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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Washington Post (US):
Senate Passes Bill That Would Protect Great Lakes
Efforts to protect the Great Lakes from those who may covet their vast quantities of water for an increasingly thirsty world took a major step forward Friday as the Senate passed legislation endorsing the Great Lakes Basin Compact.
The broad multi-state agreement would ban most diversion of Great Lakes water to any place outside the basin and would mandate conservation efforts inside it. Despite what some criticized as significant loopholes in the measure, House leaders said the bill would be a priority after the five-week congressional recess, and President Bush has said he would sign it. ...
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Sorry, Las Vegas. Too bad, Phoenix.
That pipeline?
A pipe dream.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Cell Press, via EurekAlert:
More acidic ocean could spell trouble for marine life's earliest stages
Increasingly acidic conditions in the ocean—brought on as a direct result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere—could spell trouble for the earliest stages of marine life, according to a new report.... " If other marine species respond similarly -- and there's no evidence yet that they don't -- then we're in trouble," said Jon Havenhand of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. "The analogies are quite simple: we observed a 25 percent reduction in fertilization success at reduced pH, which is equivalent to a 25 percent reduction in the spawning stock of the species. Apply equivalent changes to other commercially or ecologically important species, such as lobsters, crabs, abalone, clams, mussels, or even fish, and the consequences would be far-reaching. It could be enough to 'tip' an ecosystem from one state to another." ...
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That is, if we haven't fished the ocean to emptiness first.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Boston University, via EurekAlert:
The emerging scientific discipline of aeroecology
Organisms that use the aerosphere, specifically arthropods, birds and bats, are also influenced by an increasing number of anthropogenic or man-made conditions and structures, notably lighted towns and cities, air pollution, skyscrapers, aircraft, radio and television towers, plus a recent proliferation of communication towers and wind turbines that dot the Earth's landscape.
In addition, human-altered landscapes increasing are characterized by deforestation, intensive agriculture, urbanization, and assorted industrial activities that are rapidly and irreversibly transforming the quantity and quality of available terrestrial and aquatic habitats which airborne organisms rely upon. These conditions are known to influence navigational cues, sources of food, water, nesting and roosting habitats--factors that can, in turn, alter the structure and function of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and the assemblages of organisms. ...
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Generally, we humans seem to need an "ology" before we can get our minds around something like this.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Scientific American:
Camels Plagued by Parasites
Nearly 84 percent of male camels in eastern Iran may be infected with helminths (parasitic worms) that can cripple reproduction and afflict other organs, the scientists report in the journal Parasitology Research.... "The high prevalence rate of this infection surprised me," says Ahmad Oryan, professor of veterinary pathology at Shiraz University in Iran, who led the research. "Due to the effects of this nematode [a type of roundworm] on breeding of the male camels, this infection, if not treated or controlled, could have adverse outcomes and will affect the calving rate of this animal."
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Camel futures, on the
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from San Jose Mercury News (California):
Porpoise deaths raising questions
"It's the tip of the iceberg," said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. "These are open ocean animals. For every one we find dead there are probably many others that are out there."... Harbor porpoises are not commonly tracked by the state and so little is known about where they feed or mate. Over time, state records show the mammals have a tendency to die during the summertime calving season, but researchers don't know why. "It could be that the acid bio-accumulated in the fetus," Schramm said. "If it's something that the mother ingested and passed through the placental barrier, it could be something that she passed on to her fetus." ...
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If only we could translate Porpoise:
"Ack-ack-Brrreee-ack-ee-ack":
"Something's wrong with us."
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from American Sociological Association, via EurekAlert:
Toxic drugs, toxic system: Sociologist predicts drug disasters
Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed, according to research to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
"Drug disasters are literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in the United States," said Donald Light.... "Recent changes in the system have only increased the proportion of new drugs with serious risks." ...
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That might be the
Future Disaster Agency.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Durango Herald (Colorado):
State regulators knew nothing about the gas-field chemical spill
... that ended with a Durango nurse's illness because it happened on tribal land...
Behr removed Marshall's boots, which she said were damp. She and other nurses noticed a strong chemical smell when Marshall walked into the hospital.
"If (he) didn't have any chemical on (him), what the heck were we smelling?" Behr said.
