21/Jun 2008 | Diplomacy expected to trump confrontation at International Whaling Commission meeting | 05:57:08 - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The International Whaling Commission opens its annual conference in Chile on Monday amid hope that group infighting over countries that continue whaling despite a 20-... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Scrap-metal thieves continue to raid homes | Scrap-metal thieves hit the vacant house on East 24th Street hard and fast.They stripped the wiring, snipped copper line from an air-conditioning unit and ripped out the kitchen sink, taking half the ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Oil Production and Refining | Armed youths blew up a Nigerian crude oil pipeline operated by U. major Chevron, a militant group said on Saturday, cutting more output from the world's eighth largest oil exporter. Oil rose by more t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Leprof | EDF chief Fred Krupp appeared on the Charlie Rose show yesterday. For the most part, it was the usual stumping for cap-and-trade. However, Rose pushed him on the question of whether, in the short-term... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California National Guard sent to help fight wildfires | Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the California National Guard into action to help combat wildfires in Northern California, according to a new release issued today by his office . The California... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Abingdon, VA news | 06/20/08 The checkered past of Ahmad Bradshaw, which scared so many teams away from him in last year's NFL draft, has landed him in a Virginia jail for 30 days. The Giants running back, who emerged as... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Safely Do Away With Unwanted Electronics | CHICAGO (CBS) You probably know how to recycle paper, plastic and glass. But do you know what to do with batteries, computer equipment and chemicals? CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports on how the ci... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Biker defends links with bikey groups | A biker who has been living and working in Whyalla for the past eight months has defended members of biking groups, saying not everyone should be painted with the same brush. Tony Nicholls said bikers... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | How Does Sen. John McCain Stand on Proposed Uranium Mines Near the Grand Canyon? | This hit me the other day; how does the Republican Presidential Candidate-in-Waiting view the possible mining of uranium just 3 miles from the Grand Canyon? Senator John McCain (R-AZ) knows the canyon... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway (UT) | Although I have been on the Energy Loop several times before, my trip just last week may prove to be the most memorable because I had a chance to. The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byw... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Possibilities In Colombia For A U.S. Military Base | World Video. There are possibilities in Colombia (for a US military base)" . Last Monday, Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos once again has reiterated that Colombia "does not have, nor w... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | China tornado wrecks 650 homes and kills one person | BEIJING (Reuters) - A tornado in China tore up 650 houses in just five minutes and damaged nearly 1,000, state media said on Sunday, but only one person died. The tornado touched down in the eastern p... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Climate change threat to whales: study | The effect of climate change on the ecology of krill and whales in the Southern Ocean urgently needs monitoring, a group of Australian scientists warn. The Australian Antarctic Division scientists say... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | George W. Bush Sells Out America - Literally | George W. Bush Sells Out America - Literally 3 comments by John , HareTrinity , BarbaraP Barack Obama Vs. Barack Obama: Using 9/11 to Scare Up Votes 1 comments by hmmm. 6304 When Barack Obama Lost My ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Open Letter of Human Rights Watch to the ASEAN SG | Given below is the complete text and open letter of Mr. Brad Adams, Executive Director, Asia Division of Human Rights Watch to the ASEAN Secretary General Mr. Ong Keng Yong, which wasissued yesterda... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Heat wave bakes California | LOS ANGELES (AP) Some 4,800 power customers in Los Angeles were blacked out Saturday due to increased demand for electricity brought on by triple digit temperatures. Power had been restored earlier ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | No delay down under for clean coal | 18th April 2008 Australia remains committed to the development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as a means of maintaining the environmental viability of coal as a source of energy, and thus p... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Benn praises Tory rebel's | Search: Benn Davis debate Veteran left-wing politician Tony Benn said people will one day look back at David Davis' decision to force a by-election on the issue of civil liberties and say "thank God".... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Air monitor out on Cape Romain | It's enough to make an eco-observer scoff: The air-quality monitor that measures ozone for Charleston is located in the breezy, woodsy national seashore on Cape Romain. The machine recorded 74 parts p... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | JMesserly | Those of us who care about energy and environmental policy have a bad habit: the lazy but rhetorically convenient tendency to refer to energy issues as if they were fuel issues. From solar to coal to ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Feeling Besieged Lately? | Leff - Associated Press Writer - 6/21/2008 SAN FRANCISCO - Gay activists asked California s highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens initiative that would again ban gay marriag... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Thunderstorms Spark Nearly 400 NorCal Wildfires | REDDING (AP) Thunderstorms sparked as many as 400 fires around Northern California, as officials farther south got close to containing a blaze that destroyed several homes and forced thousands to e... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Candidates on energy | While each candidate agrees that the United States depends far too much on imported oil and gas, opinion varies on how to lessen the burden and how to promote research and development of other energy ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Trans-Texas Corridor put on hold | AUSTIN After months of protests from East Texas landowners, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced it is dropping the proposed Trinity County route for the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor (T... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | I-69 moved back to U.S. 59 corridor | AUSTIN After months of protests from East Texas landowners, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced it is dropping the proposed Trinity County route for the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor (T... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Rare Blue Iguanas Found Butchered | The reptiles were found Sunday at Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park, a refuge for the iguanas and other wildlife on Grand Cayman Island. Six of the rare iguanas were found dead in the park, and it is... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Smokies one of 10 parks identified as at risk from coal plants | The National Parks Conservation Association considers the following 10 national parks as most at risk from pollution from new coal-fired power plants either planned or under development near them: . ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California firefighters battle multiple blazes | SACRAMENTO Firefighters moved closer Saturday to gaining control over a Santa Cruz County fire that burned several homes and forced hundreds to evacuate as lightning sparked as many as 75 new wildfi... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Calif. firefighters wrestle with hundreds of blazes | SACRAMENTO Thunderstorms sparked as many as 400 fires around Northern California, as officials farther south got close to containing a blaze that destroyed several homes and forced thousands to evacua... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | 75 Wildfires Burn In Northern Calif | REDDING, Calif. -- As many as 75 wildfires sparked by lightning storms are burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest near Redding, in far northern California. Forest Service Spokesman Michael Odle... