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Some big whales no longer in trouble
There’s bad news and good news from the world of marine megafauna. The bad: Almost a quarter of the 80 types of whales, dolphins, and porpoises are in trouble, with […]
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Stopping MTR
“Now there is an increasingly powerful and vocal national movement to stop mountaintop removal [mining]. I’m saying we’re going to have it stopped by the end of next year … […]
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Galbraith on ‘the free market’
TPM Cafe is hosting a roundtable on economist James Galbraith’s new book The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too. Here’s a bit from […]
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Snippets from the news
• Corporate boards go green. • California condors will go extinct unless lead bullets banned. • Big-box stores go for solar. • Chem industry tries to convince consumers that BPA […]
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Bush admin tries sneaky attack on endangered-species protections
The Bush administration is trying to push through changes to the Endangered Species Act that would — surprise! — be detrimental to endangered species. Under regulatory changes proposed Monday, tens […]
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Cleanup funding inadequate for Bush-designated marine monument
Remember when President Bush designated the world’s largest protected marine area in Hawaii in 2006? Environmentalists cheered, fish clapped their fins, and Bush aides crossed “burnish green reputation” off the […]
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Snippets from the news
• Federal protection of Hawaii islands more in theory than actuality. • Is London mayor backtracking on green goals? • Protesters converge on site of proposed U.K. coal plant. • […]
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Smog settles on Beijing for opening ceremony
Friday: On the day of the Olympic opening ceremonies, the Air Pollution Index reading was a moderate 94 (see the “Beijing Air Quality” box on the right side of this […]
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What if a public/private partnership tried to invent the stop sign today?
What if there were no stop signs and a 21st century corporation tried to invent one under contract from a 21st century government department? Yep, there are downsides to public […]
