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A new Gore idea
Short but intriguing: Former US Vice-President Al Gore called on Tuesday for Kyoto countries to bring forward by two years the start date of a new global warming treaty, to […]
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Public divided over whether costly steps are needed
From the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA):
An international poll finds widespread agreement that climate change is a pressing problem. This majority, however, divides over whether the problem of global warming is urgent enough to require immediate, costly measures or whether more modest efforts are sufficient.
Read the rest at their website. One data point: 39 percent of Americans think global warming is an important threat, 46 percent think it is a critical threat, only 17 percent think it is not important at all.
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A reminder
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A teasing hint
Toward the end of an article on John Dingell’s ongoing CAFE obstructionism and the prospects of a cap-and-trade system getting through his committee, The Hill drops this tantalizing tidbit: It […]
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Not in hog heaven
This piece in the New York Times should be of particular interest to environmentalists, because the pig industry is one of the most environmentally destructive in the nation. In addition to the need for massive regulation of the seas of manure these factory hog farms generate -- which often end up in rivers and streams and foul the air for miles -- the animals are subjected to absolutely horrific conditions. We should demand environmental improvements and humane treatment in our nation's factory farms. I think the environmental community can reasonably get behind both of these measures.
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Nothing to Fear But Corps Itself
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decisions continue to befuddle Let it not be said that Hurricane Katrina’s lessons didn’t sink in. For example, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers learned […]
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Good point
Congrats to local writer (and editor of alt-weekly The Stranger) Dan Savage for getting this letter into the NYT: Here’s an idea for Google: locate your offices near where people […]
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They only look sweet and benevolent, ringing their little bells
Greenpeace and the Salvation Army are hashing out a dispute over tens of millions of dollars today at a mediating table in Seattle, in a story more peculiar than we […]
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Who ya gonna call?
From South Africa: An international coalition has appealed to former US vice-president and environmental campaigner Al Gore to take up their concerns about the world’s rapidly developing biofuels industry. They […]
