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Bush admin finalizes development-friendly wetlands rules
The Bush administration has finalized rules for wetlands development that encourage developers to restore or create new wetlands when old ones are destroyed, sometimes far from the original site. While […]
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Gore will run for president as independent, sources tell Grist
[UPDATE: This news item is a joke. Happy April Fools’ Day!] You might want to sit down for this: Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president this week, knowledgeable […]
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New campaign plans to relocate polar bears to Antarctica
[UPDATE: This post is a joke, as is the Polar Bear Conservancy website. Happy April Fools’ Day!] While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dawdles over whether or not to […]
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A roundup of news snippets
• A U.S. EPA program that evaluates the effect of chemicals on children is basically defunct. • Strip-mined Appalachian mountains are being planted with chestnut trees. • A Montana dam […]
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Land swap would allow drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge, two huge solar projects slated for Califor
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Like a Bat Out of Help An Offer We Can’t Refuge Go Toward the Light We Detect a Seal Change […]
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Polar bear ventures far inland, shot to death
Having boldly gone where no polar bear has gone before, a 3-year-old female polar bear was shot dead 250 miles inland in Fort Yukon, Alaska, last week. Hunters who thought […]
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Crude substitute: The folly of liquid coal
I’m moving this back to the top — the link was broken before, but now it works. This is a must-watch. A stellar new 10-minute video from NRDC:
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Three Makah tribe members plead guilty in whale hunt
Photo: bbum Three members of the Washington state Makah tribe who were charged with killing a gray whale in the fall have pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating […]
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Listing polar bears as endangered species could … harm polar bears?
Via an email from The National Center for Public Policy Research:
The ad is being released in conjunction with a National Center for Public Policy Research policy paper, "Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Future Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike," by Peyton Knight and Amy Ridenour.
The paper questions the wisdom of listing the polar bear as threatened based on environmentalist organizations' projections of future global warming because:
- Listing the polar bear could have adverse affects on bear conservation efforts.
Now that we know irony is dead, let's check parody's vital signs:
