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• Mayors envision 4.2 million new green jobs. • Investment in cleantech continues to soar. • Greenpeace and Sierra Club Canada: Don’t vote Tory. • Climate change could kill off […]
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Colbert parodies Big Oil greenwashing
Last night, The Colbert Report marked the expiration of the moratorium on offshore drilling with this brilliant parody of Big Oil greenwashing. “A lot of people talk about loving the […]
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• Influential Australian economist urges decisive action on climate change. • Climate-change report urges reducing food consumption, particularly meat. • U.S. Chamber of Commerce details energy blueprint. • Feds propose […]
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Everglades restoration going slowly, poorly, federal report says
The roughly $10 billion restoration of the Everglades is “making scant progress toward achieving its goals” due to built-in bureaucracy, funding troubles, and more, according to a report from the […]
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Judge puts Great Lakes wolves back on endangered-species list
The Bush administration misread the law when it removed endangered-species protections from a population of some 4,000 gray wolves in the Great Lakes region, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. […]
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Snippets from the news
• Obama-sponsored bill heading to Bush would ban U.S. mercury exports. • Is your kosher diet eco-friendly? • RGGI auction brings in $38.5 million. • Experts say we’re losing the […]
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Beijing extends traffic-control measures to keep smog away
Beijing enjoyed its best air quality in a decade during the Olympic Games, thanks in part to strict traffic-control measures. Pleased by their success, city officials have unveiled ongoing modified […]
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• California will host international climate meeting. • General Motors will build Chevy Volt plant in Flint, Mich. • President Bush again says he wants to protect marine areas. • […]
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An alternative bailout proposal
Jerome a Paris suggests a different bailout idea: a National Investment Bank that would focus on helping people rather than banks. It would serve the following functions: • allow bankrupt […]
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Gas shortages plague the Southeast
Gas lines snake through parking lots, independent gas retailers ration supplies, and fights break-out at gasoline-starved filling stations across the Southeast … Gas shortages throughout the Southeast continue after several […]