Behr fell ill a few days later, and within a week she was fighting for her life in the intensive care unit....
Delayed symptoms are common after phosphate exposures, said Theo Colburn, president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a Paonia nonprofit agency that has been critical of the chemicals used in gas drilling.
Phosphate "has the ability to shut down the body's ability to produce steroids," Colburn said. This can lead to immune-system failure.
Behr began to recover after her doctor treated her with steroids. ...
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What happens on the Rez,
stays on the Rez.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Times Online (UK):
Host of new pylons to carry wind farm power
A report due this autumn will warn that if Britain is serious about a low-carbon economy then it must string potentially thousands of miles of new high-voltage power cables across the country. The infrastructure is vital, experts say, because most renewable energy will be generated in remote areas such as northern Scotland or the North Sea – whereas most consumers live in southern Britain.... "We are moving from a system dominated by a small number of large power stations to something far more diverse. Our network needs to adapt rapidly to those changes." ...
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The British energy infrastructure guys are getting it, at least.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Guardian (UK):
China 'leads the world' in renewable energy
China is the world's leading producer of energy from renewable sources and is on the way to overtaking developed countries in creating clean technologies, according to a report by the Climate Group.... The country already leads the world in terms of installed renewable capacity at 152 gigawatts. In the next year, China will also become the world's leading exporter of wind turbines and it is also highly competitive in solar water heaters, energy efficient home appliances, and rechargeable batteries. ...
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There, but for the grace of the Supreme Court, go we.
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Sun, Aug 3, 2008
from Enews 2.0:
Settlement Will Reduce Cancer-Causing Chemical In Potato Chips
Attorney General Jerry Brown filed lawsuits in 2005 against H.J. Heinz, Frito-Lay, Lance Inc and Kettle Foods, together with Procter and Gamble PG.N and four fast-food chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Wendy's for selling food containing high levels of acrylamide, a chemical compound that is produced when foods, particularly potatoes, are cooked at high temperatures.
According to Brown's statement, the corporations have reached an agreement to decrease the levels of the chemical that causes cancer and is found in their product. ...
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This resulted from a settlement?
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Sat, Aug 2, 2008
from University of Washington via ScienceDaily:
Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals' plight. ...
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If only Brangelina would sing a song or make a movie about this.
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Sat, Aug 2, 2008
from The Economist:
Meet the new neighbours
"...Mosquitoes, and the West Nile virus that some of them carry, are thriving in California's plunging property market... Fully 63,000 homes were foreclosed in California between April and June... Empty houses mean untended pools. Untended pools quickly breed mosquitoes." ...
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We call those mosquitoes... subprime spawn.
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Sat, Aug 2, 2008
from The Daily Green:
Evidence That Pesticides Are Seriously Messing Up Our Honey Bees
"...They've found some incredible numbers taken from samples taken last year - one bee, a single, solitary bee, had 25 different insecticides hidden within her tiny body. And she wasn't even dead. The cleanest bee they found had only five insecticides. Only."
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So, are we, like, gonna ignore that little cell phone she's using all the time to call her, like, honeybee-friends?
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Sat, Aug 2, 2008
from Business Week:
Building a Greener America
"Forget the common icons of global warming. Fuming tailpipes and industrial smokestacks, it turns out, are less culpable for climate change than a set of offenders hidden in plain sight: buildings. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, buildings are responsible for almost half of all annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., consuming more than three-quarters of all the electricity produced by American power plants." ...
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Of course if your building is a Hummer parked in a smokestack, you're really a greenhouse gas emitter!
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Fri, Aug 1, 2008
from San Francisco Chronicle:
Ducklings die as a river's flow dries up
"What had been for the last six months a vibrant stream teeming with migrating waterfowl and shorebirds recently became a dry channel where vultures gorged themselves on ducklings that died when the flows dried up.
The discovery prompted calls for an investigation into the deaths of at least 20 cinnamon teal ducklings, 10 mallard ducklings and 20 adult mallards that had sought refuge in a shrinking pool of water in a concrete basin in the city of Industry, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
It also raised questions about the place of nature in an urban water system in which virtually every drop is adjudicated and claimed by someone." ...
