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Threat Laid Bear
Polar bears threatened, but drilling in their habitat still OK, says Interior |
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14 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:47 AM on 14 May 2008 Polar bears are a threatened species, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday -- but that doesn't mean we can't drill in their habitat! The "threatened" designation means the bear could become endangered if conservation steps aren't taken; it puts polar bears on the endangered-species list but in effect allows Interior to pick and choose which ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, progress (all these topics) |
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For Whom the Dell Toils
Chastised by bloggers, Dell aims to cut down on waste |
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09 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:33 PM on 09 May 2008 To paraphrase Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of loud, critical bloggers can change Dell's packaging M.O." OK, that's a bit of a stretch -- and we won't go so far as to say "Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." But photos published on the internet during Earth Week of a tiny flash drive arriving to a customer in a giant box provoked enough outc ... |
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| Topics: business, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, progress, tech, waste (all these topics) |
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We Will Connecticut You Now
Connecticut goes big with emissions-reducing goals |
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06 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:50 PM on 06 May 2008 The Connecticut senate has unanimously passed a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, becoming the fifth state to pass such legislation (after California, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington). The bill would require Connecticut to reduce emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. If, as expected, Gov. Jodi Rell (R) signs it into ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Connecticut, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, progress, state politics (all these topics) |
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RE: Turn on investments
Finding jobs at the Ceres conference |
Kevin Doyle |
06 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: business, green jobs, greening biz operations, greenish companies, progress (all these topics) |
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They're the Tops
Meet the global activists who won this year's Goldman Environmental Prize |
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13 Apr 2008 |
Grist Feature |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, heroes, progress (all these topics) |
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A Doom With a Review
Report by Australia economist suggests ambitious climate policy |
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21 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:38 AM on 21 Mar 2008 An interim report on the economic impact of climate change on Australia -- Oz's version of the Stern Review -- has been produced by economics professor Ross Garnaut. The government-commissioned Garnaut Review, which will be published in full in September, points out that Australia's dry climate, heavy reliance on agriculture, and tight trade relationships with developing countri ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, news, progress (all these topics) |
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The Missing Lynx
Large area proposed as critical habitat for Canada lynx |
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29 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:49 PM on 29 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that 42,753 square miles of the northern U.S. be designated as critical habitat for the Canada lynx. The new area is more than 20 times bigger than a proposal made in 2006, which the agency promised to revisit after it became clear that former USFWS overseer Julie MacDonald's influence trumped scientists' recommendations. Activists generally a ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, habitat protection, news, progress, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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No More Required
Why are biofuels losing steam in Europe -- and barreling ahead in the U.S.? |
Tom Philpott |
21 Feb 2008 |
Victual Reality |
| The signs are cropping up -- we just need to heed them. Photo: iStockphoto "Biodiesel: No War Required," reads a bumper sticker I see more often than you might expect in North Carolina. As in other states across the nation, a lot of activist energy here has gone into creating a market for diesel fuel made from vegetable oil. Of course, it's an uphill ride, given that ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, ethanol, European Union, progress, United States (all these topics) |
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Yahoo, Yazoo
EPA moves to veto wetland-destructive Army Corps project |
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04 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:58 PM on 04 Feb 2008 The U.S. EPA has moved to block an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta, the first time the agency has aimed to veto a Corps project since 1990. The $220 million project would have built the world's largest hydraulic pump, sucking dry enough wetland area to cover New York City in order to protect a sparsely populated area of soybean fields from Yazoo River flo ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, habitat protection, Mississippi, news, politics, progress, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Words of wisdom from the CAFE champ
How we can make progress with climate change mitigation |
Frank O'Donnell |
25 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics, progress (all these topics) |
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Scott Glee
Wal-Mart CEO outlines lofty green goals |
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24 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:44 PM on 24 Jan 2008 Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott made a big ol' speech yesterday spelling out ambitious social, health, and environmental goals for the retail behemoth. Wal-Mart will work with other retailers to boost industry-wide green standards, said Scott, and, within five years, Wal-Mart suppliers will be required to meet stringent environmental standards -- and may even be paid more to do so. The company wants to double its sales o ... |
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| Topics: business, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, progress, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Wan Lake
China unveils plan to fix polluted lakes |
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23 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:35 PM on 23 Jan 2008 China has unveiled a plan to limit pollution in its lakes by 2010 and return lakes to their original, unpolluted state by 2030. Officials have specific plans to attain their goal: strictly regulate release of wastewater, close factories that heavily contribute to water pollution, improve sewage treatment, remove or limit fish farms, and ban highly toxic pesticides and phosphorus-containing detergents near large l ... |
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| Topics: China, news, progress, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Norway to Go
Norway will ban mercury |
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26 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 9:31 AM on 26 Dec 2007 Come Jan. 1, Norway will completely ban mercury in manufacturing, imports, and exports. "Mercury is among the most dangerous pollutants. Good alternatives to mercury exist already and it is therefore right to introduce this ban," says Environment Minister Erik Solheim, with due formality. Norway's standards exceed that of the European Union, which will ban mercury in thermometers in the first half of 2009 and in exp ... |
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| Topics: European Union, mercury, news, Norway, progress, toxics (all these topics) |
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On Track
California declares emissions-reduction target, requires industry to track emissions |
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07 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:20 PM on 07 Dec 2007 As California's landmark global-warming law requires the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, the state Air Resources Board has determined just what that goal will be: 427 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. The number was devised from some 13,000 separate calculations, from the impact of the aviation industry to the number of cows and h ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Los Angeles, news, progress (all these topics) |
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Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like the Police
Mexican police conduct anti-logging raid in butterfly habitat |
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07 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:11 AM on 07 Dec 2007 Hundreds of Mexican police raided illegal sawmills near a monarch butterfly reserve yesterday in "the largest seizure of illegally logged wood in the country's history," according to the attorney general's office. Millions of butterflies travel some 2,500 miles each winter to spend the cold season in the Mexican forest, where illegal logging is r ... |
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| Topics: habitat protection, logging, Mexico, news, progress, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Energy In Da Hooouuuse!
