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You Make Me Wanna Spout
Conservation agreement will help protect gray-whale lagoon in Mexico |
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02 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| You Make Me Wanna Spout Conservation agreement will help protect gray-whale lagoon in Mexico OK, stay calm. We don't want to freak you out or anything, but we've got some ... good news. Seems American and Mexican conservationists have united with local Mexican landholders to preserve a pristine gray-whale calving ground. The Laguna San Ignacio, an area of bird-friendly wetlands and fish-rich mangroves on the northwestern Mexican coast ... |
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| Topics: Mexico, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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Dumping to a Conclusion
Louisiana officials and enviros clash over disposal of hurricane debris |
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01 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dumping to a Conclusion Louisiana officials and enviros clash over disposal of hurricane debris The pressure on regional officials to cleanse New Orleans of the trash and debris left by Hurricane Katrina is intense -- so intense that eco-groups say they're cutting corners, sending garbage to areas not equipped to handle it, and on the verge of creating a Superfund-sized toxic problem. Illegal dumping in ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Arbor Slay
Poverty drives forest loss in Malawi |
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01 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Arbor Slay Poverty drives forest loss in Malawi Southern Africa's Malawi (yes, it's a country -- look it up) loses about 200 square miles of forest a year to illegal logging for firewood and charcoal; over a fifth of the nation's forests disappeared between 1990 and 2000. Twenty-three tree species are endangered, streams are drying up, air pollution is increasing, and some rivers get so clogged with silt that hydroelectric-powe ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, Malawi, news (all these topics) |
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We've Got a Beef With That
Federal grazing program loses money hand over hoof |
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01 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| We've Got a Beef With That Federal grazing program loses money hand over hoof Aren't you just sick of welfare queens sucking off the public teat? We're talking, of course, about Western ranchers who graze their cattle on public land. A new analysis from the Government Accountability Office reveals that 10 federal agencies spent $144 million managing the government's grazing program in the last fiscal year, and got back only $21 ... |
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Lather, Prince, Repeat
Prince Charles frets over climate change, promotes organic foods |
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31 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Lather, Prince, Repeat Prince Charles frets over climate change, promotes organic foods Britain's Prince Charles is getting dreadfully worried about climate change. In an interview with the BBC last week, he called it the "greatest challenge" to face humanity. And on CBS's 60 Minutes last night, he said, "You know, if you look at the latest figures on clima ... |
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| Topics: climate, food and agriculture, news, San Francisco, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Gaggin'
China's economic boom leading to dreadful air quality |
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31 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Gaggin' China's economic boom leading to dreadful air quality China's zooming economy is a wonder of the modern world, but the eco-toll is becoming increasingly severe. Acid rain affects about a third of the country, approximately 70 percent of its lakes and rivers are polluted, and more than 400,000 Chinese a year are estimated to die prematurely due to extreme air pollution. And th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, China, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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The Old Munitions and the Sea
U.S. Army dumped heaps of chemical weapons in Davy Jones' locker |
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31 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Old Munitions and the Sea U.S. Army dumped heaps of chemical weapons in Davy Jones' locker Between 1944 and 1970, the U.S. Army secretly dumped about 64 million pounds of chemical warfare agents, plus over 400,000 mustard-gas-filled munitions, off several state shores -- and more than that in the waters around 11 other nations. A fair amount of the dumping took place right after the end of World War II, when the Army nee ... |
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| Topics: news, oceans, toxics, US Army (all these topics) |
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Put a Turkey in Your Tank
Biofuels from odd sources gain new fans |
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28 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Put a Turkey in Your Tank Biofuels from odd sources gain new fans Just about anything organic, from turkey entrails to cow dung, can be used to make biofuel, and with oil over $60 a barrel, just about everything is. Changing World Technologies' refinery uses the feathers, bones, fat, and other bits from a nearby turkey-processing plant to make up to 500 barrels daily of bird diesel, which it sells to a nearby industrial ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Night of the Inexpensive Dead
EPA chief Johnson resurrects Bush's 'Clear Skies' plan |
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28 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Night of the Inexpensive Dead EPA chief Johnson resurrects Bush's "Clear Skies" plan The Bush administration's "Clear Skies" air-pollution plan, seven months after its seeming death in Congress, has clawed its way out of the ground and lumbered back to life, moaning and twitching, bits of rotted flesh dropping from its desiccated corpse. (Hey, it's almost Halloween -- sue us.) Speaking before the ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Better Lucky Than Hapless
Study predicts major shifts in European climate during next century |
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28 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Better Lucky Than Hapless Study predicts major shifts in European climate during next century Europe's mountain and Mediterranean regions will be dramatically altered by 21st century climate change, and suffice to say they will not improve as vacation destinations. In a new study in the journal Science, researchers modeled the impacts of a heating planet -- and human responses to it -- on soil conditions, forest cover, and ov ... |
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| Topics: climate, European Union, news (all these topics) |
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Argan Eat That?
Rare oil made from goat-pooped pits may save North African tree |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Argan Eat That? Rare oil made from goat-pooped pits may save North African tree For centuries, since even before the Phoenicians arrived (there goes the neighborhood!), goats have climbed Morocco's evergreen argan trees to munch their leaves and fruits. Then they poop or spit out the undigested fruit pits. Then shepherds root through the poop, pick out the pits, extract the interior kernels, and use them to m ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, Morocco, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Bust!
