June 2012
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Laboratory Equipment: Court Upholds EPA's Climate... →
laboratoryequipment:
A federal appeals court upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. The rules, which had been challenged by industry groups and several states, will reduce emissions of six heat-trapping gases from large industrial facilities such as factories and power…
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Extreme Weather Takes Over America →
In northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, three days of torrential downpour forced nearly 300 people from their homes, drowned more than a dozen zoo animals, and caused $80 million in infrastructure damage. Fifteen large, uncontained fires are blazing in 10 states; in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, deadly conflagrations have scorched more than 400,000 acres of land. On the other...
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Canada's New Budget 'Guts' Environmental... →
climateadaptation:
“The budget bill includes sweeping changes to environmental protection laws and paves the way for industrial development that opposition parties and conservationists warn risks the future of Canada’s land, water, fish stocks and climate.”
Via ENS
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Tell the EPA: We want stronger rules to fight... →
sarahlee310:
Tell the EPA: We need stronger rules to protect us from climate change. Submit a comment before the Monday deadline.
The new rule applies only to future coal plants, which were already unlikely to be built, due to the rising cost of coal, the low price of natural gas, and the tireless work of activists around the country fighting coal’s toxic pollution. The rule does nothing to...
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Members Who Supported Massive Giveaway To Big Oil... →
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wilwheaton:
This may be the most corrupt Congress in my lifetime.
Not sure about that, but they are the most anti-environmental one.
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“In 2011, Republicans voted 31 times to undermine Clean Water Act protections,...”
– U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, report, “The Anti-Environment Record of the U.S. House of Representatives 112th Congress.” (via climateadaptation)
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“In 2011, Republicans voted 37 times to block action to address climate change,...”
– U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, report, “The Anti-Environment Record of the U.S. House of Representatives 112th Congress.” (via climateadaptation)
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Most Americans Don’t Know What Fracking Is, Study...
tpmmedia:
Ever heard of hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. fracking – the controversial practice of extracing natural gas and oil from rock by pumping highly pressured water and other liquids under the Earth? If not, you’re in good company.
Read more…
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Breaking: Leaked, secret document shows Obama... →
climateadaptation:
Looks to be a blockbuster. The document shows Obama has been secretly negotiating with foreign governments to allow any international businesses that operate in the U.S. to operate outside American law, including environmental regulations. Instead of the corporations being beholden by American courts, an international tribunal will be set up as an alternative. Some democrats,...
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Top Five EarthFix Stories This Week
earthfix:
Tsunami Debris’ Environmental Threat: Invasive Species
Spring Brings New Life To Washington’s Recovering Elwha River
Japanese Dock Washes Ashore In Oregon
NW Tribes Working To Develop Better Hatchery Fish
Oregon’s New Energy Plan Pushes Renewables And Conservation
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BP accused of attack on academic freedoms after... →
occupyallstreets:
climateadaptation:
“A pair of scientists have accused BP of an attack on academic freedom after the oil company successfully subpoenaed thousands of confidential emails related to research on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
The accusation from oceanographers Richard Camilli and Christopher Reddy offered a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes legal manoeuvring by BP in the...
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Radiation Level In Indiana Rises To Catastrophic... →
thescienceofreality:
occupyallstreets:
According to radiationnetwork.com, the United States’ radiation monitoring network, South Bend, Indiana experienced extremely high levels of radiation Friday night — up to 100 times higher than safe levesl.
Last night, live records for a radiation monitoring station near the border of Indiana and Michigan showed radiation levels as high as 7,139 counts...
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Romney Energy Plan Includes Drilling ‘Virtually... →
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mohandasgandhi:
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is no stranger to attacks on the environment, as seen in his ads against clean energy jobs, his pledge to roll back fuel economy standards that protect public health and reduce carbon pollution, and the fact that he doesn’t know “the purpose of” public lands that belong to all Americans.
But this morning’s Washington...
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Environmental collapse now a serious threat:... →
orbitingasupernova:
sinidentidades:
PARIS — Climate change, population growth and environmental destruction could cause a collapse of the ecosystem just a few generations from now, scientists warned on Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The paper by 22 top researchers said a “tipping point” by which the biosphere goes into swift and irreversible change, with potentially cataclysmic impacts for...
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Watchclimateadaptation:
A rather sad climate change lecture from 1980 by Dr. Roger Revelle, one of the first climate scientists in the world. His talk is nearly exactly what you’ll hear today. The temperature swings, sea level rise, crop issues, glacial and arctic melt - all uncannily familiar. The NYTimes’s Andrew Revkin blogged about Revelle this past week, here.
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North Carolina tries to outlaw sea-level rise |... →
North Carolina is no stranger to the “if you dislike it then you should have made a law against it” model of legislation, but this is extreme: The state General Assembly’s Replacement House Bill 819 would rule that scientists are not allowed to accurately predict sea-level rise. By all legal calculations, the sea level will now rise eight inches by the end of the century. Sure, so far models...
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