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Me and Vanity Fair
As noted by James Wolcott here (a small thrill for a longtime Wolcott fanboy), I have a guest residency this month on the Vanity Fair green blog, which is running throughout April in conjunction with their green issue. As you’ll see at the link, I have a few things up already. Drop by!
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A roundup of news snippets
• An independent expert recommends an up to $16 billion fine for Chevron’s role in polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. • “Eco-fur” doesn’t fly. • More funding is needed to fix the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. • A Paris airport will tap geothermal energy. • The sun still isn’t causing global warming.
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Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia
Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special “Toad Day Out” for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls “the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man.” The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention […]
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Chinese environmental activist jailed
Chinese activist Hu Jia, a high-profile campaigner for human rights, religious freedom, and environmental protection, has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system” and will be jailed for three-and-a-half years.
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A roundup of news snippets
• Barack Obama may ask Al Gore to be a top climate adviser. • Partisan bickering rages over energy-efficient lighting for the Capitol. • Australia puts its kangaroo-killing plans on hold. • Malaysia scraps a coal plant over environmental concerns. • European greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise.
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Oil execs questioned on high oil and gasoline prices
Executives from five huge oil companies were questioned by members of Congress Tuesday amid frustration over high oil and gasoline prices. Big-wigs from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell did their best to eschew blame for high prices while explaining that they still need billions of dollars in subsidies. They also said increasing […]
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Parochial post of the day
My brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew are spreading the local food gospel here in Seattle. Cutely!
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A roundup of news snippets
• New York’s congestion-pricing plan moves forward. • Washington’s governor signs into law the nation’s strictest toy-safety standards. • Delaware is given the authority to veto an LNG plant off the New Jersey shore. • Two U.S. utilities file applications to build nuclear reactors. • Proposed rules would make drilling in Colorado easier.
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Bush admin finalizes development-friendly wetlands rules
The Bush administration has finalized rules for wetlands development that encourage developers to restore or create new wetlands when old ones are destroyed, sometimes far from the original site. While it sounds innocent enough on its face, opponents of the controversial approach say that natural streams and wetlands are more complex than simply wet places, […]
