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Warmer Air, More & Warmer Water, More Disease
Environment  (tags: global warming, waterborne diseases, climate change, rainfall, contamination )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Climatologists and epidemiologists fear that increased moisture in the air due to climate changes - dare we say global warming? - will bring more rain, and along with that, a resurgence in waterborne diseases.
Electric Cars Shine at Paris Auto Show But You Cannot Buy Them!
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climate, oil, oil companies, smart ED )

Hans
- 57 days ago - washingtonpost.com
As the race to offer the first commercially viable electric car charges up, automakers hoping to cash in on environmental concerns displayed a slew of models at the Paris Motor Show on Friday. But you cannot buy them??? BIG OIL?
Berlin Plans 'E-Mobility' Electric Car Network
Environment  (tags: )

Hans
- 57 days ago - smartplanet.com
The 'e-mobility Berlin' project will see Daimler and its Smart wing supply 100 electric city cars. The cars' lithium-ion batteries (from an undisclosed supplier) will be optimized for rapid charging and longer range.
Loss of World's Species Means Loss of Potential Breakthrough Medicines, Warn Researchers
Environment  (tags: )

Hans
- 54 days ago - naturalnews.com
Potential medical treatments for cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and other health problems may disappear forever if urgent action is not taken to conserve threatened wildlife, according to a new book.
Carbon Tax Seen as Best Way to Slow Global Warming
Environment  (tags: USA, carbon tax, global warming, climate tax, trade markets, caping taxes, world's energy system )

Kristmas
- 52 days ago - reuters.com
Climate taxes, not cap and trade markets alone, will lead to the vast technological changes the world's energy system needs to fight global warming, a top U.S. economist reports today.
One In Four Mammals May Vanish From the Earth
Environment  (tags: mammals, extinction, wildllife, species decline, environment, conservation, animals )

Ombretta
- 55 days ago - cnn.com
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, based in Switzerland, has just reported that the earth faces the total extinction of one in every four mammals, and that the population is rapidly declining in one out of every two species.
Report: Everglades in Decline as Restoration Lags
Environment  (tags: )

June
- 60 days ago - apnews.myway.com
A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns the vast wetland is in peril.
US Fish & Wildife Services Asks Judge to Vacate Order Delisting Gray Wolves as Endangered
Environment  (tags: gray wolves, wolf, endangered species, US Fish & Wildlife Service, conservation, wolf population, species protection )

Ombretta
- 67 days ago - nytimes.com
This is excellent news! In a reversal of its original request, officials at the US Fish & Wildlife Service want the delisting order vacated. This means the scheduled fall wolf hunt, already delayed, could be put off until further studies are completed.
Federal Judge to Bush: Snowmobiles in National Parks Not in Keeping With Park Protection
Environment  (tags: snowmobiles, national parks, Bush, Montana, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, conservation, noise pollution )

Ombretta
- 75 days ago - nytimes.com
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Federal District Court in Washington ruled against a BUSHCo proposal to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into two national parks. He said the plan favored use over the park's mission: conservation. Will the decision hold?
Soli-Open-Air Mogersdorf Gegen MVA Heiligenkreuz 2
Environment  (tags: )

Hans
- 77 days ago - de.youtube.com
Again another big thing in Austria! Just for people who can understand german! Bitte anschauen! Wahnsinn!
 
 
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