April 2012
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Get a Job, Hippie: Seasonal Trails Technician -... →
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The Mountains to Sound Greenway is a scenic, historic and recreation corridor stretching along Interstate 90 from the Seattle waterfront, through the forests and rugged peaks of the Cascades, and into Central Washington. It’s a scenic gateway to Washington’s largest cities and a…
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Report: USDA also knew about bee-killing pesticide →
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(NaturalNews) Neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides that attack insects’ central nervous systems, are increasingly being linked to killing off bees, bats and other pollinators that are essential for growing food. And a two-year-old report just now being released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) adds to the growing body of evidence that these toxic insecticides are a...
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Climate change affecting owl color in Finland →
climateadaptation:
I’m on an owl kick today…
Climate change is affecting the color of owls in Finland.
Researchers who looked at Finnish tawny owls over the last 28 years found that the brown variant is winning over the gray one in the wild.
Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland say that bird populations appear to be able to...
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SIGN AND REBLOG: EPA: Don't Sacrifice Navajo Water... →
The Colorado Plateau of New Mexico still bears the unhealed sores of the Uranium Boom of the last century – radioactive waste piles, contaminated water and hundreds of mines on Navajo land abandoned by companies looking to make a quick profit. Despite the massive contamination, companies want to start a new era of mining in this region. I know this because I am Diné (Navajo) and live in Church...
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Governments failing to avert catastrophic climate... →
Governments are falling badly behind on low-carbon energy, putting carbon reduction targets out of reach and pushing the world to the brink of catastrophic climate change, the world’s leading independent energy authority will warn on Wednesday. The stark judgment is being given at a key meeting of energy ministers from the world’s biggest economies and emitters taking place in London on...
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ALEC’s Vision of Pre-Empting EPA Coal Ash... →
tartantambourine:
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on April 18 to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 (HR 4348) that would effectively pre-empt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating coal ash, the waste from coal burning plants, as a hazardous waste. About 140 million tons of coal ash are produced by power plants in the United States each...
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Roundup Herbicide Linked To Parkinson's-Related... →
Alarming new research published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology supports the emerging connection between glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian disorders.
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Fight Dow, Monsanto and their toxic chemicals.... →
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Dow Chemical is preparing a new GMO crop which will lead to widespread use of the toxic chemical, 2,4-D — one half of Agent Orange — on our crops. 2,4-D has been linked to higher rates of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, birth defects, fertility problems and Parkinson’s.
I signed on to tell the USDA not to approve Dow’s new GMO corn and to keep 2,4-D out of our food supply. You can join me at:
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Nanosponges soak up oil again and again →
socialuprooting:
from ZeitNews RSS
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Mining firm Glencore accused of child mine labor... →
socialuprooting:
from Deep Green Resistance News Service
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“Trees are nature’s water filters, capable of cleaning up the most toxic wastes,...”
– Why Trees Matter - NYTimes.com (via dendroica)
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“The packaging for a microwavable “microwave” dinner is programmed for a shelf...”
– David Wann (via blua)
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Meet Harold Simmons →
By all accounts, Simmons is one of the most generous, if not the most generous, Republican billionaire in 2012. But even more interesting is why, exactly, he’s investing so heavily in the elections, and what he hopes to receive in return.
Mariah Blake has an interesting report this week on the 80-year-old Simmons’ nuclear waste dump in Texas, which may be a key motivation behind his...
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Advocating Progress: Fact Sheet: 6 Things You... →
radical-islamist-globalwarmist:
Clean energy should play a central role in revitalizing our economy, putting Americans back to work, and keeping America on the cutting edge of innovation and growth. Recently a slew of misguided attacks on the merits of clean energy have exchanged petty…
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Warming climate reveals links to infectious... →
climateadaptation:
“An analysis of pathogens in Europe that pose a serious threat to humans or animals, such as anthrax and cholera, found that climate change could influence 60 percent of these diseases. That’s “a remarkably high number,” said Matthew Baylis, an epidemiologist at the University of Liverpool in the UK, who presented his work this week at a symposium on infectious diseases and...
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“Stopping new coal plants may be “the most significant achievement of American...”
– How a Grassroots Rebellion Won the Nation’s Biggest Climate Victory
The most interesting takeaway, to me, from this article: “[T]he movement’s center of gravity [is] in the South and Midwest” instead of the East Coast or West Coast.
(via ryking)
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URGENT: PLEASE HELP - BAN THE POISON THAT... →
leftish:
Here’s the buzz: American honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate and the government knows why.
Scientists say a pesticide called clothianidin, made by chemical giant Bayer, is strongly linked to the rapid decline in bee populations.When exposed to the chemical, bees get lost: they are literally unable to find their way home back to the hive and drop dead from exhaustion.
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Some Red States Are Already Running Out Of Water →
leftish:
April 3, 2012
via AlterNet
Today is World Water Day and a U.S. report by the office of the Director of National Intelligence marks the day by predicting wars over water. With the world expected to add another two billion people by 2030, the report says that global water demand is likely to outstrip current sustainable supplies by 40 percent by then. Climate change will, of course,...
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FedEx CEO Hits the Nail on the Head....."The human... →
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anticapitalist:
(via reddit)
I’m not sure why this is so hard for Republicans to understand.
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“The group brought back a new fungus with a voracious appetite for polyurethane,...”
– Plastic-eating fungi found in Amazon may solve landfill problems (via grofjardanhazy)
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