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I Guess He’d Rather Not Be in Colorado
Colorado River Is Nation’s Most Endangered, Says Group The Colorado River is the country’s most endangered river, announced enviro group American Rivers today in its annual assessment of U.S. waterways. The threats come from three sources of pollution along the river’s route. An abandoned mine just outside Moab, Utah, features a 12-million-ton pile of uranium […]
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My Own Public Idaho
Improbable Coalition Proposes New Idaho Wilderness Area An unlikely coalition of ranchers, off-road vehicle enthusiasts, politicians, and environmental groups has, after years of discussion and negotiation, united to propose the first new federal wilderness area in Idaho in more than 20 years. The official wilderness designation would give 511,000 acres of land in and around […]
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Live at the Apollo
Renewable-Energy Push Would Create Heaps of Jobs, Study Says Federal policies favorable to renewable energy could yield up to 240,000 jobs by 2020 nationwide, whereas continued focus on new fossil-fuel development would yield only some 80,000 jobs, according to a new study by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley. The research was released […]
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Taxpayers could get stuck with tab for new diesel rules
When the Bush administration wants to gin up some environmental cred, it cites efforts underway to slash diesel emissions by requiring trucking companies to switch to cleaner engines. But the untold story is that it may be the taxpayers — not the polluters — who end up footing much of the bill. Big Mac attack. […]
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Back to the Salt Mines
Desalination Plants Cause Controversy on U.S. Coasts With water sources increasingly under pressure — running low, contaminated, or too costly to transport — some cities on the U.S. coasts are turning to desalination plants to provide their drinking water, eliciting protests from some enviros and consumer advocates. New filtering technology has made the once-prohibitive costs […]
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Bloody Mediocre
New Report Critiques U.K. Environmental Performance Efforts by the U.K. government to address environmental problems show promise, but it must try harder, says a new report entitled, um, “Shows Promise: But Must Try Harder” issued by the government’s Sustainable Development Commission. The commission was established by Prime Minister Tony Blair five years ago to assess […]
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What Are We Gonna Do, Walk?
Rising Gas Prices Don’t Keep Americans Out of Their Cars Enviros hoping that rising gas prices would change Americans’ driving behavior have been bitterly disappointed. Although gas prices have reached a national average of $1.80 per gallon, American drivers are buying more gas than ever, and big, gas-guzzling SUVs are flying off showroom floors like […]
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Caveat Pescor
In U.S., “Organic” Label on Fish Means Very Little The “organic” label on some salmon in supermarkets these days doesn’t mean much. The National Organics Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the official organic seal on produce and other foods, has not developed standards for fish. “We may someday address aquatic species. […]
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Nuclear Proliferasia
Nuclear Power on the Rise in Asia Nuclear power is booming in Asia, thanks to rapidly escalating energy needs and concerns over widespread air pollution from coal-fired plants. Eighteen of the 31 nuclear plants currently under construction in the world are being built on the continent. The boom is largely being driven by India and […]
