversity "hot spots" The world's biodiversity, it seems, is in trouble. A new report compiled over four years by some 400 ecologists has identified nine new "hotspots" where animal and plant biodiversity is both high and imperiled. The 34 total hotspots identified since 2000 cover only 2.3 percent of the earth's surface but are home to three-quarters of the mo ...
Topics: land degradation, wildlife (all these topics)

How Stella Got Her Mangrove Back Enviros push for green reconstruction in wake of tsunami		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
How Stella Got Her Mangrove Back Enviros push for green reconstruction in wake of tsunami As tsunami relief efforts continue and plans for rebuilding begin, enviros hope sensible ecological practices will be taken into consideration. World Wildlife Fund on Monday called for careful coastal planning as reconstruction efforts get underway, as well as an end to over-logging in the region and protection for local fishe ...
Topics: Asia, Coastal Erosion, land degradation (all these topics)

The Tree Police, They Live Inside of My Head Brazil opens environmental police academy in Amazon		19 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
The Tree Police, They Live Inside of My Head Brazil opens environmental police academy in Amazon The environmental movement in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is arming itself, literally, for the fight against illegal mining, animal and plant piracy, and other crimes against nature. This week, Brazil's federal government opened Latin America's largest environmental police academy -- 135 square miles of Amazon land devoted to t ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, land degradation (all these topics)

What 'Hard Work' Really Looks Like Iraqi environment minister faces armed attack, underfunding		08 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
What "Hard Work" Really Looks Like Iraqi environment minister faces armed attack, underfunding Mishkat Al Moumin, head of Iraq's Ministry of Environment since June, has an unenviable job. In August, an attack on her convoy left four of her bodyguards dead. Security concerns lead her to avoid having her picture taken or discussing her family. In a land ravaged by wars and repression, she's confronted ...
Topics: Iraq, land degradation, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Rout of Africa Environmental degradation fuels violence in Africa		06 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Rout of Africa Environmental degradation fuels violence in Africa Environmental problems like water shortages, deforestation, and overgrazing -- all exacerbated by global warming -- are tightly linked to violent conflict in parts of Africa, according to a new U.N. report. "The link could go in either or both directions," says the report, "conflict creates conditions promoting ecosystem degradation, ...
Topics: Africa, land degradation, United Nations (all these topics)

The Problem, My Friend, Is Blowin' in the Wind Blowing Desert Dust Is Growing Environmental Problem		20 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
The Problem, My Friend, Is Blowin' in the Wind Blowing Desert Dust Is Growing Environmental Problem Dust blowing up from the Sahara Desert has increased tenfold in the last 50 years and represents a growing environmental threat, warned Oxford geography professor Andrew Goudie today. And SUVs are at least partly to blame. The replacement of camels with four-wheel-drive vehicles such as Toyota Land Cruisers in the Sahara, as w ...
Topics: land degradation, placemaking (all these topics)

Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case		13 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case A 20-year battle over chromium pollution in northern New Jersey came to an end yesterday when three companies agreed to pony up $17 million to clean hundreds of sites contaminated by the deadly chemical. From the 1890s to the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, land degradation, New Jersey, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, wetlands (all these topics)

Real Bad Estate Bush Administration Lifts Ban on Selling PCB-Tainted Land		02 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Real Bad Estate Bush Administration Lifts Ban on Selling PCB-Tainted Land In yet another behind-the-scenes weakening of environmental rules, the Bush administration last month quietly ended a ban on the sale of land contaminated with PCBs. The 25-year-old ban was designed to prevent polluted sites from being redeveloped in ways that might expose the public to PCBs, which are believed to be carcinogens. The U.S. ...
Topics: land degradation, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Texa-cojones		02 May 2003	Daily Grist
Texa-cojones In 1992, Texaco called an end to almost three decades of oil drilling in Ecuador -- and left behind a legacy of miles of pipelines and 20 billion gallons of toxic waste that destroyed the rainforest, fouled waterways, and exposed residents to cancer-causing pollutants. Now, 30,000 jungle residents of Ecuador and Peru whose environment was permanently despoiled are suing ChevronTexaco for $1 billi ...
Topics: Ecuador, land degradation, mining and drilling (all these topics)

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