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Meet the Retreads: Obama's Used Green Team
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, endangered, ecosystems, destruction, conservation, government, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, politics, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Judy
- 39 minutes ago - counterpunch.org
Of all of Barack Obama's airy platitudes about change none were more vaporous than his platitudes about the environment and within that category Obama has had little at all to say about matters concerning public lands and endangered species.
DK GreenRoots- Interview With Oregon Wild's Regna Merritt
Environment  (tags: DK GreenRoots, Oregon Wild, Regna Merritt, environment, Old Growth Forests, deforestation, timber industry, Northwest Forest Plan, Roadless Area Conservation Rule, Western Oregon Plan Revisions, Ken Salazar, Harris Sherman, Homer Wilkes, Tom Tidwell )

Jesse
- 1 hour ago - dailykos.com
Founded in 1974, Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for all Oregonians.
Tanzanian Communities Reaping the Benefit of Sustainable Forestry
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, sustainable forestry, Tanzania, habitat, protection, nature, humans, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - wildlifeextra.com
A Tanzanian group, supported by The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP,) has helped two local communities to become fully-certified sustainable forest managers. "This is a first for Africa", said CLP project leader Steve Ball. "It ensures that
Italy G8 Summit Key to Global Efforts on Climate Change
Environment  (tags: G8, Italy, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, environment, globalwarming, humans, nature, pollution, world )

Jesse
- 2 hours ago - news.xinhuanet.com
With climate change high on the agenda, the Group of Eight (G8) leaders are set to meet in the quake-stricken Italian town of L'Aquila from Wednesday to Friday.
Global Temperatures 'Have Plunged .74°F Since Gore Released 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases, government, green, humans, nature, politics, research, science, weather, world )

Judy
- 2 hours ago - climatedepot.com
Gore has not yet addressed the simple fact that global temperatures have dropped since the release of his global warming film A record cool summer has descended upon many parts of the U.S. after predictions of the "year without a summer."
G8 Must Push Ahead on Climate Talks: Danish Minister
Environment  (tags: environment, climate, Copenhagen talks, G8 meeting, decisions, world )

Michelle
- 4 hours ago - spacedaily.com
Denmark's climate minister urged G8 leaders meeting this week in Italy to take firm steps toward a new climate treaty to be hammered out in Copenhagen in December.
Terry Tamminen: The World's One-Man Climate Fixer
Environment  (tags: politics, tamminen, california, world, china, waxman, coal )

Lyn
- 4 hours ago - solveclimate.com
Terry Tamminen advises presidents, governors and world leaders on climate action, and his unique understanding of global climate progress has armed him with an infectious supply of hope and perspectives you'd never hear inside the Beltway climate policy
Sheep Getting Smaller Due to Climate Change, Study Says
Environment  (tags: animals, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, research, world )

Dan
- 12 hours ago - latimes.com
The average weight and size of sheep has been falling in increments since 1985 due to global warming, along with polar icecaps and sandy beaches around the world. Reported by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
Costa Rica Is World's Greenest, Happiest Country
Environment  (tags: Costa Rica, climate, ClimateChange, ecosystems, conservation, environment, globalwarming, GoodNews, government, green, habitat, nature, oceans, protection, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Jesse
- 16 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Latin American nation tops index ranking countries by ecological footprint and happiness of their citizens.
Scant Evidence for Charge That EPA 'Suppressed' Dissent
Environment  (tags: Climate Citizens, debunkery, dumbassery, economics, media, Obama administration, right wing, EPA )

Jesse
- 16 hours ago - grist.org
And what do the emails reveal? That there's nothing to this story. An EPA economist wanted to give scientific opinion, which wasn't accepted--most likely because it's outside his area of expertise and training.
ExxonMobil Funds Climate-Change Sceptics
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, ecosystems, energy, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, politics, pollution, weather, endangered )

Marty
- 17 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, is continuing to fund researchers who cast doubt on global warming, despite public promises to cut support for climate-change sceptics.
Conservative Activists Wage War on Republicans Who Voted for Climate Bill
Environment  (tags: cap-and-trade, Congress, jackassery, Republicans, Waxman-Markey bill, wingnuttery )