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Your News: Key Southwest Florida environmental projects discussed during annual River Action Day in DC | Your News: Key Southwest Florida environmental projects discussed during annual River Action Day in DC. Your News: Local group to hold breast cancer pub crawl fundraiser . Your News: Doris Day Animal ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Still the same old debates, I see. I imagine, then | What do YOU think about these stories? You can add your thoughts on this story by leaving a comment below. Wellspring Body-Mind Therapy Wellspring is OUR Symbol Reflecting an intention to promote well... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Schwarzenegger Promotes Tourism in Japan | 03:06 PM SACRAMENTO (AP) - Advertisements starring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are running on network television in Tokyo, featuring the governor speaking briefly in Austrian-accented Japanese. Schwarz... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | REGION: Paying more for less | A man uses a self-serve car wash in Oceanside Thursday. Calls for water conservation likely will result in higher costs for users. If a whole lot of people do their civic duty and slash their water c... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Are Carbon Offsets Immoral? | In my previous role as Executive Director of LiveNeutral I regularly received emails from friends and colleagues sharing the website or videos developed by the CheatNeutral (.They asked if I though ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Wild & Wooly Weekend Thread | The NYT this morning has an unexpected piece about the havoc presently being wreaked by the approximately 4 million wild hogs trashing and crashing through 37 of our United States: "Omnivorous, destru... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Planeta.com Presents 2008 Colibri Ecotourism Award | Planeta.com Presents 2008 Colibri Ecotourism Award to Gerhard Buttner in honor of World Environment Day . OAXACA DE JUAREZ, MEXICO -- As part of the global celebration of World Environment Day , Plane... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Energy Technology | Last Sunday, six Greenpeace activists boarded a ship named the Yang Ming Success in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor. Their mission: to prevent workers from unloading so-called e-waste , the toxic remnants... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | THE NEXT WORLDWIDE CRISES: FOOD & WATER NEWS | I think that s grossly underestimated. Plus, food not available for consumption, and not fed to animals or cars, is burned rather than given away. About 72 per cent of [Indian] fruit and vegetable p... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | CORPORATE / INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SABOTAGE AND DESTRUCTION | EXCERPT: During the many years of the Cholesterol Con, where were the doctors? When everyone from the makers of Mazola Corn Oil to the Popes of Cardiology assured us that virtually anyone could ward ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | And - oh dear I don't really want to appear to want to have the last word | Nicolas Sarkozy has blamed the Irish voting 'no' in the EU treaty vote on Peter Mandelson, the current British Commissioner of the European Union for Trade. Sarkozy also blamed the world's starving ch... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Should we manipulate the oceans? | The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 30% over the last two centuries and has reached levels unsurpassed in the last 650 000 years. Today, the challenges associated wi... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Pending EPA Rule Sparks Caution | KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks. The pro... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | G-8 to back sectoral emissions cut approach at summit | Ohio Democrats get pro-Obama message British man may have been involved in seizing of whale meat+ REFILING: 805 prepare to run in next general election+ G-8 to back sectoral emissions cut approach at ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | State cites coal company for slurry spill | The state Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement cited Heritage Coal Company for a slurry spill near the community of Waverly in Union County. '); The company closed off the line Friday night as... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Drought-tolerant GM crops (African Agriculture) | Read at : African Agriculture. Plant breeders have been challenged to develop genetically modified (GM) crops that are relevant to the needs of developing countries, especially in light of the effect... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Opposition mounts to clean air change | KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks. The pro... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The anti-plastic backlash | The Mason jar rules Dana Driesman's kitchen. In a quest to live without potentially dangerous plastics, the Mississauga mother stocks her fridge and freezer with jars filled with food and drinks. She ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Urge Congress to Support the Global Po | More than one billion people worldwide live on less than $1 a day, and another 1.6 billion struggle to survive on less than $2 a day. Those living in poverty rely more heavily on natural resources, on... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Storms Spark Dozens Of Blazes In Northern Calif | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Thunderstorms sparked as many as 75 wildfires in a wilderness area in far Northern California on Saturday as officials farther south got close to containing a blaze that des... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | PM tries to persuade Opec to invest 'oil shock' trillions in west's green energy revolution | Guardian Gordon Brown to plead with oil producers to channel profits into tidal and nuclear power in western countries Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent Gordon Brown will today plead with ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Fill 'Er Up - But Make It Hydrogen | Couric & Co. Just 200 people will get the chance to rent Honda's new hydrogen-powered car this summer. The FXC "Clarity" is a zero emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Alternative Energy Learn about ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | John D, Graham | Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences in the Faculty of Public Health at Harvard University - a position he is currently on leave from - and founded and was director of the Harvard Center for Ris.... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | International Polar Year | International collaboration, polar reseach, climate change, marine ecosystems Programme summary 'The poles are important components of our earth's climate system and they are also sensitive indicator... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Reasons to love costly oil | Editorial. GOOD TIMES FOR MASS TRANSIT It s not rocket science. For many, a roundtrip bus or metro fare is easier to stomach than oil prices that in some places have reached new heights. Three quarter... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Firefighters Face New Foe -- Lightning | WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- Firefighters moved closer Saturday to gaining control over a Santa Cruz County fire that burned several homes and forced hundreds to evacuate as lightning sparked as many as 75 ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Opposition mounts to clean air rule for parks | Sign up to receive our free Daily Briefing e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. The National Parks Conservation Association considers the following 10 national parks as most at ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Rainwater harvesting advocates bring filter tech to the U.S | SPICEWOOD SPRINGS, Texas--When Joe Wheeler built his new house here in 2001, he was told that it would cost $10,000 to drill a well, and that he wouldn't be able to drink or bathe in the water. Undaun... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Plant trees on campus, DepEd orders all schools | Jellyfish outbreaks a sign of nature out of sync. Arroyo's US visit would boost unequal ties, says Bayan. 20 killed, thousands evacuated as typhoon lashes RP. Yano: Army won't flinch even when confron... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The Minnesota Profile | Twin Cities triple-jumper Shani Marks has put her life on hold for four years, hoping to make it to the Beijing Olympics - though she knows there's little chance of a medal. Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tri... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Heat Wave Blisters Southern California | Jose Rodriguez 10, left plays with his friend Gilbert Ruiz 10, as the two boys try to cool down in the heat on a sidewalk in Los Angeles Friday, June 20,2008. A crackling heat wave sent the mercury bu... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A climate hero: The early years | Worldwatch Institute is partnering with Grist to bring you this three-part series commemorating the 20-year anniversary of NASA scientist James Hansen s groundbreaking testimony on global climate chan... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Reflections by J. Schenone | Michael Crichton's Novel Prey: Genetic Engineering and Nanotechnology Could Spell Disaster to Human Race. Electrifying Suspense Thriller Final Scream by Lisa Jackson. The recent flooding in the Midw... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | ENVIRONMENT: New site features interview with Dr. Pachauri, Nobel winner | Dressing for dinner: Desi or not? . CONV: Q&A with 2008 Daniel Pearl Fellow Umar Cheema . CONV: Plenary session on reporting from the trenches . CONV: Conversations on Diversity: Recruiters say more n... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | GAS PRICES: Liberals Don't Care | Letters to the Editor. President Bush suggests we lift our Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil drilling moratorium. As reported in an Associated Press story, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Bush's pro... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California gays launch effort to stop marriage referendum | SAN FRANCISCO - Gay activists asked California's highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens' initiative that would again ban gay marriage. Lawyers for Equality California filed a ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Brits 'doubt' cause of climate change | The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans - and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Conservation Group Concerned About Air Quality At SD Parks | Lamar Alexander of Tennessee tells TheAssociated Press the EPA proposal is "full of errors" and he'sbuilding a bipartisan coalition to overturn it if it's adopted. The EPA proposes to issue permits fo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Global Warming Report logical conclusion: Ignore Global Warming? | My disclaimer: I m a well educated and experienced (social) science research person and hardly ignorant about scientific analysis. Yet I still fear I must be missing something major in the Global Warm... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | "Remsen Reflects" | Montclair's Mayor Ed Remsen will pass the hot-seat to Mayor-elect Jerry Fried on July 1. Remsen looks back the last four tumultous years as Mayor in a town where no opinion goes unspoken. In an exit i... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf | WASHINGTON - Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, cove... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Opposition hold poll crisis talks as death squads roam Zimbabwe | Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe will hold crisis talks in Harare today over whether to contest this week s presidential run-off, after warnings that President Mugabe s death squads have been ordered to... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | China s Silver Lining | June 2008 Atlantic Monthly Why smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world s greatest environmental opportunity by James Fallows . Photographs by Ariana Lindquist Chinese cement plants and coal min... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | EU Deeply Concerned Over Crackdown | European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, has expressed his deep concern over the worsening situation in Zimbabwe. Exactly a week ahead of the second round of President... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Heat wave continues in California | LOS ANGELES (AP) A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple digits. Power was ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Georgia Conservancy | Founded in 1967, the conservancy bridged the gap between the environmental community and Georgia s establishment. It s helped to preserve natural throughout the state and has promoted progressive poli... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | God appointed me Mugabe | God appointed me Mugabe. President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that "only God" could remove him from office, as Zimbabwe's opposition considered pulling out of next week's run-off election amid es... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Geothermal - An Undervalued Primary U.S. Energy Source | SPEAKER: Jefferson W. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, Department of Chemical Engineering . ABOUT THE LECTURE: Geothermal energy remains the po... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Coal power, national parks at odds? | KNOXVILLE , Tenn. - Critics fear the Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near . O... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Mayors Tackle High Cost of Gas | Flood Museum Underwater in Iowa The flood of 1993 was thought to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for residents of Fort Madison, Iowa. They even filled a downtown museum with artifacts of that historical... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Bush, McCain, Crist reopen debate on drilling in Florida | The eastern Gulf of Mexico is home to shallow estuaries and vast sea grass beds along with sponges, sea fans, scallops and grouper and schools of snappers among other marine life. Beneath this rich... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | UN investigates Israel s uranium weapons | Did Hezbollah Thwart a U. Lebanon in Crisis: An Interview with Editor Samah Idriss . Widow: 'He Did Die in Vain' - Israel Attacks UN Patrol Base . War Crimes Airbrushed from History: Evidence of Israe... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Blood over Beijing | Comrades post-mortem Russia's ticket to wealth, and the economy of running success. Gallery: Best of the Best We've captured all the emotion and action from Euro 2008 in our fantastic Photos of the da... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Blistering heat wave continues today in California | Blistering heat wave continues today in California By Raquel Maria Dillon Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no si... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A Day of Prayer and Fasting | The global food crisis is forcing millions to go hungry. Please join us on June 25, 2008, for a day of prayer and fasting for those suffering. What is the global food crisis? The World Food Programme ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Are there any free sites for foreclosure listings? | River Forest Shores-Wayside Manor Homes for Sale. River Forest Shores-Wayside Manor Recently Sold Homes. River Forest Shores-Wayside Manor Real Estate Overview.(for Countrywide owned homes) Hope that ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Hill heap | A few of this week's environmental happenings that I've been meaning to point out: Oilman-turned-clean-energy-evangelist T. Boone Pickens came to town to testify about the country's transmission pro... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Who Needs Scenery? | It s gonna be awful pretty to look up at the Great Smokey Mountains one day and see treeless humps. Tennessee turned their backs on Gore in 2000 and voted for shit-head instead. I wonder how they ll f... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | For once, chacko, I agree with your post. What a bitch Bal Thakrey has become. Hindu Bomb? WTF? Shame on | It was heartening to know that it was the supporters of Hindutva who had exploded the bomb in the theatre. But it was sad to know that it was planted to hurt the Hindus and I am ashamed about it Inste... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Future hike in sewer bills looms | The leader of the Metropolitan St. Louis County Council on June 2 that fixing the area's sewers to comply with federal orders would be expensive, upwards of $4 billion. But the chief, Jeff Theerman, h... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The California Report | Listen (RealMedia stream) Soaring gas prices led to President Bush's call this week to lift the ban on new offshore oil drilling. Californians have long opposed offshore drilling, sparked by a 1969 oi... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | OIL SUMMIT: Libya's Oil Head Slams Oil Output Increases, Jeddah Mtg | OIL SUMMIT: Libya's Oil Head Slams Oil Output Increases, Jeddah Mtg this minute Increases in oil output won't resolve soaring oil prices, and oil production could actually be decreased, Shukri Ghanem... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | "Our Defining Moment" on Climate Change: Pay Attention to Soil | Aspen Ideas Festival Ticket Sales For Public Events Begin June 18 Shaklee Corporation Wins 2008 Stevie(R) Award For Best Corporate. Holistic Management International "Our Defining Moment" on Climate C... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Fire Starters | Louisiana perks up for the emerging carbon trade market and its potential incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Louisiana landowners could benefit from a new cap-and-trade program, but the... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Sustainability Must Guide New Rules on Biofuels, New Paper Finds | A snapshot of news on bioenergy.This page lists select news stories from the popular press and other sources contributed by wiki participants, listed in reverse chronological order. News stories are a... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | "Basin Electric Selects Powerspan's ECO2 Carbon Capture Process for Commercial Demonstration Project" | Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Powerspan Corp. today announced the selection of Powerspan's carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology, called " ECO2(TM) ," for a commercial demonstration at Basin ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Franklin opposes | Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Saturday she is opposed to the idea of Buckhead, the city's most affluent community, breaking off and becoming its own city. "[Atlanta] has flourished because we ha... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Global warming is a problem that humans must take actions to address | Only registered whereIstand members can verify the opinions of public figures. Users must register in order to participate in all aspects of the whereIstand community. :''Also see Patrick Murphy (disa... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The Smaller the Better, Automakers Are Finding | 4 gas is changing consumer behavior Lynne Kiesling The New York Times has an article today that supports the anecdotal evidence I reported last month: consumers are substituting out of low fuel econom... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Climate Change Intensifying Disastrous Weather in North America, Report Finds | Tag(s): Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Climate Change Costs ; McCain ; Oil ; Weather ; Weather Disasters ; Weather Hurricane . June 21, 2008 Permalink Climate Change Intensifying Disastrous Weat... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A. Fucaloro | PM Hot on the heels of last months reporting of a discrepancy in the ocean surface temperatures, a new paper in Nature (by Domingues et al, 2008 ) reports on the revisions of the ocean heat content (O... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Adaptation is a justice issue | The World Bank and donors have finalised the design of the climate investment funds (CIFs) despite continued complaints over their governance and worries over their investment in non-renewable energy.... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A New Business Model Has Emerged In Vermont | BURLINGTON, VT March 12, 2008 - Vermont business leaders have redefining the classic business model by building successful, profitable, and socially responsible enterprises. These innovative busines... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Water woes: Farmers face tough choices this year | 8:23 PM Fred Starrh stooped low and removed a discarded beverage bottle from the edge of an empty farm field. Small wisps of white sporadically dotted the barren landscape of clumped, dry dirt, remnan... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Blistering heat wave continues in California | LOS ANGELES -- A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up today as temperatures headed back toward triple digits. Power was restor... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Heat Wave Blankets Calif. Coast | LOS ANGELES (AP) A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple digits. Power was... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California's Relentless Heat Wave | 06-21) 11:33 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | New debate erupts over offshore drilling | WASHINGTON -- For decades, giant drilling rigs off the Texas and Louisiana coastlines have plumbed the Gulf of Mexico for vast oil and gas riches, creating jobs, bolstering state revenues and perpetua... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Fla. struggles in climate fight | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida which could be among the most vulnerable states should dire global warming predictions of rising seas, shore erosion and monster hurricanes come to pass is considering ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Hearing Tests Set For Stranded Whale | KEY LARGO, Fla. Navy audiologists are set to conduct hearing tests on a rare whale recovering at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys . The Gervais beaked whale was discovered Fri... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Projekt Revolution: Linkin Park, Atreyu, The Bravery, Chris Cornell, and more | Multi-platinum two-time Grammy-winning rock band Linkin Park has announced the much-anticipated lineup for Projekt Revolution 2008. The fifth installation of the band s raging road show will see them ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Rice trip Amid Signs | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Asia next week amid signs of an imminent breakthrough in efforts to get North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons and bring a formal end to the Korean War. Af... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Interesting to note that millions of citizens the world over volunteer and in many cases drafted into | Filed under: Anti-government sentiment , Crime , Unintended consequences , Western Culture Felice Pace at 3:02 pm on Thursday, June 19, 2008 . In his essay The latest trend in name-calling (HCN,... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | SoCal Copes With Torrid Heat | Beaches, swimming pools and oases of air conditioning are likely to be packed to overflowing Saturday as Californians seek relief from a torrid heat wave that has lasted nearly a week. The sky-high te... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Quadruple the motion! | Sat, 2008-06-21 01:34. President Bush has asserted executive privilege over thousands of pages of documents that would show whether the President and his staff complied with the Clean Air Act in overr... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Ruggie Pushes C | CODi Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining. The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Ruggie Pushes Corporate Human Rights Improvement, Harkin-Engel Pushes End to C . The Lates... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The government should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions | Only registered whereIstand members can verify the opinions of public figures. Users must register in order to participate in all aspects of the whereIstand community. Theodore Fulton Stevens (born No... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | VA park at risk from coal plants | The National Parks Conservation Association considers 10 national parks as most at risk from pollution from new coal-fired power plants either planned or under development near them, including Shenand... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Britons becoming greener - but how deep | ASDA's People in Retail Award leads to positive environmental awareness Less packaging or more food storage info? When green issues collide . Britons have become markedly more environmentally conscio... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Meeting Will Discuss Yosemite Plant Management Environmental Assessment | Yosemite, Ca -- The public comment period for the Yosemite National Park Invasive Plant Management Environmental Assessment has opened and will continue through Sunday, July 13th. An open to the publi... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | REGION: Summer's here | San Diego County fairgoer Judy Weiss uses an umbrella and ice cream to keep cool during Friday's extreme heat. Saturday is the first full day of summer, and, believe it or not, the start of daylight h... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Rice trip Amid Signs of Breakthrough | Rice trip Amid Signs of Breakthrough 06/21 11:09 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Asia next week amid signs of an imminent breakthrough in efforts to get North Korea to ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Clean Coal - Pipe Dream Or Next Big Thing?--US | America's efforts to sequester carbon have stalled. (CBS) Much has been made about the skyrocketing price of oil lately, with some saying that drilling in environmentally sensitive areas is a possible... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Heat Wave Continues To Bake The State | PLEASANTON: John Sasaki Reports On Local Residents Trying To Beat The Heat. UNDATED -- Beaches, swimming pools and oases of air conditioning are likely to be packed to overflowing Saturday as Californ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Thirsty? Dirty? Sorry | Under Durham's emergency drought plan, residents will have to buy bottled water for drinking, cooking and possibly bathing. The checkout lines at Food Lion are deep, and the waiting is longer. The pyr... