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• White House influenced EPA to deny California waiver. • Huge renewable-energy co. will invest $8 billion in U.S. wind power. • Iceland resumes whaling. • Newest hurricane study: they’ll […]
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One in eight bird species may go extinct
One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN’s Red List of threatened […]
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Owls are wimps
“Old growth had nothing to do with it. [The spotted owl]’s not dying because of the loggers, but because it’s a wimp!” — Bill Pickell, retired manager for the Washington […]
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• Bush admin bars drilling near Alaska’s Lake Teshekpuk in exchange for OK to drill elsewhere. • Australian kangaroos may be culled after all. • Obesity contributes to global warming. […]
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• Friday is Bike to Work Day! • T. Boone Pickens buys 667 wind turbines. • Starbucks sets green goals. • China earthquake may cut carbon-offset supply. • Global biodiversity […]
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• Sea lions died of overheating, not gunshots. • Accountants see a bubble in renewable energy. • Juneau is a role model for reducing electricity use. • Starbucks struggles to […]
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• Nestle scales back giant water-bottling plant. • Senate rejects amendment that would have opened Arctic Refuge to drilling. • U.S. should have National Climate Service, says NOAA chief. • […]
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Captive pandas survive China earthquake
With 12,000 people dead from the earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday — and the death toll expected to climb significantly — the survival of 144 endangered pandas […]
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Prez candidates spar over green issues, U.S. uranium-mining bonanza in full swing, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: A Friend Indeed The Hair Up There It’s Like a Glow-in-the-Dark Gold Rush If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get […]
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Particulate pollution linked to blood clots in legs, study says
Exposure to small particulate pollution can increase the risk of blood clots forming in the legs, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “It is […]
