Archive for ‘environment’
Coal’s time is up in U.S., environmentalist warns
February 14th, 2008
The United States should leave its estimated 200 years’ supply of coal in the ground and invest in wind farms and solar technology for its power-generating needs, a leading environmental analyst said Thursday.
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UN seek new leaders on global warming
February 12th, 2008
Virgin CEO Richard Branson offered Monday to set up an “environmental war room” to lead the world’s efforts to find a fix for global warming.
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Ecuador official: protect Indians from oil drilling
February 10th, 2008
Ecuador’s attorney general Saturday urged the government to negotiate with oil firms to stop drilling for crude in a protected area deep in the Amazon jungle where Indian tribes hide from the outside world.
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Shopping For Homes? Look For These Green Features
February 10th, 2008
The Twin Cities Builder’s Association has agreed on some new “green-conscious” standards called Greenstar
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The Ooze Invades New York
February 7th, 2008
Americas largest oil spill seeps up from the New York sewer system and we talk about easy ways to save water.
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Climate change becomes a U.S. Republican issue too
February 6th, 2008
The U.S. fight against climate change isn’t just for Democrats any more. Democrats used to own the environmental issue, grabbing votes from party loyalists and independent voters when they stressed their plans to curb global warming.
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Nature giving way to virtual reality
February 5th, 2008
As people spend more time communing with their televisions and computers, the impact is not just on their health, researchers say. Less time spent outdoors means less contact with nature and, eventually, less interest in conservation and parks.
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Green eggs, hold the ham
January 31st, 2008
The hen’s owners have said it will stay clear of the stew pot and live a nice long life.
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Environmental Captial
January 30th, 2008
WSJ’s Jeffrey Ball and Keith Johnson discuss their new blog, Environmental Capital, which takes a look at the business of the environment.
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New Hearings Into SF Zoo Tiger Attack
January 28th, 2008
The San Francisco Government Audit and Oversight Committee will meet Monday, in both a private and public session, to discuss the tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day.
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Toyota beats GM in global production
January 28th, 2008
Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it’s beaten its U.S. rival in another measure — global vehicle production. In the latest neck-and-neck numbers race between the world’s top two automakers, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had made a record 9,497,754 vehicles worldwide in 2007, up 5.3 percent from the …
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Fukuda to leave for Davos for speech on climate change, economy
January 24th, 2008
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will leave Tokyo for Switzerland on Friday to attend an international forum and unveil Japan’s new climate change initiatives as well as seek closer coordination with other economies on addressing financial market turbulence from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.
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Researchers looking at coral threats
January 24th, 2008
Even coral reefs thought to be pristine are facing challenges, researchers said Thursday launching the International Year of the Reef. The year of the reef is a “campaign to highlight the importance of coral reef ecosystems and to motivate people to protect them,” Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said at a briefing.
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Green Candidate?
January 24th, 2008
Obama gets voted Smogmaker of ’07 by DeSmogBlog, hot bodies warm building, and three wheeled autos. ZapRoot, helping you go green.
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