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Mellifluous news
Have you listened to Grist’s podcast lately? You should.
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Bush admin to make mountaintop-removal mining easier, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: No Peaking Lower the Pollution and Back Away Slowly We Put the Unclear in Nuclear Refine! Be That Way! All Pact and Ready to Go The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Looking for a Miracle […]
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Green Goes the Lower Ninth
The Nation reports on sustainable revitalization of a New Orleans neighborhood Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still, slowly, rebuilding. But the people of the ravaged Lower Ninth Ward are determined to bring their neighborhood back — and to develop it sustainably. In a piece from The Nation republished in Gristmill, Rebecca Solnit […]
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And Now for Something Completely Familiar
China’s environment still terribly polluted, getting worse Almost nowhere else on earth today is a source for so much environmental gloom and doom as China. To sum up: It’s bad. In fact, for those prone to hopelessness … read on, there’s plenty to get depressed about. Nearly 500 million people in China lack access to […]
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Umbra on attracting wildlife
Hi Umbra, I agree with your analysis of bird feeders, and would like to share a win-win solution. I have a huge variety of birds that visit my yard year-round. Instead of bird feeders, I have planted an abundance of native plants, including trees, bushes, and groundcover plants that provide berries, seeds, nesting material, and […]
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In Greece, 170 fires burning, 37 dead, and government shaken
Over 170 fires are now burning in Greece. Mostly they are wildfires in the hills, but yesterday a fire broke out in Athens itself that required ten engines to quell. Thirty-seven have been killed, including several firefighters.
The prime minister has called the disaster "an unspeakable tragedy."
Temps reached 42 degrees Celsius, or about 108 degrees Fahrenheit, in Athens, according to the Associated Press.
The fires have been burning for weeks, and the conservative government has been bitterly criticized for its weak effort against them, reports the BBC. The death toll jumped from 28 to 37 overnight.
(photo: foivosloxias, licensed under Creative Commons)Firefighters, too, have died, including the two in this plane, which slammed into a mountain after dropping a load of retardants on a wildfire in Evia.
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New species naming rights on the auction block
Do I hear a bid for naming the walking shark — the walking shark? Or the flasher wrasse, or the lionfish? Do I hear a bid? I’m looking for a bidder, a bidder who wants to name these fish. These new species have never been named — do I hear a new name, a new […]
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Friday music blogging: Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley is at the center of the Hip Indie universe, which predisposes some people to dislike them and others to love them uncritically. (Happily, your music blogger falls in neither camp.) Singer Jenny Lewis (like fellow RK fronter Blake Sennett, a former child TV star) is not only a fashion icon, not only cute […]
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Scientists uncover underwater community on Atlantic seamount
Scientists encountered what may be a new species of seed shrimp, a translucent crustacean that swims at a depth of 50 to 200 meters. On a seamount in the Northern Atlantic, remote-operated vehicles shed light on what one researcher referred to as an underwater "continent."
Clutching to the rocky cliffs was a menagerie of corals and sponges, as well as brittle stars and starfish, sea cucumbers, and worms. Some of the creatures are quite rare, not found anywhere else in the world -- all the more reason to be mindful of the brilliant life thriving below the surface.
