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• Boston waste haulers may lose licenses if they don’t offer recycling. • Dentists back sealants, despite bisphenol A concerns. • Conservationists factor climate change into land buys. • Sarah […]

EPA overstates pollution enforcement, says GAO

It’s no secret that the Bush administration has slashed fines for polluters: The U.S. EPA issued $137.7 million in penalties in 2007, down from $240.6 million in 1998. But even […]

Crown Estate’s offer fans interest in wind farming

This Guardian story was written by reporter Terry Macalister. Grist is a member of the Guardian’s Environment Network. —– The Crown Estate, holder of the Queen’s property, has helped trigger […]

Study: California’s green economy has created 1.5 million jobs, $45 billion

Originally posted at the Wonk Room. —– As Bush’s pollution-based policies continue to drive our economy and planet to the brink of disaster, conservatives are crying that changing course with […]

Snippets from the news

• GAO says EPA overstates its enforcement record. • Climate change linked to tiger attacks and increases in waterborne diseases. • Landfills making cash off carbon credits through what they […]

Umbra on deflecting eco-insults

Dear Umbra, Whenever I pick up a piece of trash a friend has thrown on the ground, or ask them where their recycling bins are, they call me a dirty […]

National Geographic’s inane video clips of overactive researchers

Take a look at this recent National Geographic photo of a researcher licking one of her beloved research subjects. We’ll just have to hope neither she nor her lab research […]

Friday music blogging: Sonny J

For a brief time when I was in grad school I had a weekly show on the campus radio station called Big Dumb Beats. It was at a time in […]

Snippets from the news

• U.S. advances proposal to ease restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining. • Argentina requires companies to buy environmental insurance. • Dutch farmers say E.U. pesticide rules will take down tulip industry. […]

Belugas listed as endangered over Sarah Palin’s objections

Despite opposition from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, beluga whales in the Cook Inlet have been declared endangered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency estimates that only 375 […]