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | GonzoDon | The Sierra Club and United Steelworkers made a joint announcement this morning in Cleveland that the groups are throwing their support behind Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama. Obama is t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Bullets fly | Local News. HealthWebCenter Local experts provide the latest information on Healthcare issues that matter to you.com - AP Award winner, Best Oregon TV Web Site, 2007 Edward R. Murrow Award winner for... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Bush Refuses To Release EPA Documents | Air Pollution Explore air pollution throughout the US and and find out which cities have the worst air quality. President Bush asserted executive privilege Friday to withhold documents from a congress... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Naomi sorry for assault, mad at airline | Opposition mounts to clean air change affecting parks Critics fear the Environmental Protection Agency intends to make it easier to build polluting coal-fired power plants near national parks. Police... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | VA, MD senators join opposition to clean air change affecting parks | 12:32pmKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Critics fear the Environmental Protection Agency intends to make it easier to build polluting coal-fired power plants near national parks. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee tells ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | ACZ | With concerns about the environment at an all-time high, do we roll up our sleeves and fix the situation or set our fears aside and dance the night away? [Andrew Charalambous], a nightclub owner in fr... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Knock 'em down | Odessa's abandoned building count is set to go down by six if City Council members give a Midland-based demolition company the go-ahead Tuesday. submitted a $179,800 bid, the lowest of five companies,... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | India s Growth Outstrips Crops | Now, after a decade of neglect, this country is growing faster than its ability to produce more rice and wheat.By the 1980s, government investment in canals fed by rivers had tapered off, and wells be... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Officials: Trabing Fire 90 Percent Contained | WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- Firefighters battling the Trabing Fire in Santa Cruz County are nearing their goal of full containment, a Cal Fire official said Saturday morning. The blaze is around 90 percen... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Opposition mounts to clean air change affecting parks | Critics fear the Environmental Protection Agency intends to make it easier to build polluting coal-fired power plants near national parks. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee tells The Associated Press the E... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Bad governance, poverty fuelling displacement - UN | Afriquenligne Nairobi, Kenya - Apart from conflict, other key factors fuelling displace ment of people in the world are poverty, bad governance and scarce resources, the UN High Commissioner for Refug... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Archive | Polar bear declared threatened | Protesters wear polar-bear costumes as U. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announces that the bear will be added to the list of threatened species. Archive | Judge sets deadline on polar-bear... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Interview with Gov. Bill Richardson | BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: As president, intend to keep in place the moratorium here in Florida and around the country and -- that prevents oil companies from drilling off Florida's coasts. That's how w... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | US Business Council, UK International Synergies Team up to Expand | Joint Statement from U. Social(k) President Addresses SRI Retirement Investing at Green. Business Council for Sustainable Development US Business Council, UK International Synergies Team up to Expand ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Agilewaves Selected As Sustainable Industries 2008 Top 10 Green | CODi Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining. Monsanto Donates $1 Million in Support of Iowa Flood Relief. Agilewaves Agilewaves Selected As Sustainable Industries 2008 Top 10 Green Buil... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Sustainable Public Transport Systems | Growing transportation problems, including gasoline prices and carbon dioxide emissions, are forcing urban governments to consider implementing better public transportation initiatives in an effort to... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Gowanus Canal | The Mill Building. [Rendering courtesy of dlandstudio] This is a new rendering of the proposed Sponge Park along the Gowanus Canal. We have no idea what it's realistic plans are given that it would re... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Judge Rejects Secrecy In Calif. Prison Lawsuits | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A federal magistrate has rejected an attempt by the state to keep certain documents secret as courts decide whether to cap California's overcrowded prison population. A spec... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The generation snap | At 34, social researcher Mark McCrindle likes to think of his age cohort as a middle child. They never got much attention and they don't expect it." Typically, no one's paying much attention, but that... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Judge limits secrecy bid in prison suits | 08:44 PDT Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- A federal magistrate has rejected an attempt by the state to keep certain documents secret as courts decide whether to cap California's overcrowded prison populati... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Head Scab Found on Wheat in Eastern and Central Kansas | Some Kansas wheat producers are reporting above normal levels of head scab in their crops, according to a Kansas State University scientist. "Head scab was favored by frequent rainfall that occurred j... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Southland Summer Sizzle | Beaches, swimming pools and oases of air conditioning are likely to be packed to overflowing Saturday as Californians seek relief from a torrid heat wave that has lasted nearly a week. The sky-high te... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Robert Mugabe accuses opposition of lying about political violence | Canadian and Afghan soldiers take on Taliban near Kandahar Canadian and Afghan troops killed 36 Taliban militants Wednesday, following fighting in the forests and orchards surrounding the city of Kand... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Our three year anniversary is today | Economists on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis Visit Environmental Economics.On June 21, 2005 we launched this blog with incredible chutzpah (blog name: Environmental E... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Arrest of Fund Managers Raises Risk Questions | Two hedge fund managers arrested this week face fraud charges for allegedly lying to clients about the health of certain investments. The New York Times' Joe Nocera talks about the charges. Instead of... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | GOP has 13 times Dems' bank, will it boost McCain? | Andrew Malcolm Led by chairman Mike Duncan, the Republican National Committee ended May with 13 times more money in the bank than its Democratic counterpart, and raised five times as much money in the... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Climate News Roundup | Companies get OK to annoy polar bears - Associated Press. Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Food & Fat | Fat people eating bad food, Frankenstein food, GM food, E numbers and more food than those with anorexia and eating disorders . THE Government has not only been watching your every more but it has b... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | HP Offers Solutions Contributing to 1 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Reductions | HP offers the first low carbon IT solutions guide for customers HP published a guide that identifies the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by using existing HP solutions. HP s white p... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Chellie Pingree | Chellie Pingree was the president and CEO of Common Cause from March 2003 to 2007. Prior to leading Common Cause, Pingree served for eight years in the Maine Senate, with the last four years as Majori... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Full interview with Vandana Shiva on the ills of the world trading system | Full interview with Vandana Shiva on the ills of the world trading system By Interview with Vandana Shiva Jun 21, 2008, 09:30 . This interview was reposted by EurActiv on 21 June, 2008. The EU Treaty... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Energy crisis must be our generation's moon shot | Comments | Speak Your Piece. Haven t we argued enough over school calendar? . Forty-seven years ago John Kennedy caught the public s imagination and gave focus to the science and technology communities when he a... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | NRCS extends deadline for Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program | COLUMBIA, Mo. - - The Natural Resources Conservation Service has extended until July 3 the deadline for Missouri landowners to sign up for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. Dwaine Gelnar, NRCS ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Grant to pay for two replacement buses | John Cathey disembarks a TRAX bus near Rio and Walnut streets Friday. The county will soon be getting two new replacement buses after receiving nearly $500,000 in Prop 1B bond funding last week. Teham... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Beefing up firefighting force | The fast-spreading fire that broke out Friday in Santa Cruz County has put state and federal fire officials on edge as scorching temperatures throughout California threaten to make an already-bad fire... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | 'End Mugabe's evil regime' | No election for Zim's Biti. Zimbabwe's opposition has promised to press ahead with its campaign for next week's run-off presidential election, despite mounting violence and a court ruling to keep its ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Florida considers greenhouse gas cap | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida which could be among the most vulnerable states should dire global warming predictions of rising seas, shore erosion and monster hurricanes come to pass is conside... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Report: Water, delta plan needs billions of dollars | Comments | Featured R-S Stories. Motorists may not be able to thumb their phones much longer. SACRAMENTO Overhauling how California uses, moves and stores water while protecting its environment will come at a ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Three GOP Congressional Hopefuls Take Aim At Mahoney | Three GOP Congressional Hopefuls Take Aim At Mahoney Carol Porter 20.08 The three Republican candidates seeking the District 16 congressional seat held by Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney had a live... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | County Keeps Roebuck On Road Plan | Tuesday on the westward extension of Roebuck Road, despite pressure from the City of West Palm Beach. West Palm Beach agreed to the extension in 1994 in order to win development approval for homes alo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Changing climate will lead to more extreme weather conditions in the future | A new scientific assessment has determined that changing climate will lead to more extreme weather conditions in the future. A new scientific assessment has determined that changing climate will lead... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California Swelters In Heat Wave | 06-21) 02:30 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Beaches, swimming pools and oases of air conditioning are likely to be packed to overflowing Saturday as Californians seek relief from a torrid heat wave that ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Rapid Climate Changes Near End of Last Ice Age | Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Cuba s Carbon Footprint Bootprint | Every time I hear or read about how great of an environmentally conscious example the repressed society in Cuba is, I cringe. In a perfect example of the extreme positions held by environmental organi... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | NISSAN Car News | Nissan has launched its innovative Race Academy for GT-R pre-order customers that could lead to them obtaining a full racing licence. UK GT-R customers will be offered the opportunity to participate... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Dying of Hunger, Dying of Thirst | Finally world leaders are paying attention to the plight of the chronically poor and now talk of food crises that ravage the lives of the desperately poor. By now, most people know that the reasons ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Adventures in the Endangered Skin Trade | This is an excerpt from Jeffrey St. Clair's new environmental history, Born Under a Bad Sky, now available from AK Press / CounterPunch Books. ll through the Reagan-Bush years, greens thundered their ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Water's arsenic levels prompt warning at Mount Rushmore | SIOUX FALLS, S. - The allowable level of arsenic in drinking water was reduced early in 2006, which has increased the number of water systems that have been reported in violation of the standard. Wate... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Outdoor Medicine and the Environment 2 | Wilderness Medicine at Weill-Cornell Medical Colle. Thank You to Marianas Eye for Grand Rounds Get Outdoors - 2nd Anniversary of Medicine for the. Artesunate for Falciparum Malaria Thank You to NHS Bl... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Fla. has trouble convincing South to help in climate fight | Florida which could be among the most vulnerable states should dire global warming predictions of rising seas, shore erosion and monster hurricanes come to pass is considering capping emissions of gre... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | EuroCharity's Yearbook entitled 'The Spirit of the Forest' to be | American Express Announces The Return Of Members Project(R) With. United Way 2008 Midwest Flood Recovery Fund Established . EuroCharity EuroCharity's Yearbook entitled 'The Spirit of the Forest' to be... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Mugabe opposition lies about political violence | President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters at a rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20, 2008. Mugabe who faces Morgan Tsvangirai in a run off election set for June 27 warned Zimbabweans not to vote... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Sponsor an Animal | In recent years there has been a trend to give animal gifts such as pigs, llamas, alpaca's, goats, sheep, cows and even worms to the developing world. Others have pioneered animal gifts which enable y... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Floodwaters Will Widen 'Dead Zone' in Gulf | WASHINGTON | Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, coveri... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | 'No concrete global warming proof in polar region' | 13:03 CET Online: .Are the ices of the Arctic north about to melt away for good? Rami Abdelrahman gets the views of a range of Swedish researchers. Crown Princess s boyfriend moves closer to Royals (2... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Is AMD's Controversial Campus Raising the Environmental Bar? | CEO Hector Ruiz, center, flanked by Chief Marketing Officer Nigel Dessau (l) and president and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer, cut the ribbon Monday at AMD's new campus. There was a lot of rhetor... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Are the U.S. and the U.N. Equipped to Handle Our Two Greatest Crises? | By: Meghan Nash Every generation has its cross to bear. Those born at the turn of the 20th century survived two world wars. Baby boomers practiced hiding under their school desks in case of a nuclear ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Mugabe: Rivals lying about political violence | Story Highlights. Zimbabwe president: Opposition lying about violence to say runoff vote will not be fair. Robert Mugabe faces Morgan Tsvangirai in presidential vote next Friday . Human rights groups:... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Caribbean beach resort owner assists in installing windmills | ST DAVID, Grenada: Paradise Bay Resort & Spa in Grenada was the first to install a utility grade windmill in the wider Caribbean region and the first hotel in the world to take this step to reduce glo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Climate Ark Climate Change and Global Warming Portal | 21/6 - United Kingdom: PM tries to persuade Opec to invest 'oil shock' trillions in west's green energy revolution , Guardian . 21/6 - Australia: World heritage sites 'threatened by climate change' ,... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Parks react to global warming | John Green / Bay Area News Group The new Cavallo Point Lodge, in Sausalito, includes solar panels on the roofs. Parks react to global warming Solar panels, other measures intended to reduce carbon fo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | State panel | A state panel has approved $30 million in housing bonds to improve the Figueroa Street area near Staples Center in downtown L. even though the initial application failed to show how the project would ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | GlenFergus | Hot on the heels of last months reporting of a discrepancy in the ocean surface temperatures, a new paper in Nature (by Domingues et al, 2008 ) reports on the revisions of the ocean heat content (OHC)... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | CA advocates seek to stop anti-gay marriage measure | Bob Sodervick, right, waves the gay pride flag outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. SAN FRANCISCO _ Gay rights advocates asked California s highest court Friday to keep off t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Panasonic HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100 AVCHD camcorders with 3MOS System announced | Scuba diver charged in wife's underwater death Martha Stewart denied UK visa Lakshmi's story seen as medical miracle Tibet torch relay ends peacefully 12 killed in rush for nightclub exit Teens rush t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Tithing Nature, Restoring Faith | Ecological Sustainability The over-reach of human populations and appetites is threatening the existence of life on Earth as we know it and as we depend on it. Exploitation and pollution have to be r... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Germany Rated as World's Greenest Country | Germany has cut its emissions by 5.6 per cent, more than any other state in 2007, making it the world's greenest country.6 per cent compared with 2006, according to a new report from British Petroleum... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Can Dandruff Shampoos Monitor Oxygen Levels in Oceans? | A research team from the University of Leicester is using an ingredient found in dandruff shampoos to monitor oxygen levels in oceans. The same ingredient, which was used to fight off alien invaders i... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Ocean Temperatures and Sea Level Increases Causing Concern | Ocean temperatures and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were actually 50 percent higher than earlier predictions, new research has found. The previous predictions came in the 2007 ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Global War Deaths Have Been Significantly Underestimated | Globally, war has killed three times more people than previously estimated, and there is no evidence to support claims of a recent decline in war deaths, concludes a study published on BMJ. Current su... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Reasons Why You Should Recycle | Recycling E-Waste Environmental Issues Environmental Pollution Waste Water Treatment Science & Technology Science News Agriculture Archaeology Astronomy & Space Exploration Biology Chemistry Computer ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Ag chief lists reasons for rising food prices | DEL MAR Rising food prices are caused by expensive fuel and increased food consumption, not by the use of corn to develop ethanol, the U. Gas prices have pushed up the cost of food production from... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | McCain, Obama and a false choice on oil | By Michael Tackett This just in from the Department of False Choices: Sen. John McCain, the same man who opposed drilling in the Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska, the same man who speaks about the per... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Study Finds Hundreds of Nevada Species Unprotected by Reserves or Laws | LAS VEGAS, Nev.- A study conducted by Center for Biological Diversity scientists Noah Greenwald and Curt Bradley, published this month in the international journal Biodiversity and Conservation, found... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Mugabe: opposition lies about political violence | President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters at a rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20, 2008. Mugabe who faces Morgan Tsvangirai in a run off election set for June 27 warned Zimbabweans not to vote... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Xcel plant lightning rod for conflict | Court lifts gas pipeline injunction. Xcel Energy's proposal to build a power plant in Denver has become a poster child for conflict as Colorado moves toward a new-energy economy based on renewable ene... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | REGIONAL: CRITICS HAIL DECISION NOT TO SPRAY FOR APPLE MOTH | Opponents of aerial spraying of a pheromone in the Bay Area and other urban areas to stop the spread of the light brown apple moth are hailing the decision Thursday to use sterile moths instead. State... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Shore erosion on US east coast now a | Coastal property in the US is suffering a downturn not just from the global credit crunch but from concern about global warming and shore erosion. Even top market resort like the Hamptons and Palm Bea... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Build your future now on clean power as rapidly as possible or you won't have a future | Calls for the Bank to end its lending for fossil fuels have increased in the aftermath of the 13th conference of the parties of the UN framework convention on climate change in Bali (see . Update 58 ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Federal report: Manhattan still in running for Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility | Photo by John Henry. A Homeland Security Department study examining the possible effects of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak from proposed research facilities locations in the continental U. The stud... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Trade Me partners with Forest & Bird kiwi campaign | Art & Entertainment. _4 June 2008 Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Trade Me partners with Forest & Bird s kiwi campaign Starting tomorrow on World Environment Day (June 5), ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Scandpower AS | G sevikv. Scandpower Risk Management contributes to technical and management-oriented solutions that protect people s lives and health, protect the external environment against pollution, and increase... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The changing world of work | Richard Donkin has been a Financial Times columnist on work and careers for ten years and also contributes a monthly column to Human Resources Magazine. His career at the FT began in 1987 and for a nu... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Olympic torch passes through riot-hit capital of Tibet amid tight security, 2nd Ld-Writethru, AS | LHASA, China (AP) _ Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed Saturday through the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the scene of blo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A Scorching Start to Summer | LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Another day of blistering heat is expected today across California, with more triple-digit temperatures forecast up and down the state. Saturday marks the first full day of summer,... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | WA's two-tiered gas crisis | GOVERNMENT power stations are burning hundreds of terajoules of gas each week despite being able to run on diesel - while householders are being implored to conserve gas. In a startling admission, Ver... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Open Science Thread | Fundamentalist zealotry and creationist ideology may have conspired to leave at least one and possibly more public school students with permanent physical and mental scars at the hands of what can onl... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | California unemployment hits 6.8 | Advertising Autos The Biz Money Real Estate Small Business Technology Video Games Wealth Work & Careers Your Money . Business A-Z Investor Tips Law Resources Money Librar... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | State approves affordable housing grant for L.A. Live area | Crime. Steve Lopez Sandy Banks Patt Morrison George Skelton Dana Parsons Steve Harvey Steve Hymon . The approval comes even though the initial application didn't say how the downtown L... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Corporate report: Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc | 5:43 a. The chief executive officer of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo SAB has resigned from the Anheuser-Busch board. The move comes amid reports that the board is about to consider a $46 billion takeo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Shell again halts plans to drill in Beaufort | Money stories Shell again halts plans to drill in Beaufort Business people Input sought on geothermal prospecting topic for talks . ON HOLD: Company says it remains committed to project in the long... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Iberdrola admits bat concerns affected decision | CLAYTON Iberdrola Renewables is considering options for Horse Creek Wind Farm about two weeks after it told the Clayton Planning Board it was suspending its application. While the company insists it... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | McHugh calls for offshore oil drilling | WASHINGTON Rep. McHugh joined the call Friday for more offshore oil exploration and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration, two ideas that may gain more political ground wit... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | The Big One | 30th Triennial Congress of the Women s International League for Peace and Freedom: Moving Forward, Making Peace. YES! Executive Director Fran Korten and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! will be keynoti... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | United Nations/Colombia/USA wo | Intergraph 2008 - Int'l Users Conference Details: www. 28th EARSeL Symposium "Remote Sensing for a Changing Europe" Presentations can be related to all fields of geoinformation and remote sensing app... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Al Gore: PR agent for planet earth | Tony @ Florida Rentals on Attention Delta Airlines -- Do you really have to rub it in?. Al Gore was on 60 Minutes last night and I was struck with how successful he is in the role of Public Relations.... Read » |
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21/Jun 2008 | Rice, Filipino community top PGMA visit to Fresno, California | P artial Transcript of PGMA Teleconference from San Francisco, California, USA with the National Disaster Coordination Council (NDCC) based in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City (June 22, 2008) . Before we ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | OPINION DIGEST | I continue doggedly to esteem him, says Michael Schmidt . He is a leader different in kind and quality from his predecessors. He may prove to be the leader who redefines the role of the British execut... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | China fights Olympic pollution | In the most dirty-aired city to host an Olympics, massive efforts to ensure athletes will be able to breathe. BEIJING - Clouds of dust swirl inside the empty grounds of the Beijing Coking & Chemical P... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Shell throws in towel on Alaska drilling for this summer | ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Shell says it's giving up on plans to drill in the Beaufort Sea this year due to an unresolved court challenge. This marks the second straight year the Dutch oil giant has been for... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Ocean-measuring satellite launched | Ocean-measuring satellite launched WASHINGTON: A French-US satellite that will provide the most accurate monitoring ever of rising sea levels and track the effects of climate change was launched into ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Olympic torch held in sealed-off Tibet amid tight security, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS | LHASA, China (AP) _ The Olympic torch wound Saturday through the streets of Tibet's capital Lhasa, the scene of bloody riots in March that helped fuel demonstrations at some of the flame's internation... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A chance to clear the air in Glenwood Springs | The air down by Seventh Street could smell a bit sweeter in 2012 when a new wastewater treatment plant goes up in West Glenwood Springs. People can learn a bit more about it and offer their opinions a... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | A chance to clear the air in | The air down by Seventh Street could smell a bit sweeter in 2012 when a new wastewater treatment plant goes up in West Glenwood Springs. People can learn a bit more about it and offer their opinions a... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | University of Alabama won't cut jobs, but students to pay more | Dan Lopez From left, Spring Richardson, Sascha Richardson and Kourtlawn Richardson walk on the University of Alabama Quad on Friday. Kourtlawn is a former UA student who graduated five years ago. TUSC... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Resident appointed by governor to committee | Gov. Smith of Palm Springs to the Private Security Disciplinary Review Committee (South), his office announced June 17. Smith, a 66-year-old Republican, has served on the committee since 2003. Before... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Thumbs up, thumbs down | Thumbs down to Fresno County Retirement Administrator Roberto Pe a for his negligent management of the benefit accounts of Fresno County retirees. The county announced this week that some retirees mus... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Space.com | Phoenix Mars Lander on the arctic plains of the red planet, the mission became a resounding success when it found signs of water ice on Thursday. Phoenix photographed dice-sized crumbs of bright mat... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Gas Prices vs. Summer Vacation | I drive a car. Most Americans drive at least one type of motor vehicle - for whatever reason. It s next to impossible to live without some form of independent transportation in our country - not compl... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Bank of America Corp | The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has made a $1 million grant to Conservation International's Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. The funds will be used to promote private-sector ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Clarsonimus | Everything s Black and White and Green in Germany , 21 Jun 2008. Germans To Ask Bush If He Ever Actually Met Obama Personally , 10 Jun 2008. Let s all not get it together - the Berlin Wall , 03 May ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Amy Winehouse s | June 20th, 2008. In: Amy Winehouse , Celebrities , Politicians , Tabloids , The Blairs . AMY Winehouse has the classic sings of TB . Who on reading that does not think that Winehouse has taken on t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Efforts of OSU, Corps of Engineers to Relocate Terns Beginning to See Success | CORVALLIS, Ore. A major initiative to create alternative nesting sites for the largest colony of Caspian terns in the world and to help protect juvenile salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Jobless rate in state is up to 6.8 | California's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 percent in May and the state lost 10,900 more payroll jobs than it generated during the month, state officials said Friday.3 percent in May 2007, the Emplo... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | With floods, a larger dead zone feared | SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer s dead ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Robert F. is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City's water supply, but his reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. The ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Mosquito-breeding pools violate city nuisance codes | Neglected swimming pools from which hordes of mosquitoes are spawned violate city code because they endanger public health, said Harold Adair, the neighborhood abatement coordinator for the city of Tu... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Swiss Re signs climate policy recommendations to G8 leaders | Jacques Aigrain, CEO of Swiss Re, signed the climate change recommendations to the Group of Eight (G8) leaders. The document outlines a new, more environmentally effective and economically efficient ... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Strategies offered for beating near-record heat | Three year-old Scott Beam plays in the water fountain with his sister four year-old Mica Beam at Penn Park on Friday June 20, 2008, in Whittier. Heatwave WHITTIER - As temperatures soared to 103 degre... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | AviationNow.com | Phoenix Mars lander has confirmed that water ice critical to the mission's life habitat studies lies under only 4 centimeters of soil all around the spacecraft. The finding has been confirmed using t... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Nuclear waste dump is closed | It was an active dump for 22 years -- and a final resting place for 7 million cubic feet of radioactive waste. On Thursday, Savannah River Site celebrated the end of an 18-year, $56 million project to... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 | Ocean mission goes into orbit | A rocket carrying a joint French-American ocean-monitoring satellite has launched from central California. Data from the Jason-2 satellite will be used to monitor effects of climate change on sea leve... Read » |
21/Jun 2008 |