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Apparently, the vultures aren't entirely unhappy with the current situation.
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Fri, Aug 1, 2008
from Raleigh WRAL News:
Hurricanes feed environmental fears about hog lagoons
"The destruction wrought on hog lagoons by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 prompted North Carolina's governor to vow to eliminate them.
However, ten years later, more than 3,800 hog lagoons still operate and are, increasingly, the target of environmental activists.
Flooding killed hundreds of swine and caused hog lagoons to overflow, contaminating nearby water supplies." ...
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"Environmental activists?" You mean those people who care if they're ingesting hogshit?
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Fri, Aug 1, 2008
from Ottowa Sun:
Climate change puts seniors' health at risk
"Canada's elderly population -- expected to double in the next 25 years -- will be especially hard-hit by the dire effects of climate change, warns a sprawling study by Health Canada.
The much-anticipated document, released late yesterday, says Canada will face climate change hazards ranging from more natural disasters to increases in infectious disease to spikes in respiratory illness." ...
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Eh?... What's that you say?
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Fri, Aug 1, 2008
from Truthout:
Major Discovery From MIT Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution
"In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine." ...
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So... they have figured out where to store energy where the sun don't shine?
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Fri, Aug 1, 2008
from Environmental Health Perspectives:
The Global Sweep Of Pollution: Satellite Snapshots Capture Long-Distance Movement
"Towering smokestacks were a popular mid-twentieth-century "remedy" for industrial emissions. Pump the stuff high enough into the air, went the thinking, and the problem would go away. But evidence collected since then has strongly suggested that tall smokestacks are not sufficient to mitigate the effects of pollution -- those pollutants eventually came down somewhere, dozens or thousands of miles away." ...
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You mean... what goes up must come down?
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
from The Seattle Times:
Group to sue over protection for polar bears
"A conservative legal-advocacy group said Wednesday it plans to sue the federal government over its recent decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species. The group, the Pacific Legal Foundation, contends the listing paves the way for lawsuits against any industry responsible for large-scale carbon emissions that could be connected to the steady warming of the bear's Arctic habitat." ...
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And what, pray tell, is wrong with holding industry responsible for large-scale carbon emissions? Sheesh!
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
from New York Times via Reuters:
Prenatal Cell Phone Exposure Tied to Behavior
"Children whose mothers used cell phones frequently during pregnancy and who are themselves cell phone users are more likely to have behavior problems, new research shows... After the researchers adjusted for factors that could influence the results, such as a mother's psychiatric problems and socioeconomic factors, children with both prenatal and postnatal cell phone exposure were 80 percent more likely to have abnormal or borderline scores on tests evaluating emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, or problems with peers." ...
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How a cell phone can get into the uterus is beyond me. Perhaps it's contained within the placenta?
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
from New Scientist:
Five ways to trigger a natural disaster
"Few people still doubt that human emissions are causing long-term climate change, which is predicted to increase storm surges, drought and possibly hurricanes. So there's little doubt that humans influence natural disasters over the long term. But can we also trigger sudden "natural" catastrophes?
The answer is yes. From mud volcanoes to disappearing lakes, human actions can have all sorts of unforeseen environmental consequences." ...
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Not to mention trigging the natural disaster of stating the obvious!
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
from Environmental Science and Technology:
Government pesticide and fertilizer data dropped
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eliminated the only federal program that tracks the use of pesticides and fertilizers on American farms. The move has left scientists, industry groups, and public advocates surprised and confused about how to carry on their work without this free information. The canceled program was the only one to make freely available to the public nationwide data on the amount of pesticides and fertilizers applied to U.S. farms." ...
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What we don't know can't hurt us!
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
from London Times:
Earthworm's plight is early warning of threat to man
"...Research carried out by scientists at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Edinburgh, shows that even low levels of chemical pollutants in the soil caused fundamental changes in the lifecycle of earthworms, affecting their ability to reproduce. These findings raise fundamental questions about the effect of pollution in the soil and also raise concerns about the effect of human exposure to widely used chemicals." ...
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We can only surmise that the fish and the early birds aren't going to be too happy about this news!
