In its report, the Environmental Protection Agency - gutless wonder that it is - "made no finding" as to the effect of global warming on health. Well, yeah, Cheney wouldn't let the CDC testify about THAT! And GWB thinks regs would cripple our economy.
An outbreak of a deadly fish virus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, has federal & state wildlife officials concerned about the possible spread down the Mississippi River. This is the first time this strain has been detected outside the Great Lakes basin.
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INEOS bio announced this week that they plan to produce commercial quantities of waste-derived ethanol within two years. Coskata plans to have a commercial demonstration facility by mid-2009.
The fact that EPA is still allowing the use of a chemical this harmful shows just how broken our regulatory system is. There's plenty of evidence and no need for more studies - we're demanding that EPA take action now
Wildfires, which have ravaged the Western United States to a record degree in recent years, are likely to become even more severe, frequent and widespread due to climate change, leading to an expected increase in respiratory illness from
A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned."It's definitely the worst we've seen in th
What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilise population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming?
About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of U.S. annual military expenditure...