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New online game illustrates the impacts of overfishing
Following in the footsteps of other web-based enviro games such as Whale's Revenge, Planet Green, and, uh, Catstration (okay, maybe that one is a stretch) comes Ocean Survivor. The game has no relation to a certain CBS reality show; players swim through the sea as a bluefin tuna and avoid obstacles like death-by-bottom-trawler:
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Feds to consider endangered-species protections for four species of Arctic seals
Photo: noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it’s considering whether to list four species of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act due in part to climate change. […]
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Bush admin appeals ruling on mercury cap-and-trade plan
The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that struck down the U.S. EPA’s controversial mercury cap-and-trade plan. The earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court […]
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A roundup of news snippets
• Americans cut back on driving in 2007 for the first time in 20 years. • Merrill Lynch launches a global carbon index. • London Mayor Ken Livingstone gets jiggy […]
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Water problem? What water problem?
There’s no water problem. Dean Kamen solved it: More details here.
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A roundup of news snippets
• Washington State is poised to set the nation’s toughest restrictions on toxics in toys. • Nearly 20,000 South Africans have been displaced by a heavily polluting platinum mine. • […]
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Amphibian dieoffs not caused by climate change, says study
A mysterious dieoff of amphibian species is likely not being caused by global warming, as had been hypothesized, says new research. Not in doubt: Amphibians are being afflicted by the […]
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Soot pollution may be big contributor to climate change, and more
Read the news items highlighted in this week’s podcast: World Citizen McCain Now That’s Richardson West Virginia, Mountain Drama ‘Don’t Soot’: the Messenger Of Ice and Mendacity ‘Paign, Management Read […]