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Wed, Jul 30, 2008
from Chicago Tribune:
Underwater, a disturbing new world
"In just a few years, the gravel and white boulders that for centuries covered the bottom of Lake Michigan between Chicago and the Door County, Wis., peninsula have disappeared under a carpet of mussels and primitive plant life... In the last three years or so, scientists say, invasive species have upended the ecology of the lakes, shifting distribution of species and starving familiar fish of their usual food supply." ...
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Just so the Great Lakes are still great is what matters to me!
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Wed, Jul 30, 2008
from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
Melting permafrost poses threats to infrastructure, Alaska economy
"...By definition, permafrost is any ground that’s been frozen for at least two years. It can be dry soil or nearly all ice, and it can start an inch below the surface or many yards below. It can go down a few feet or a few thousand.
Now, as temperatures warm across Alaska, the temperature of the frozen ground is warming, too. In some places, it’s warmed to its own tipping point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, at which point it stops being permafrost and starts being water and soil." ...
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It stops being permafrost and starts being tempofrost!
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Times Online (UK):
Farmers ready to cash in on soaring land prices
Farmland prices have risen by 50 per cent over the past year to reach a record high, according to the latest market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Some farmers are taking the opportunity to sell up and retire, particularly those feeling the squeeze from the rising cost of fuel, fertilisers and energy. Cashing in is a serious option for those who are unable to operate at a profit. ...
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"... and the [wealthy] shall [purchase] the earth."
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Financial Times (UK):
Balancing traditional scientific freedom and openness
The challenge will be to engage a broad range of scientists in the fight against terrorism, without causing an unhealthy imbalance in the scientific enterprise. For instance, the billions of dollars spent by the US government on biodefence over the past few years may have distracted researchers from the fight against infectious diseases. The risk of a flu pandemic -- or the emergence of a lethal new disease -- is far greater than of a large-scale bioterrorist attack. While there is some scientific crossover between the expertise needed to fight natural and man-made epidemics, it is important to allocate research resources on a balanced view of the risks we face globally. ...
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Focusing on the fence, instead of the henhouse. Mr. Fox, are you there?
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Daily Times (Pakistan):
Markets run out of flour: 'Lists of flour distributors are faulty'
The lists of flourmills dealers provided to the district government by the Food Department is faulty, due to which the magistrates cannot monitor the supply of flour in the market, a district government official told Daily Times on Tuesday.... District Food Controller Arif Shah said that there were some "typographical errors" in the lists, which were being removed. He said that < there was no shortage of flour in markets, adding that stores running out of flour would be provided new stock immediately. "In case any flourmill has provided an incorrect list of dealers, there is a procedure to deal with it under the law," he added.
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Those irritating typos. If only there were a way to pervent them, then evreyone would be fed.
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from WLUC (MI):
Cute, cuddly and endangered
And it's because of low survival rates and poaching that Siberian tigers are nearly extinct in the wild.
"All tigers, no matter what subspecies it is, will be extinct by 2015," said Cramer.
"The Siberian tiger is the most endangered of any of the large carnivores in the world," DeYoung said. "They claim over in Russia, there's only 200 left on the Russia-China border." ...
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health via ScienceDaily:
Study Suggests 86 Percent Of Americans Could Be Overweight Or Obese By 2030
"Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Their results are published in the July 2008 online issue of Obesity." ...
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I hope I can get these research results supersized.
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Toronto Globe and Mail:
Huge chunk snaps off storied Arctic ice shelf
"A four-square-kilometre chunk has broken off Ward Hunt Ice Shelf - the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic - threatening the future of the giant frozen mass that northern explorers have used for years as the starting point for their treks.
Scientists say the break, the largest on record since 2005, is the latest indication that climate change is forcing the drastic reshaping of the Arctic coastline, where 9,000 square kilometres of ice have been whittled down to less than 1,000 over the past century, and are only showing signs of decreasing further." ...
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This is what happens when you play mumblety peg with a planet.
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from London Guardian:
Haiti: Mud cakes become staple diet as cost of food soars beyond a family's reach
"At first sight the business resembles a thriving pottery. In a dusty courtyard women mould clay and water into hundreds of little platters and lay them out to harden under the Caribbean sun.
The craftsmanship is rough and the finished products are uneven. But customers do not object. This is Cité Soleil, Haiti's most notorious slum, and these platters are not to hold food. They are food." ...
