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U.S. EPA moves to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. (topic) http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/40798 The United States Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward in regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the US from both mobile sources (principally autos and trucks) and stationary sources ( ... |
General | 12/07/09 11:34 PM |
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Rate of Amazonian deforestation at record low, drops 45% since economic recession. (topic) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8358094.stm The level of deforestation in the Amazon has dropped by 45% and is the lowest on record since monitoring began 21 years ago, Brazil's government says. According to the latest annual figures, just over ... |
General | 11/13/09 1:25 AM |
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New Clothing Line: Verde Styles : 1 Tee = 1 Tree (topic) Verde Styles This is a company that me and a couple of my friends started just a few months ago to help the environment. What we do is for every sale we make, whether its a t-shirt or a wristband, we will plant a tree. These aren't just ... |
General | 11/06/09 7:46 PM |
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Canada's oil sands emit more greenhouse gases than entire countries. (topic) http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/09/13/greenpeace-oilsands.html Alberta's oilsands produce more greenhouse gas emissions than some European countries right now and will produce more than all of the world's volcanoes in just 11 years if the ... |
General | 11/02/09 4:06 PM |
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Pictures of pollution in China. (topic) http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/ "At the junction of Ningxia province and Inner Mongolia province, I saw a tall chimney puffing out golden smoke covering the blue sky, large tracts of the grassland have ... |
General | 10/30/09 3:15 PM |
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Drinking from plastic water bottles raises level of bisphenol-A chemical in body by 70%. (topic) http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/40591 Drinking water from plastic bottles made with the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) increases urinary levels of the chemical by nearly 70 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard ... |
General | 10/16/09 12:17 AM |
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Global warming may delay or halt recovery of hole in ozone layer. (topic) http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/39240 Increasing greenhouse gases could delay, or even postpone indefinitely the recovery of stratospheric ozone in some regions of the Earth, a new study suggests. This change might take a toll on public health ... |
General | 02/06/09 10:23 PM |
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2009: The year of the shark. Boycott shark-finning for soup. (topic) http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/shark-finning.htm Shark finning is the practice of slicing off the shark's fins while the shark is still alive and throwing the rest of its body back into the ocean where it can take days to die what must be an ... |
General | 01/26/09 1:17 PM |
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Do you patronize your local farmer's market? Good news. (topic) Farmer's markets are experiencing a boom in numbers. This is chart is from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture http://www.ams.usda.gov/A...sMarkets&acct=whlsldirmkt Farmer's markets directly connect producers of food with consumers. In addition to ... |
General | 01/14/09 10:13 PM |
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Pres Bush to designate largest marine reserve in the world. Hawaiian Islands Marine Ntl. Monument (topic) President Bush is indeed leaving a "blue" legacy. However, I don't feel this in any way compensates for his disastrous handling of nearly every other environmental problem - controlling greenhouse gas emissions, conservation of biodiversity, deforestation ... |
General | 01/07/09 1:54 AM |
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California sues (again) Bush administration over cuts to Endangered Species Act. (topic) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...H5151F6E.DTL&type=science State Attorney General Jerry Brown is challenging the Bush administration's attempt to narrow scientific review of development that might hurt endangered species, joining environmental groups ... |
General | 01/02/09 12:40 AM |
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California unveils nation's toughest CO2 emissions plan. Cap-trade system to cut CO2 85% (topic) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...2/11/MNO514MCTB.DTL&tsp=1 California's air quality board approved on Thursday the nation's most sweeping plan to reduce global warming by curbing emissions, a move that state regulators hailed as a nationwide model for ... |
General | 12/12/08 1:08 AM |
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Deep-sea underwater observatory goes live in Monterey Bay. (topic) http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_11056119 MOSS LANDING -- Creating a deep-sea underwater observatory may seem like science fiction, but researchers and engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing have made it a ... |
General | 11/23/08 3:14 PM |
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Obama repeats call to action on greenhouse gasses. A discussion on emissions trading (topic) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...VPK.DTL&type=politics In his first speech on global warming since winning the election, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that he will set stringent limits on greenhouse gases, saying the need was too urgent ... |
General | 11/19/08 1:15 AM |
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Who else would recycle if it weren't so damn inconvenient (topic) Almost anywhere you are at any given moment in the US, you can pivot 360 degrees and see a trash can. Finding a blue recycle bin is not quite that easy. I want to recycle, I really do, but there's not even a receptacle off post here to do it. There used ... |
General | 06/08/08 11:54 PM |
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Bay Area air quality board first in nation to vote pollution tax on largest emitters. (topic) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/21/BADN10QD6O.DTL Jumping ahead of state and federal regulators, the Bay Area air quality district became the first in the nation on Wednesday to impose fees on businesses that pump some of the ... |
General | 05/22/08 2:55 PM |
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New satellite images of Amazon rainforest deforestation. (topic) http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/34840 Washington, D.C.- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon may be on the rise, according to high-resolution images released by an agency of the Brazilian government. The images suggest an end to a widely hailed ... |
General | 04/17/08 4:56 PM |
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Researchers debunk Sun's supposed role in climate change. (topic) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7327393.stm Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun's activity. The research contradicts a favoured theory of climate " ... |
General | 04/02/08 10:32 PM |
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The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (topic) At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows... is the Street of the Lifted Lorax. And deep in the Grickle-grass, some people say, if you look deep ... |
General | 03/09/08 3:56 PM |
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China bans plastic bags. Chinese used 3 billion bags per day. (topic) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7178287.stm The Chinese government says it is banning shops from handing out free plastic bags from June this year, in a bid to curb pollution. Production of ultra-thin plastic bags will also be banned, the ... |
General | 01/09/08 6:46 PM |
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