Jesse
- 17 hours ago - grist.org
Republican House members who provided the margin of victory in last week's narrow passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act are taking heat from the right for their votes.
NZ Scientist Warns of Antarctic Ice Melt, Sea Rise
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, weather, oceans )

Marty
- 18 hours ago - english.cctv.com
Tim Naish said new evidence showed that changes to Antarctica's most vulnerable element, the West Antarctic ice sheet, could raise global sea levels by up to 5 metres.
New Technology Addresses Global Water Needs / Social Entrepreneur Tackles the Challenge of Water
Environment  (tags: water crisis, water conservation, water, Water Institute )

Larry
- 19 hours ago - sfgate.com
Frykman is one of a small number of social entrepreneurs tackling the challenge of water, which is in short supply all over the world and could become even more scarce as climate change continues. Water "the single worst managed substance in the world."
Climate Change And The Mystery Of The Shrinking Sheep
Environment  (tags: animals, ClimateChange, environment, globalwarming, habitat, research, science, wildlife, weather )

Cowboss
- 21 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research.
Rare Dolphins Spotted at Threatened Ella Bay
Environment  (tags: animals, endangered, wildlife, whaling, protection, dolphins, oceans, nature, environment, conservation, ecosystems, destruction, marine mammals, whales, humpback )

Ramon
- 22 hours ago - oceansentry.org
Rare humpback dolphins have been sighted at Ella Bay, which is currently under threat from development. Local resident Russell Constable made the spectacular sightings on Monday the 29th and Tuesday the 30th of June.
Protect La Amistad Biosphere Reserve and the NgöBe Indians of Panama ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, reserves, Panama, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 1 day ago - change.org
Take action by writing to Panama's president; Panama's environmental protection agency; and the president and CEO of the U.S.-based AES Corporation, which is backing Chan-75.
Shrinking of Scottish Sheep Tied to Warming
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, ClimateChange )

Mamabear
- 1 day ago - msnbc.msn.com
Two years after scientists concluded that a breed of wild sheep on a remote Scottish island was shrinking over time, a study released Thursday revealed why: milder winters tied to global warming
"The Adventures of Jimmy Carbon" [Book, on Sale, But Previewed]
Environment  (tags: energy, CO2emissions, science, climate-change )

Janet
- 1 day ago - jimmycarbon.com
This was created to explain 'global warming'[sic] to a child. Looks interesting, and only $5.99!!! [Illustrations are kind of David Hockney & Andy Warhol-ish----simple, yet subliminally comminicative]
Souter Departs Supreme Court With Solid Environmental Legacy
Environment  (tags: David Souter, climate, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming )

Jesse
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
When Justice David Souter retires from the Supreme Court today, environmental interests will lose one of their most dependable votes.
Judge Tells Chevron to Stop Calif. Refinery Work
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, Chevron, California, oil, San Francisco, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, globalwarming, GoodNews, government, green, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, politics, pollution, protection, research )

Jesse
- 1 day ago - reuters.com
A California state judge ordered Chevron Corp (CVX.N) to halt a $1 billion project aimed at expanding the types of crude oils its San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Richmond, California, can process, according to court documents released on Thursday.
Farne Island Puffins Tagged With GPS Transmitters in Population Study
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, endangered, research, wildlife )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - timesonline.co.uk
Puffins living in one of the most remote places in Britain are to be fitted with GPS tracking devices to help scientists to discover why their numbers are falling.
Car Carrying Solar Ship
Environment  (tags: energy, business, greenbuilding, SustainableDevelopment, world, Sustainabililty, environment, energy, eco-friendly, conservation, climate-change, globalwarming, oceans )

Justin
- 1 day ago - solarglobalgreen.com
The M/V Auriga Leader, part of a demonstration project by the Port of Long Beach, Toyota and Tokyo-based shipping company NYK Line, is the first ship to use solar energy to help fill all of the vessel's power needs, rather than to run auxiliary lights
   

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