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Salmon in Hot Water
Canada’s largest salmon fishery, on the Fraser River, could become the first tangible casualty of climate change, according to a new report prepared for the Canadian government by a group of scientists, academics, and bureaucrats. Temperatures in the Fraser River have been gradually rising for years, and if temperatures rise even a degree or two […]
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Gore's Warm-up Act
In his State of the Union address last night, Pres. Clinton called global warming “the greatest environmental challenge of the new century,” and said that “if we fail to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, deadly heat waves and droughts will become more frequent, coastal areas will be flooded, economies disrupted.” He stressed that cutting emissions […]
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Pump and Circumstance
Enviros in New England worry that the region’s ski resorts are disrupting ecosystems by pumping large amounts of water from rivers and ponds to make snow for their slopes. The region now has plenty of natural snow, thanks to recent storms, but earlier this season New England had a glaring lack of the white stuff […]
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The Missing Lynx
Many species are under threat across Europe, and governments are not taking the necessary steps to ensure their survival, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund. WWF lists 10 specific species that are in decline in most European Union countries, including the Iberian lynx, brown bear, monk seal, and loggerhead turtle. WWF […]
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She Sells Carbon Credits By the Seashore
British oil giant Royal Dutch Shell today is launching an internal market to reduce the company’s carbon emissions, an effort to combat climate change and promote energy efficiency. Under its new tradable emissions permit system, businesses within the Shell group must achieve an annual 2 percent carbon reduction, either by reducing their actual emissions or […]
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We're Chary of This Chair-y
Sen. Bob Smith (R), the new chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said yesterday that he plans to introduce a bill this year that would "clear the regulatory air" and give utilities new incentives to significantly reduce their emissions. Smith — who ascended to the committee’s top spot after the death of […]
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Waste Hot, Want Not
The German government angered enviros yesterday by announcing that in August it will resume the shipment of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, after a two-year ban established because of safety violations. Four of Germany’s 19 nuclear power plants are near their capacity to store spent fuel rods, and the plant owners say that […]
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Ranchers Try to Buffalo Bill
Several Arizona lawmakers and Utah ranchers sued the feds yesterday over the creation of the new Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northern Arizona. The plaintiffs are asking the court to find unconstitutional the 1906 Antiquities Act, which Pres. Clinton used to create the new monument earlier this month. Since 1906, all but three presidents have […]
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Ream the Competition
Businesses that seek out ways to reuse and recycle products and cut their emissions save money, in addition to helping save the environment, according to a new economic study conducted in the Pacific Northwest. Over the last seven years, 137 Northwest businesses polled saved a total of $42 million by reusing and recycling items. The […]
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Deride 'Em, Cowboys
Ranchers and enviros in nine Western states are teaming up to file suit today against the Defense Department to halt low-level military training flights that they say harm livestock, fish, and wildlife. The Air Force flies planes over more than 1 million square miles, most of it public land in the West, and some of […]
