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Ships must slow down where right whales hang out, says NOAA
Ships need to slow down when traveling in the hang-out spots of critically endangered right whales, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. Ships 65 feet or longer must […]
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Overrun by humans, Galapagos Islands crack down
The Galapagos Islands are totally hot right now. To tourists, the island chain 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador offers stunning biodiversity (blue-footed boobies!) that infamously inspired Charles Darwin […]
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Why are you still reading this? Go buy Van Jones’ new book!
Watch this video: Now watch this video: Now go buy Van Jones’ new book!
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The whole economy needs to be green collar
Bob Herbert lays out a strong argument for a focus on jobs in his column “A Fool’s Paradise”: The economy won’t be saved by bailing out Wall Street and waiting […]
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New study shows the error of ICCAT’s ways
A new study in this week’s Science finds that the two distinct Atlantic bluefin tuna populations — those spawned in the Gulf of Mexico and those spawned in the Mediterranean […]
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Snippets from the news
• Are falling oil prices a blessing or a curse for automakers? • Some envision offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes. • Credit crisis threatens energy projects in West. […]
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Feds will designate critical habitat for polar bears
The U.S. government will designate critical habitat for polar bears off Alaska’s coast as part of a partial settlement of a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, […]
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Fascinating L.A. Times article on racial and coal politics in Virginia
“We’re all black in the mines.” — Jerry Stallard, a coal union organizer in Virginia, arguing to his fellow miners that Obama’s support for unions and for coal is more […]
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Must-read NYT Magazine: ‘Capitalism to the Rescue’
The New York Times Magazine has a long article on how uber-VC Kleiner Perkins is helping to jumpstart the clean-tech revolution. It is a must-read because what Kleiner and other […]
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Snippets from the news
• Why CDC responded with “lack of urgency” to formaldehyde warnings. • 500,000 gallons of oil spilled from Hurricane Ike. • Democratic Republic of Congo cancels two-thirds of logging contracts. […]
