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Who knew river restoration could be so much fun?
As far as the North Fork of the Gunnison River in western Colorado is concerned, there’s good news and there’s bad news. On one hand, it drains one of the most beautiful valleys on the planet — its headwaters tumble from the Ragged and West Elk mountains into the broad, gentle North Fork Valley. The […]
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Erode, Erode, Erode Your House, Gently Out to Sea
At least a quarter of the houses within 500 feet of coastlines in the U.S. may be lost to erosion in the next 60 years, according to a study conducted for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The problem, which may hit the Atlantic Coast especially hard, could be made even worse if sea levels rise […]
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Same Old, Shame Old
Tiny particles of air pollution from power plants, vehicles, and other sources are causing notable rises in hospital visits and deaths among elderly Americans, according to a new study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard School of Public Health. The study, which examined data from the nation’s 90 largest metropolitan areas, found […]
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Talkin' Bout Power Generation
Vice President Al Gore began unveiling a plan yesterday to spend more than $125 billion over the next decade to put the U.S. on the path to clean energy and reduce its dependence on foreign oil. He proposed tax breaks and other incentives for businesses that clean up their polluting power plants and factories and […]
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Kiss My Jackass
Enviros and bird lovers are scrambling to rescue thousands of jackass penguins on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, after a tanker carrying 1,300 tons of fuel oil sank nearby on Friday, causing a serious oil spill. About 2,000 oil-covered penguins have already been removed from the island and brought to […]
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Rosy Parks
With political support and funding levels up, urban parks in the U.S. are in the midst of their biggest boom in the last 50 years. From Houston to San Francisco to Chicago, neighborhood park activists have become increasingly successful at getting city hall to focus on their concerns. Another big shift has been the amount […]
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Thy Staff, They Comfort Me
A harsh internal report leaked to the press yesterday accuses the World Bank of violating its own environmental and human rights policies by agreeing to fund a controversial resettlement project in western China. The $40 million project, which the bank tentatively approved last year, seeks to move about 58,000 poor farmers to areas traditionally inhabited […]
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Drills and Chills
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the federal government must pay Mobil Corp. and Marathon Oil Corp. $156 million to compensate the companies for money they lost after Congress limited oil drilling in North Carolina’s Outer Banks area. In 1981, the oil companies paid $156 million to the government for the right to explore […]
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Monday, 12 Jun 2000 — Day 127
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Monday, 26 Jun 2000 TURTON, S.D. The rain is falling […]
