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The High Costs of the Things We Like
The Climate Costs of a Glass of Milkby Raúl Pierri MONTEVIDEO – A simple glass of milk on the breakfast table can carry high environmental costs. Because of this, some farmers and scientists are looking for ways to reduce the … Continue reading
The Most Malicious and Deceitful Administration in American History
Democrats: White House must publish ‘chilling’ climate change documentBy Elana Schor The row over US inaction on carbon emissions reached new heights yesterday after the White House allowed Congress to look at last year’s government proposal to officially deem climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Congress, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency
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Giant Chunks Break Off Canadian Ice Shelf
This satellite image shows a large, rectangular chunk of ice at center that broke away from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. Other pieces also broke away from the shelf. Photo from NASA.Cracks had been earlier found on Ward Hunt; ‘more … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Canada, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans
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Texas Beach Study Finds Increase In Fecal Contamination
Galveston beach: everyone in!‘Texans should not be swimming in human and animal waste’By Jay Root / July 29, 2008 AUSTIN — A day after state officials declared water quality on the rise at Texas beaches, an environmental group reported today … Continue reading
The Big Green Bus: Ex-Diesel Goes Veggie
‘Spreading the green gospel’By Patrick Pfeiffer / July 27, 2008 “Either you’re on the bus or you’re off the bus,” was the hackneyed statement proposed to me by three members of Dartmouth College’s Big Green Bus; an ex-diesel goes veggie … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Energy, Environment, Greenhouse Gasses, Transportation
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No One Is Willing to Join the Brigade to Take Preventive Action
We’re a Nation of Lemmings: Screw The Climate! We Want Our Cheap Gas!By Dave Lindorff / July 25, 2008 Listening to the endless stream of cars passing my house every day, and knowing, from watching them from my mailbox, that … Continue reading
ENVIRONMENT : A Point of No Return for Greenland’s Ice
Melt water is seen here running over the Greenlandic icecap, in August, 2007. A new analysis suggests there is a tipping point, in terms of how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, beyond which Greenland’s ice will be … Continue reading
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Border Wall : Tragic Slapstick
Movable Border Wall, Clown Cars By Melissa del Bosque | July 21, 2008 The Secure Border Fence Act passed in 2006, but the Department of Homeland Security only just realized that the homeland has an international water treaty with Mexico … Continue reading
ENVIRONMENT : Russian Oil Development Threatens Belugas
A Beluga whale swims underwater in the Arctic region. What happens to the Beluga population reflects the effects global warming on the Arctic ecosystem, says Vsevolod Belkovich, a professor at the Russian Academy of Science who is leading a study … Continue reading
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Tagged Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil Companies, pollution, Whales
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ENVIRONMENT : The Island in the Wind
Once people on Samsø started thinking about energy, a local farmer explains, “it became a kind of sport.” Photo by Joachim Ladefoged.A Danish community’s victory over carbon emissionsby Elizabeth Kolbert Jørgen Tranberg is a farmer who lives on the Danish … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Carbon Emissions, Denmark, Environment, Europe, Fossil Fuels, pollution
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Expanding on Our Humanness and Sacredness
You Say You Want a Revolution?by Olga Bonfiglio Detroit, the once-proud capital of industrialization is now the paragon of de-industrialization and urban decay. General Motors’ July 15 announcement that it will cut white-collar employment costs by 20 percent is just … Continue reading
The Sustainability Folks Are Our Comrades
SustainabilityBy Paul Spencer / July 17, 2008 Here is a diary that was posted on Open Left by Syrith last year. (Some data in my comments were under-stated, and I have better information now.) It is well-said, but, unfortunately, it … Continue reading
