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Friday music blogging: The Apples in Stereo
I’ve found a theme song for Grist! The Apples in Stereo are 15-year veterans of the Elephant Six collective down in Georgia — chipper lo-fi psych pop stuff. This is […]
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Harassment reports against fishing observers double
In just one year, attacks have doubled on government observers contracted to collect catch and bycatch information from commercial fishing fleets.
Observers are the only independent source of data we have for tracking catches, monitoring quotas and recording harmful activity. They're contracted under NOAA, an agency within the Department of Commerce that conducts environmental research.
But the agency has ceased collecting data on reports of harassment or interference, supposedly because it lacks resources to investigate these matters.
Without observers, we truly have no way of knowing whether laws implemented to protect sea life and habitat are followed. So we've got observers in place to protect marine life, but who's protecting the observers?
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Study shows that urban dwellings have less pavement per unit than suburban homes
Here's an interesting tidbit from the ever-geekalicious Todd Litman: a chart comparing average impervious surface per household in urban vs. suburban settings.
As you can see, large single-family lots -- the sort of homes that are surrounded by greenery -- actually require the most pavement overall. Apparently, it takes an awful lot of road space to get a homeowner to and from that exurban McMansion. (Take that, sprawl!)
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Cleaning up Great Lakes will boost regional economy, says report
Environmentalists love nothing more than trying to bring down the economy. So it’s really kind of a bugger that environmental measures often end up helping the economy: A plan to […]
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AASHE awards campus sustainability leaders
A number of campuses across the country received high marks for their eco-efforts this week. The Campus Sustainability Leadership Award, presented by AASHE (the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability […]
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‘Bill Moyers Journal’ on religious resistance to mountaintop-removal mining
The upcoming episode of Bill Moyers Journal reports on evangelical Christians in West Virginia who are fighting against the scourge of mountaintop-removal mining. Check PBS listings for airtimes in your […]
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Researchers suggest virus may be culprit in honeybee deaths
Honeybee populations continue to die off in large numbers, and theories as to the cause abound: Climate change? Genetically modified crops? Cell phones? New research adds another theory to the […]
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Feds trying to boost native fish populations stock Colorado waterways with wrong fish
A 20-year effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore endangered native trout populations in Colorado would be commendable — if they hadn’t stocked some of the waterways […]
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