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From Sea to Declining Sea
Oceans are really messed up, L.A. Times reports in special series The Los Angeles Times is running a snazzy multimedia series on the distressing decline of the world’s oceans, with photos, video, and depressing statistics galore (for example, 97 percent of elkhorn and staghorn coral off Florida’s coast have disappeared since 1975). In part one […]
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Arnie on Blairoids
Blair and Schwarzenegger joining forces to fight climate change Perhaps finally sensing he’s been poodling to the wrong pseudo-manly Republican, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to wag his tail for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: The two leaders are planning to create a trans-Atlantic cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide allowances. The alliance will be […]
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Whole Watta Love
Small automakers roll out electric cars The climate is right for electric cars, and several automakers are rolling out new models. It’s “an untapped market that is phenomenal,” says the CEO of Zap, which introduced the three-wheel electric Xebra last month (yes, it comes zebra-striped). While low-speed, relatively low-price vehicles like Miles Automotive’s ZX40 and […]
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Take Care, TCE
Top scientists call on EPA to crack down on drinking-water pollutant The solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) — the most common industrial pollutant in U.S. drinking water — poses a high risk of kidney cancer and other diseases, the National Research Council reported yesterday. The council said the U.S. EPA should get moving on a new risk […]
