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• Europe backs further away from biofuels. • American Chemistry Council spends $180,625 in one month fighting Seattle plastic-bag ban. • Flight will use new technologies to save time and fuel. • MTV attacks greenwashers. • Brower Youth Awards given to young environmental leaders.
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Eco-vandal pleads guilty to 1999 arson at Michigan State University
Alleged Earth Liberation Front member Marie Mason pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated arson and conspiring to commit arson for her role in a New Year’s Eve 1999 fire that destroyed part of Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall. Mason and her co-defendant (who has already pleaded guilty) were accused of pouring gasoline on and around records […]
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Snippets from the news
• Sarah Palin sought millions in earmarks to study seal DNA. • Peak oil could help solve climate change, says study. • World Bank yanks corruption-tainted pipeline funding from Chad. • New book considers the ethical complexities of saving the environment. • Israeli contractors may have to plant a tree when they cut one down.
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Snippets from the news
• Deaths at oil and gas fields rise at an alarming rate. • Almanac prognosticators consider how to deal with climate change. • Santa Barbara city council says no to offshore drilling. • Berkeley tree-sitters descend. • Old-growth forests do their part to fight global warming. • Alberta oil spill kills hundreds of birds. • […]
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Nearly 40 percent of North American freshwater fish species in jeopardy
Over 700 freshwater fish species in North America, nearly 40 percent of the total, are considered vulnerable to extinction or worse, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The study, published in the journal Fisheries, is the most comprehensive assessment of North American freshwater fish species since 1989, but the results […]
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Snippets from the news
• $100 billion federal investment could create 2 million green jobs. • Nearly 40 percent of freshwater fish species in North America are imperiled. • Delaware leads race for offshore wind. • New York may limit natural-gas drilling. • Kentucky environmental-justice activist wins Heinz Award for the Environment.
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Small town values
If The Daily Show doesn’t win an Emmy for its coverage of the two conventions, there is no justice in this world. Here’s a small taste: I wish the same crew had traveled around asking delegates about drilling. One can only imagine the hilarity that would ensue.
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Could invasive species be a good thing?
Could invasive species’ bad reputation be undeserved? Bucking conventional wisdom, new research suggests that if exotic species aren’t predators of natives, competition by nonnative species can actually improve biodiversity. A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences notes that just three of New Zealand’s 2,065 native plants have gone extinct, despite […]
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Snippets from the news
• Building boom could lead to water crisis in Spain. • One of largest U.S. Hummer stores closes its doors. • Can pollution make you fat? • Could invasive species be a good thing? • Zinc mining could threaten world’s deepest lake.
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