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Exxon Valdez oil spill still having an impact. “Given the way lingering, sub-lethal doses of oil have been shown to affect species over many years, the need to revise and enforce water-quality standards and storm-water rules to control runoff of petroleum hydrocarbons and other toxins is crucial.”
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Reason to celebrate ... no snowmobiles in Yellowstone, and maintained wetlands protection.
Urban heat, pollution found to ‘mess up’ weather. Patently obvious for anyone with eyes and sinuses. As good a spot as any to repeat the old chestnut, “Think globally, act locally.”
Supreme Court to rule on Mexican trucks in the US. You might want to acquaint yourselves with a few of the issues.
Hotel chains lose agricultural exemption. Don’t tell me they grow pine trees for their balsamic vinaigrette.
aping politicians, support orangutans ...
Draft Federal Advisory warns some groups to avoid tuna. This kind of news report makes me very sad. You would think alarm bells would be going off, that our oceans are becoming so polluted that they will be unable to be harvested. These are the same blinders folks wear here, watching the Rio Grande go dry. The evidence is plain for all to see, but one mustn’t limit “progress.” Thintelligence.
Earth’s magnetic field is fading. Time to snap up antique sextants and sundials?
There is a “Plan B” for when Kyoto fails.
Scientist links man to climate over the ages.
Oil and gas prices surge after winter storm.
Environmental disaster threatens Mediterranean. The Med’s been mankind’s “pond” for eons ... a landmark case for the future of the overall ocean ecosystem.
Conservationists put Earth on their wish list.
Company promises to remove nuclear waste from uranium plant “in a timely manner.” With noplace for the waste to go, this brings to mind the old saw, “Promises are piecrusts, made to be broken ...”
Bird die-off in Oregon puzzles scientists.
Economists Argue What’s Good for Environment is Good for Economy. You’d imagine this would be a no-brainer, but sadly it’s not.
Cod giveth, and cod taketh away.
Thomas Karl, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, and Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research say there is no doubt that global warming is “real.” Watch funding to these organizations get scrutinized and ‘brought into line with current budget expenditures.’
Russia sends mixed signals on Kyoto. Ironic, this problem with a different kind of “hot air.”
Spanish Navy on alert to keep away aging single-hull heavy fuel oil tanker. Unfortunately, it’s a hollow threat. Would they truly risk torpedoing the damned thing? Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Can Cut Natural Gas Prices Quickly and Cost-Effectively.
GM on the golf courses of America. Get ready.
New evidence to reject GM crops. Without pollinators, ain’t much a-gonna happen. Or do we swap out bees and butterflies for low-cost workers with fairy wings and q-tips? We’ve already had enough problems in America with mites killing honeybees ...
StarLink corn still turning up in the nation’s corn supply. “If there is a significant, serious health problem with one of these, this becomes a serious public health issue.”
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