Brazilian cops crack down on Amazon logging gang |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Bust! Brazilian cops crack down on Amazon logging gang In a burst of dawn raids, Brazilian police busted an Amazon logging gang yesterday. Some 400 agents fanned out across five Amazon states and arrested at least 34 people accused of forging and selling permits that facilitated the transport of millions of dollars worth of illegally logged hardwood timber. It marked the ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, logging, news (all these topics) |
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Optical Delusion
Republicans ask oil firms to 'do their part' to ease pain at the pump |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Optical Delusion Republicans ask oil firms to "do their part" to ease pain at the pump Oil companies and their GOP backers in Washington face a somewhat awkward situation: The oil industry is awash in record profits, but Republicans continue to shovel them millions in subsidies. Meanwhile, Americans stagger under the weight of soaring gas prices. This has created some unfavorab ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Taint Bernard
La. eco-group slams official silence on toxins in New Orleans suburbs |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Taint Bernard La. eco-group slams official silence on toxins in New Orleans suburbs The soil in two New Orleans suburbs may be highly contaminated with heavy metals and petroleum products, charge residents. They say local and federal officials aren't warning returning residents about toxic hazards or cleaning up the mess. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade paid a certified testing company to assess soil samples taken during Sept ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Just Another Woeful Wednesday
Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Another Woeful Wednesday Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining Congress worked hard on Wednesday to ensure America a clean, secure energy future. Ah, we kid! Actually, the House Resources Committee approved a measure that would weaken the federal ban on new offshore gas and oil drilling. And both House and Senate resource committees approved provisions that would open the Arctic Na ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Fallen Idles
Electrified truck stops let tired drivers turn off their diesel engines |
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26 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Fallen Idles Electrified truck stops let tired drivers turn off their diesel engines Long-haul trucking, however much our economy depends on it, is an environmental nightmare. For one thing, there's all the gasoline burned. For another, as a recent episode of The Daily Show revealed, there are the sealed bottles of pee truckers throw out their windows on the fly. As much as we'd like to write about that, in fa ... |
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Stickin' to the Mann
'Hockey stick' climate study largely holds up to collegial scrutiny |
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26 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Stickin' to the Mann "Hockey stick" climate study largely holds up to collegial scrutiny The dispute over global-warming science has become something of a soap opera in the U.S., and the latest episode portrays a stinging blow to skeptics. Previously, on As the World Burns: In June, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair of the House Energy Committee, ordered an inquiry into the famous "hockey stick" study by climatologist Micha ... |
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Shake, Rattle, and Bankroll
Hillary calls for Big Oil to fund a cleaner energy future |
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26 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Shake, Rattle, and Bankroll Hillary calls for Big Oil to fund a cleaner energy future Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) says the oil industry should pony up for a multibillion-dollar "Strategic Energy Fund" that would invest in clean-energy technologies and help folks struggling with spiking heating costs. At the Cleantech Venture Forum in D.C. yesterday, Clinton called for Big Oil to ... |
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| Topics: energy, Hillary Clinton, news, oil, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Blown Star State
Texas planning massive wind-energy project off Galveston coast |
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25 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Blown Star State Texas planning massive wind-energy project off Galveston coast Texas has proposed what could become the nation's first offshore wind farm, about seven miles off the coast of Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico. The massive project would involve construction of around 50 wind turbines over some five years and would be expected to generate 150 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 40,000 hom ... |
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Reefer Badness
Caribbean corals bleaching at unprecedented rate |
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25 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Reefer Badness Caribbean corals bleaching at unprecedented rate This year's notably warmer-than-usual Atlantic waters -- fuel for 2005's intense hurricane season -- have been devastating some life below the waves as well. Water temperatures have remained elevated for about 15 weeks, causing coral reefs to bleach from the Florida Keys to Puerto Rico to Panama. The micro-algae that feed corals, and give them their br ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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Ol' Dirty Bastards
Oil companies made record profits, and all we got was this moral outrage |
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25 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ol' Dirty Bastards Oil companies made record profits, and all we got was this moral outrage Pity the poor oil firms: The five largest are expected to reap a record $28 billion in collective earnings this quarter, and all signs point to a lucrative six months to come, but they can't brag about it -- at least not publicly. If they did, people might ask inconvenient questions, like: Why are we making ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Cleanup on Aisle Six
Wal-Mart unveils specific, ambitious environmental goals |
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25 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cleanup on Aisle Six Wal-Mart unveils specific, ambitious environmental goals After weeks of scattered signs and announcements, today Wal-Mart issued a far-reaching set of concrete environmental goals. CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. announced that the company would invest $500 million in technologies to reduce its stores' greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent in seven yea ... |
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| Topics: Amory Lovins, commercial and industry organizations, environmental planning, news, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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The Pinch of Tides
Spiking utility costs may hit laundromat customers in the pocketbook |
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24 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Pinch of Tides Spiking utility costs may hit laundromat customers in the pocketbook Better start hoarding those quarters: Soaring energy rates are driving up the price of washing your stinky drawers. The Coin Laundry Association, a trade group representing about 5,000 "retail self-service laundries" nationwide, says its members are looking for ways to rein in skyrocketing utility bills. Laundro-operators are cuttin ... |
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Boy Vey!
Air pollution may cut number of boy births |
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24 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Boy Vey! Air pollution may cut number of boy births Looking to score, fellas? The secret may be moving to a highly polluted area. Turns out air pollution may skew the ratio of female to male births in favor of the former, by altering the proportion of sperm that carry an X vs. a Y chromosome. A team of Brazilian researchers divided Sao Paulo -- Brazil's largest city, with a population of 17 million -- ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, population (all these topics) |
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With This Ring I Thee Bled
Gold mining's toll on environment mounts as supply grows scarcer |
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24 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| With This Ring I Thee Bled Gold mining's toll on environment mounts as supply grows scarcer That one-ounce gold ring you're wearing? Think of it as 30 tons of rock mined, moved, and saturated with diluted cyanide. Gold mining wreaks enormous environmental destruction, almost all of it in service of the voracious global market for gold jewelry. And as good gold deposits grow scarcer, mining companies have to rip up the earth with e ... |
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