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Perhaps First World economies could provide some ketchup for the mud cakes.
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Guardian (UK):
US environmental agency silences employees on climate change
Amid intensifying scrutiny of its failure to act on climate change, the US environmental protection agency (EPA) has ordered employees not to talk to internal auditors, Congress or the media, according to a leaked email released yesterday by green campaigners.
The EPA has refused repeated requests from Congress to explain its December denial of California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions -- a move that overruled the agency's own career scientists.
Three Democratic senators have scheduled a press conference today to discuss the controversy. ...
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See no evil, hear no evil, and above all,
shut up about it.
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from PLOS, via ScienceDaily:
Is It Too Late To Save The Great Migrations?
Martin Wikelski describe the threats facing "one of nature's most visible and widespread phenomena," a behavior found in animals as diverse as whales and warblers, dragonflies and salamanders. Many of the most spectacular migrations have disappeared or experienced steep declines due to human behavior, the authors lament. ...
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We do have a way of affecting "widespread phenomena," don't we?
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Tue, Jul 29, 2008
from Telluride Daily Plane:
'The Worm' is spreading, and it's hungry
San Miguel and Ouray and Montrose counties are in the process of being invaded -- very slowly -- by Western Spruce Budworms that are sending waves of worry through the populace.
After initially being spotted in Lawson Hill by a concerned homeowner, the worm has reportedly been spotted from Telluride to Ophir to Norwood. It's been called "the most widely distributed and destructive defoliator of coniferous forests in Western North America." ...
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It's the little things that count.
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from Great Lakes Radio Consortium:
Online Hitchhiking
"If you're really trying to save on gas you might like to know that there's a new way to hitchhike... ZimRide allows people to find rides online." ...
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My thumbs are not opposed to this!
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from Kansas City Star:
Researchers investigate tundra's steady awakening
"TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska ... Ground here that for tens of thousands of years was frozen solid is terra firma no more.
Across the tundra and coast of the Arctic Ocean, land is caving in. Soils loosed by freshly thawed earth set off a new era of rot, and of bloom -- dumping a bonanza of nutrients into a top-of-the-world environment that swirls from months of midnight sun to deep-freeze dark." ...
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This no-more-terra-firma is makin' us terra-squirma!
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from Houston Chronicle:
Scientists find soot has an even darker side
"Soot is one of mankind's oldest pollutants.
Cavemen blackened their walls with it. During the Industrial Revolution, soot so thoroughly coated the English countryside that white moths died out and were largely replaced by black-bodied descendants to preserve their camouflaging abilities.
Despite its long history, however, soot remained one of the least understood components of our air.
But now, a raft of new studies is beginning to make clear how soot may play a critical role in everything from human health to global warming to whether it will rain tomorrow in Houston." ...
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Where's Mary Poppins when you need her?
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from Bergen County Record:
Neighbors fear they won't survive legal fight with Ford
"Two-and-a-half years after they filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Ford Motor Co., Upper Ringwood residents are steeling themselves for a long battle - one that some believe they won't survive. "I'll be dead before I get any money," said Mickey Van Dunk, 37. He's had 17 surgeries to treat a rare autoimmune disorder that's left his face heavily scarred." ...
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Where's Erin Brockovich when you need her?
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from NOAA, via ScienceDaily:
Northern Wildfire Smoke May Delay Arctic Warming
The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest fires may cool the surface for several weeks to months at a time, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how smoke influences the Arctic climate relative to the amount of snow and ice cover. ...
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How's that for a silver lining?
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Mon, Jul 28, 2008
from Boston Globe:
Wing damage: bats in peril
Researchers now think that a fuzzy white fungus found on thousands of dead and dying bats in New England and New York last winter might be the primary cause of the illness. Scientists have learned that the unidentified fungus seems to thrive in the cold temperatures found in caves and mines in winter -- when bats are hibernating and most vulnerable. As worrisome is that many bats continued to die this spring, dashing hopes that they would recuperate when they emerged from hibernation and resumed feeding. Hundreds of animals with scarred wings, both dead and alive, were discovered in Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire through June. ...
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On a wing and a prayer:
Their damaged wings, our prayers.
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