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Australian Prime Minister’s Energy Package Pushes Oil and Gas Australian Prime Minister John Howard released a major white paper on energy policy this week, outlining a series of proposals that, while nodding in the direction of renewables, keeps the country’s fortunes squarely tied to oil and gas. “The reality is that the older fuels, of […]
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Readers sound off on Ronald Reagan, animal testing, and more
Ashok to the System Re: Tax On, Tax Off, by Dear Editor: If the NRDC’s Ashok Gupta really thinks we need leaders who can tell Americans why higher gas prices are good for them, then Gupta needs to go intern for some mayor’s campaign somewhere. Or pick up a day-after-election newspaper and see what’s happening […]
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This Is the Place … for Off-Roading!
Supreme Court Restricts Enviro Groups’ Ability to Sue Government In a unanimous decision handed down yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an effort by enviro groups to force the federal Bureau of Land Management to more aggressively protect 2 million acres of “wilderness study areas” in Utah from damage by off-road vehicles. The decision, written […]
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Do You Have a Reservation?
Researchers Say Marine Reserves Cheaper Than Fishery Subsidies A vast, worldwide network of protected marine reserves would cost less than governments are currently spending to subsidize commercial fisheries, reports a group of researchers from the World Wildlife Fund in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Marine reserves encompassing 30 percent of the world’s […]
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Flood, Sweat, and Tears
Flood Threat to Double Worldwide The number of people threatened by floods is set to double from 1 billion to 2 billion within a few generations if substantial preventative measures are not taken, according to a new report by researchers at Tokyo-based United Nations University. The report — released to coincide with the opening of […]
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Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers questions
With what organizations are you affiliated? I work with Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, TrueMajority.org, and TrueMajorityACTION.org. What do your organizations do? BLSP is a group of more than 500 business leaders in the U.S. who are committed to focusing on the most pressing issues we face (education, health care, environmental responsibility) by diverting a […]
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When Elves Attack
Radical Enviros Target Suburbs Radical enviros are turning their attention from forests and wilderness areas to the nation’s sprawling suburbs, prompting growing concern among law-enforcement agencies and the developers and homeowners whose money is invested in said sprawl. The Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for more than a dozen acts of sabotage and vandalism […]
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Damage Control
Canadian High Court Clears Way for Damage Suits Against Polluters In a significant — and, to enviros, heartening — decision handed down Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that governments may sue polluters and negligent companies for damage done to public lands and natural resources that have no commercial value. The case involved an […]
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Buy-O Tech
Biotech Industry Funnels Cash to Universities and Politicians The biotechnology industry is steering millions of dollars into both U.S. agricultural universities and political campaigns — and it’s getting plenty of return on its investment. At the University of California at Davis, for example, biotech companies contribute money for new buildings, laboratory studies, salaries for post-doctoral […]
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Jonna Higgins-Freese reviews Reinventing Eden by Carolyn Merchant
In Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture, Carolyn Merchant, an environmental historian at the University of California at Berkeley, analyzes how one religious theme -- the Christian interpretation of the Genesis story -- has shaped worldviews through history, both mainstream Western views and environmental thinking. The book makes fascinating reading, and her insights might help environmentalists frame more effective messages for the public at large.
