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A show about it
Check out this amazing show on Wildaid, which is trying to curb the illegal wildlife trade. It may change your views on a few things.
Here's the Wildaid website.
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See You Later, Navigator
Grist off discovering vacation, claiming it for themselves Whatever you think of when you hear “Columbus Day” — genocide, getting lost, or just a day off school — it’s sailing […]
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The Log Days of Bummer
GAO blames Bush administration for high cost of Biscuit timber salvage The Bush administration, not environmental lawsuits, is to blame for the nearly $11 million cost of a logging project […]
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Gloom and Plume
Hazardous-waste plant explosion forces evacuations in Apex, N.C. An explosion at a hazardous-waste disposal plant in Apex, N.C., late last night forced the evacuation of more than half the town. […]
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Two announcements next week will advance the ball on global warming and sustainability
Next Tuesday, you'll hear two announcements that will have the words "tipping point" on the tongue of every analyst and pundit in medialand. For once, they may be right.
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Woodward’s new book is terrifying
From Woodward's new book:
During a meeting in the Oval Office, according to Woodward, Bush personally thanked Bandar because the Saudis had flooded the world oil market and kept prices down in the run-up to the 2004 general election.
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A Grist special series
Environmentalists and their politically progressive allies have long dismissed conservative evangelical Christians as repressive moralists and industry apologists. The suspicion and hostility are mutual: evangelicals see environmentalists as godless, anti-human […]
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To Catch a Leaf
FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach Federal agents raided two produce plants in Salinas Valley, Calif., yesterday, as part of a criminal investigation into whether they violated food-safety […]
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White House supports bottom trawling ban
I seem to be developing a habit of writing pro-Bush posts here (see this one and this one), but doggonnit, Bush is developing a habit of making pro-conservation ocean policies.
On Tuesday, the White House issued a statement calling for a halt to destructive bottom trawling on the high seas and promised that the U.S. "would work with other nations and international groups to change fishing practices and create international fishery regulatory groups if needed." See -- who said the White House doesn't play nice with other countries? Oh right, lots of people.
