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• White House influenced EPA to deny California waiver. • Huge renewable-energy co. will invest $8 billion in U.S. wind power. • Iceland resumes whaling. • Newest hurricane study: they’ll be less frequent, more intense in a warming world. • Tokyoites least eco-minded of big-city dwellers. • Kansas gov. vetoes coal bill yet again.

One in eight bird species may go extinct

One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN’s Red List of threatened species, 190 birds are designated “critically endangered”; eight of those were added this year. Sixteen other bird species were also moved to a higher level […]

Owls are wimps

“Old growth had nothing to do with it. [The spotted owl]’s not dying because of the loggers, but because it’s a wimp!” — Bill Pickell, retired manager for the Washington Contract Loggers Association

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• Bush admin bars drilling near Alaska’s Lake Teshekpuk in exchange for OK to drill elsewhere. • Australian kangaroos may be culled after all. • Obesity contributes to global warming. • Climate change will lead to barbarization. • Illinois requires green cleaners in schools.

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• Friday is Bike to Work Day! • T. Boone Pickens buys 667 wind turbines. • Starbucks sets green goals. • China earthquake may cut carbon-offset supply. • Global biodiversity is plummeting.

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• Sea lions died of overheating, not gunshots. • Accountants see a bubble in renewable energy. • Juneau is a role model for reducing electricity use. • Starbucks struggles to go green. • Detroit builds condos out of shipping containers.

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• Nestle scales back giant water-bottling plant. • Senate rejects amendment that would have opened Arctic Refuge to drilling. • U.S. should have National Climate Service, says NOAA chief. • Big Ag wants patents for climate-ready crops. • World CO2 levels highest in 650,000 years. • Aerial anti-moth spraying blocked in Monterey County. • UNEP […]

Captive pandas survive China earthquake

With 12,000 people dead from the earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday — and the death toll expected to climb significantly — the survival of 144 endangered pandas is small comfort. But survive they did: all of the pandas living in three research centers in the earthquake zone have been reported safe. Three-quarters […]

Prez candidates spar over green issues, U.S. uranium-mining bonanza in full swing, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: A Friend Indeed The Hair Up There It’s Like a Glow-in-the-Dark Gold Rush If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Tropics Bad News, Bees Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Smart(ish) Cities Flex and Effects Do Me a […]

Particulate pollution linked to blood clots in legs, study says

Exposure to small particulate pollution can increase the risk of blood clots forming in the legs, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “It is well-established that air pollution causes myocardial infarction [heart attack] and stroke,” said Andrea Baccarelli, who led the study. “This is the first time that anyone […]