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• BLM releases plan for opening public land to oil-shale development. • What are the effects of public participation on environmental policymaking? • Media ignores Energy Dept. data when reporting […]
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EPA requires emissions cuts by lawn mowers and speedboats
Gas-powered lawn mowers and speedboat engines will be cleaner under new regulations announced Thursday by the U.S. EPA. By 2011, engines in new lawn and garden equipment must emit 35 […]
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Defenders of Wildlife releases ad on Palin’s support of aerial wolf hunting
Defenders of Wildlife just released this ad targeting GOP VP candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for supporting aerial hunting of wolves:
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• Giant Arctic ice shelf breaks away. • New eBay site is environment minded. • Big Auto’s sales continue to skid. • Toddlers chock full o’ flame retardants. • Western […]
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• Efforts to clean up Naples trash blocked by the mob. • Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in last year. • Melting of Greenland ice sheet could lead to accelerated […]
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RNC: Spotted in downtown St. Paul
A T-shirt: “The Bible talks all about St. Paul. It doesn’t mention Minneapolis.” Civic pride!
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• Alaskans choose mining over fish. • California moves forward with anti-sprawl bill. • Ozone hole expected to be normal this year. • U.N. climate talks still running into roadblocks. […]
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• Feds’ rush to weaken workplace safety rules hits the federal register. • Exxon will pay 75 percent of damages. • Lawmakers want E.U. to allow more carbon offsetting. • […]
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Tigers and elephants applaud expansion of Sumatra park
Sumatra’s Tesso Nilo National Park will be doubled in size in an effort to help out the endangered elephants and tigers that live there. Riau province, which contains the park, […]
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• Utility Xcel agrees to disclose its financial risks from climate change. • Suit against ExxonMobil for violence in Indonesia can proceed, judge says. • Habitat for endangered elephants and […]
