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Radioactive Wasps Bug Out Nuclear Cleanup Workers
Environment  (tags: animals, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, energy, conservation, government, green, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, politics, pollution, protection, research, science, suffering, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world )

Sue
- 200 days ago - news.yahoo.com
YAKIMA, Wash. - If workers cleaning up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site didn't have enough to worry about, now they've got to deal with radioactive wasp nests. Mud dauber wasps built the nests, which have been largely abandoned by their flighty
Top 100 Organic Living Blogs
Environment  (tags: Organic, Living, Shopping, Lifestyle, Green, Environment )

Jollygirl
- 321 days ago - radiographyschools.org
There are several bloggers out there who have made it their mission to spread knowledge about environmentally conscientious shopping and consumption. Check out this list of the top 100 organic lifestyle blogs.
50 Ways to Make Your Startup Eco-Friendly
Environment  (tags: Green, Business, Ecology, Environment, Start-up )

Jollygirl
- 405 days ago - greenwebhostingcoupons.com
Are you starting a new business? Are you planning to be "green"? As a start-up, you have a chance to begin green from the get-go. The following list of 50 ways to make your startup eco-friendly can help you on your way.
One In Four Mammals May Vanish From the Earth
Environment  (tags: mammals, extinction, wildllife, species decline, environment, conservation, animals )

RC
- 449 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.
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 )

RC
- 461 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.
EPA Allowing US Tech Trash to Pollute the Globe
Environment  (tags: EPA, toxic electronics, Government Accountability Office, House Foreign Affairs Committee, global pollution, envrionmental destruction, trash-dumping )

RC
- 466 days ago - washingtonpost.com
In a report commissioned by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Government Accountability Office accused the Environmental Protection Agency of of failing to stop the world-wide dumping of hazardous electronic & tech waste.
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 )

RC
- 469 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?
Environmental Protection Agency: No Mississippi Delta Project
Environment  (tags: Mississippi Delta, Yazoo Rover, water pump, endangered species, wetlands, US Army Corps of Engineers, habitat destruction )

RC
- 482 days ago - signonsandiego.com
The EPA vetoed a federal plan to build the world's largest water pumping system in the Mississippi Delta, citing harm to the habitats of of endangered species, the destruction of thousands of acres of wetlands & poor water quality. Environmental victory!
Big Oil Gets Greedy - Files Suits to De-List Polar Bears as Endangered
Environment  (tags: polar bears, big oil, wildlife, Alaska, endangered species, oil industry, greed, ecosystem )

RC
- 485 days ago - star-telegram.com
The American Petroleum Institute has banded together with the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Mining Association & the American Iron & Steel Institute in a lawsuit aimed at removing polar bears from the endangered species list.
Bush Attenpting to Gut The Endangered Species Act
Environment  (tags: endangered species, Bush, environment, environmental impact, development, logging, US wildlife )

RC
- 504 days ago - nytimes.com
BUSHco wants to hand over regulatory powers in the act to federal agencies to determine if development, logging or other activities would negatively impact endangered wildlife. No independent scientific reviews by qualified biologists would be required.
 
 
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