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Massive U.N. study attempts to do for biodiversity what IPCC did for climate

When Wall Street saw around $1-$1.5 trillion dollars go up in smoke from the financial sector, the world rightfully freaked the hell out. Meanwhile, the world is burning up between […]

Bush admin will rush review of comments on endangered-species plan

The Bush administration will carefully consider the 200,000 non-form-letter comments it received on its recent plan to muck with the Endangered Species Act. And by “carefully consider,” we mean 15 […]

Snippets from the news

• 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 […]