House passes landmark energy bill; Senate up next |
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06 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:48 PM on 06 Dec 2007 Today, by a 235-181 vote mostly along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill that represents a decisive break with decades of energy policy focused on fossil fuels. The bill, shepherded through the House via the tenacious arm-twisting and ass-kicking of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), would: raise auto fuel-economy standards for the first time in over 30 year ... |
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| Topics: energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics, progress, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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It Looks Good on Paper
Xerox substantially reduces emissions, pledges to do more |
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03 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:13 AM on 03 Dec 2007 In 2002, Xerox Corp. pledged to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions 10 percent by 2012. With four years to go, the company has in fact reduced emissions by 18 percent, and has boosted its goal to 25 percent by 2012. Xerox says it saved $18 million last year through practices like increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing employees' job-related driving. Seems like a plan worth ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, greenish companies, news, progress (all these topics) |
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Whole Lotta Leaf
U.N. hails success of billion-tree planting program |
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28 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:00 PM on 28 Nov 2007 Nature-lovin' nations around the world planted more than 1 billion trees during 2007, meeting a kinda arbitrary goal set by the U.N. last November. The effort, boosted by Ethiopia's planting of 700 million trees, "is a further sign of the breathtaking momentum witnessed this year on the challenge for this generation -- climate change," said Achim Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment ... |
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| Topics: news, progress, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Mountie Fair
Canada sets aside huge tracts of land for protection |
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26 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:53 PM on 26 Nov 2007 The Canadian government plans to set aside 25.5 million acres of northern boreal forest and tundra as protected land, off-limits from resource development. The total acreage (hectarage?) of the protected area is 11 times the size of Yellowstone National Park -- or, in Canadian, about twice the size of Nova Scotia and more than five times the size of Prince Edward Island. sources: Canadian Press, ... |
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| Topics: Canada, habitat protection, news, progress (all these topics) |
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They Tried to Make Me Go to a Reserve, I Said Bonobo
Congo nature preserve set up to protect bonobos |
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20 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:04 AM on 20 Nov 2007 A swath of Congo rainforest larger than the state of Massachusetts will be designated as a nature reserve in a collaborative effort between American and Congolese environmental groups and agencies. Advocates hope the reserve will be a significant step toward protecting the endangered bonobo, one of humans' closest ape relations. Bonobos, which live only in the Co ... |
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| Topics: Congo, news, progress, rainforests, wildlife (all these topics) |
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We Love It When This Happens!
Bush administration's fuel-economy regs for bigger vehicles smacked down |
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15 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:50 PM on 15 Nov 2007 A federal appeals court has rejected the Bush administration's fuel-economy regulations for 2008-2011 model light trucks and SUVs. In the scathing tone that the Bushies are becoming quite familiar with, the judges declared that the regulations did not consider the economic impact of vehicle emissions' contribution to climate change, and ordered the Transportati ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, Department of Transportation, fuel efficiency, litigation, news, politics, progress (all these topics) |
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Progress in renewable energy infrastructure
Wind power installations set to soar 63 percent this year |
Joseph Romm |
09 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, progress, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Maine Event
Maine rejects coal, embraces wind power |
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07 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:58 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Three cheers for the people of Maine (Mainites? Mainians? Mainists?): The community of Wiscasset rejected a zoning ordinance change that would have allowed a new coal gasification plant, while the state's Land Use Regulation Commission approved a 57 MW wind farm in Washington County. Give 'em all a lobster! sources: The Lincoln County News, Natural Resources Council of Maine From ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Maine, news, progress, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Yay of the Land
Oregon voters roll back destructive property-rights legislation |
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07 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:47 AM on 07 Nov 2007 Sheepish Oregon voters have approved Measure 49, which significantly scales back development rights under the state's Measure 37. When voters passed Measure 37 three years ago, it was the farthest-reaching legislation in the U.S. in terms of protecting individual property rights, requiring Oregon to compensate landowners for property-value changes brought on by state land-use dec ... |
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| Topics: legislation, news, Oregon, placemaking, progress (all these topics) |
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Action Pact
Public hits the streets to rally for global-warming action |
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05 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 8:49 AM on 05 Nov 2007 Speaking of people who make it difficult for us to maintain our well-earned cynicism, Saturday's Step It Up 2 climate rallies were, by all accounts, a grand success. Following up on the first Step It Up in April, the movement -- spearheaded by author Bill McKibben -- spurred some 1,000 rallies across the U.S. From gorilla-suited speakers in San Francisco to John Edwards keynoting in New Orlea ... |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, news, progress (all these topics) |
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