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Meteorology, Biology - “Can we save planet earth?”
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More glowing meat found near Beijing
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A man living in Tongzhou District in Beijing this week reports a story very similar to that of a Pudong woman in April: after purchasing a chunk of meat from a local vegetable market, he later discovered that it was glowing blue in the dark!
The man, surnamed Li, purchased the meat on December 4 from a vendor who insisted it came from the same meat wholesaler used by all...
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Bogotá : Building A Sustainable City
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Bogota: Building a Sustainable City ´ documentary by PBS e2 series. Narrated by Brad Pitt. During his tenure as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Penalosa was both revered and scorned for his urban planning and transportation policies. His public works projects, which largely favored the pedestrian experience, were unlike anything...
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Black Wave: The Legacy Of The Exxon →
Twenty years ago, in the early hours of March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez super-tanker runs aground in Alaska. Millions of gallons of crude oil wash ashore and the incident becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. For weeks dramatic images of dead seabirds and sea otters covered in oil shoot across the planet. For twenty years now Riki Ott and the fishermen of the...
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L.A. Times: Congress' 10 biggest enemies of the... →
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“Republicans launched an unprecedented frontal assault against environmental protections and regulations this year, prompting Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to call his chamber “the most anti-environment House in history.” Here are the 10 most powerful and outspoken opponents of clean air, clean water, conservation and climate...
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Addicted to Plastic →
Addicted to Plastic is a documentary focusing on the worldwide production and environmental effects of plastic. The host takes a 2-year trip around the world to give us a better understanding of the life cycle of plastic. It’s probably fair to say that we all believe buying goods (pencils, food, electronics, etc.) with less packaging is a good thing, and when we separate our trash and drop the...
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A Passion For Sustainability
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Fourteen business leaders from Portland, Oregon describe how the principles of The Natural Step Network help their businesses become sustainable.
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I’ve been severely criticized for saying worms are more important than people… I...
– Captain Paul Watson (via cultureofresistance)
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Shell spills 13,000 gallons while drilling near... →
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Shell International spilled 13,000 gallons of oil and drilling fluids into the Gulf on Sunday while drilling an exploratory well near the site of last year’s Deepwater Horizon accident, according to a federal report on the spill.
The area where the well was being drilled is about 20 miles from the site of the BP oil spill. Shell is working in water more than 7,000 feet...
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Changing Climate Will Make Massive Shifts in... →
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oldowan:
Climate change will alter the mix of vegetation on 49 percent of Earth’s land surface by the end of this century, scrambling and shifting existing ecosystems, according to a new study.
Researchers at NASA and the California Institute of Technology say the changing climate will also convert 37 percent of the world’s land ecosystems from one type — such as tundra,...
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Greens call out Keystone XL deal →
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Senate Democrats accepted a provision Friday forcing a decision in two months on the Keystone XL oil pipeline as part of the must-pass payroll tax cut package, leaving the White House on the brink of a meltdown with environmental groups.
“It’s bullshit,” said Sierra Club President Michael Brune. “This is no way to run a government. We’ve got Republicans in Congress who are...
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Shocking statistics and pictures of polar bears... →
The New York Times ran a story in October headlined, “Where did global warming go?” that cited polls suggesting that Americans had lost interest in climate change, or just didn’t believe in it. Climate activists have blamed the declines in some surveys on flawed questions. But polls by Gallup and PEW have shown similar recent declines. And one of the leading thinkers on the matter, Anthony...
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Chinese emissions are having a big impact in the U.S…
“It’s no longer just...
– Pollution from China alters weather in U.S. West (via ryking)
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Most Americans won’t notice these lost opportunities. They don’t get out much or...
– Rogue Columnist (via cultureofresistance)
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BP has a radio commercial emphasizing their focus...
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Right now the United States is spending $100 billion a year to invade and occupy...
– Derrick Jensen in Deep Green Resistance (via cultureofresistance)
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How the US Is Undermining Critical Climate Talks... →
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The only thing the U.S. brought to the table was a wrecking ball. This isn’t just a delay, it’s a death sentence.
The U.N. climate talks desperately need a crisis. For the last 10 days, negotiations here in Durban, South Africa, have made little progress on the fundamental challenge these talks were set up to confront: how the world can come together to avoid catastrophic...
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BP to appeal federal fines for Gulf oil leaks.... →
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“BP to appeal oil spill violation notices
BP said Wednesday it plans to appeal a series of regulatory violation notices issued by the Interior Department stemming from last year’s massive oil spill, arguing the issues identified by federal regulators “played no causal role in the accident.”
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
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China discovers major shale gas, plans to expand... →
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China is reporting discoveries of major shale gas reserves in its western Sichuan region, a development that could drastically boost its domestic supplies of natural gas and temper demand for imports.
State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. has found shale gas reserves in at least 20 locations, with each able to produce over 10,000 cubic meters of gas per day, a company...
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There is — there are questions about the validity of the science, evidenced by...
– Jon Huntsman • Betraying his earlier stance on climate change, which had won him some respect in environmentally-minded quarters. To be clear, this is in stark contradiction to the Jon Huntsman of months past. For instance, in August: “To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on...
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