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Coca-Cola vs. Art

[Tasteful Future - bacon is extra] :: Coca-Cola vs. Art :: Internationally-known photographer Sharad Haskar is being sued by Coca-Cola for the billboard you see...

Air conditioning, water and cities, despair...once again, long.

[Adventures of a Hairy Bard] The intersection of science and society, policy and planning..that was what I was studying. I know I don't have the drive any more, but there are days when I wake up and think "I'd really love to go back to school and re-engage my critical faculties".

Posted at 10:34 AM

July 14, 2005

Coca-Cola vs. Art

[Tasteful Future - bacon is extra] :: Coca-Cola vs. Art :: Internationally-known photographer Sharad Haskar is being sued by Coca-Cola for the billboard you see...

Posted at 10:36 AM

Air conditioning, water and cities, despair...once again, long.

Posted at 10:34 AM

Who Drives the Salmon Truck?

[ BetterDonkey.org -] Get this: the P-I just reported today that President Bush is asking Washington and Oregon States' damn operators to stop spilling water over the top to let spawning salmon through.

Posted at 10:32 AM

Following Bush’s Lead

[DenisDeKats Symposium] “The G-8 leaders did not agree on a single concrete action to address climate change,” said Philip E.

Posted at 10:24 AM

Mobil-ity

[The Lion And The Donkey:Official Blog of the Columbia Democrats] “The U.S. Public Interest Group, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and MoveOn.org Political Action” have called for a boycott of ExxonMobil, starting today, to impress upon that illustrious company the consequences of drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge.

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Posted at 10:23 AM

Thai authorities close border crossing

[CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia] Thailand’s sudden closure of the border crossing for traffic to and from Burma at the Three Pagodas Pass in Kanchanaburi province has led to food shortages and rising unemployment, according to this report. Thai authorities are thought to have closed the border in late May because of suspicions that factory owners were illegally cutting down trees on the Thai side of the border, smuggling them into Burma and using them to make furniture that was then sold in Thailand.

Posted at 10:20 AM

BRC 23: Chris at OrganicMatter: Biotech Vacuum Trees

[sustainablog] Everyone out there has probably heard talk of using trees to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming, but what about using them to sequester mercury, selenium, arsenic, or other toxic compounds? Genetic researchers the world over are harnessing the powerful nutrient uptake and storage capacity of trees to clean up industrial contamination in the same way that genetically modified bacteria have been used for 25 years to clean up oil spills.

Posted at 10:18 AM

July 11, 2005

The Great Skedaddle

[Barking Moonbat Early Warning System] AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA AND ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

Posted at 12:38 PM

Hurricane Dennis Slams SE

[Fresh Politics - Politics from the Student Perspective] Hurricane Dennis roared quickly through the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast Sunday with a 120-mph bluster of blinding squalls and crashing waves, but shellshocked residents emerged to find far less damage than when Ivan took nearly the same path 10 months ago.

Posted at 12:36 PM

George Bush Recognizes Global Warming?

[The Neo-Communist] Bush is not entirely sure that it is the reason why the climate changes. He still believes the climate naturally changes on its own and that it may have made a little dent on its effect.

Posted at 12:34 PM

The Water Shortage

[A Limey In Bermuda] The Water Shortage As the worst drought in over 50 years grips Bermuda, suddenly water conservation has become the issue du jour. One side of our tank is now empty.

Posted at 12:33 PM

July 09, 2005

Smoked to death

[The Reader] Last week, my neighbour was admitted to hospital for dengue fever.A day later, a man with smoke gun came and 'shot' all the nearby houses,including mine.

Posted at 01:35 PM

So Long, Polar Bears

[Thoughts of an Average Woman] But, no, there's no need for the US to find alternative energy sources or clean up our dirty ways.

Posted at 01:28 PM

The State of China's Environment: Land

[Fear of a White Planet] Desertification incurrs several reprocussion, the first of which is a decline in the amount of arable land for China's peasants to use, which we will describe in more detail below. Another result of desertification is a drastic increase in the frequency of dust storms in Northeastern China, Japan and the Koreas, which can be dangerous for asthmatics and the elderly - whereas before 1949 the frequency of dust storms was only 1 per 31 years, the frequency has increased to the point where there is now at least one a year in the first decade of this new millenium.

Posted at 01:26 PM

Ignore Bush, Not Climate

[FaithandPolicy Weblog] The US is the only G8 country not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the Bush administration has already tried to weaken early drafts of the G8 communiqué, objecting to language that includes statements that the world is warming, human activity is mostly to blame and developed economies must lead the fight against the problem. The final communiqué, also dealing with issues of debt, aid and trade, will be issued later today.

Posted at 01:25 PM

Walking the walk

[The Oil Drum] Dave Roberts has an interesting post at Gristmill called "There are worse things than hypocrisy". It's a response to a reader who sends the question:

Posted at 01:23 PM

Space Shuttle Launch Forms Strange Cloud

[The Daily Thing] MercuryNews.com (registration required): The last launch of the doomed space shuttle Columbia created an exhaust plume two miles wide and 650 miles long that traveled all the way to Antarctica and triggered the formation of mysterious clouds, scientists reported Wednesday.

Posted at 01:20 PM

Arrested development

[Sepia Mutiny] The BBC is running a pictorial on members of the pheasant family in South Asia which are being hunted to extinction. This spectacular-looking family includes the Indian, green and white peafowl, the satyr tragopan, the Himalayan monal, the Western tragopan and the Koklass pheasant, among others.

Posted at 01:14 PM

July 08, 2005

AFRICAN AID

[Clive Davis] In the LA Times, Max Boot examines the latest research

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Posted at 10:01 AM

MIT announces Energy Research Council

[Tech Policy] Armstrong, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and (Tech Policy fave) Professor Ernest J. Moniz of physics and engineering systems and director of energy studies at the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, will outline an Institute-wide response to the global energy crisis by February 1.

Posted at 09:59 AM

Phytoremediation and GMO Tools: Debate Simmers

[Sustainability Zone > Home] Permanent Link The issues surrounding phytoremediation continue to simmer in a low key way. On one side are the genetic engineers and biotech...

Posted at 09:58 AM

Point Cooke

[Winza - at 1.45 forever] I signed up to conservation volunteers Australia and went out on a volunteering trip to Point Cooke, down near Werribee in western part of Melbourne. Only six people went on the trip and we all met at Spencer Street station in the early hours of the morning.

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Posted at 09:57 AM

Invasive Species as Tools of Terrorism?

[sustainablog] OK, Gristmill blogger Chris Schults notes that this link from the new issue of National Geographic may seem like a stretch, but his post on the subject goes on to demonstrate some of the other threats posed by non-native plants and animals. And, take Chris up on his question at the end -- certainly we all have invasive-species horror stories...

Posted at 09:53 AM

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

[BLACK BEAR SPEAKS] A landmark study released yesterday reveals that approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth - such as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of regional climate, natural hazards and pests - are being degraded or used unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years.

Posted at 09:52 AM

Risks to Public Health over GM Smallpox Virus

[La Leva di Archimede (ENG)] Senior scientific advisers to the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recommended the creation of a genetically modified version of the smallpox virus to counter any threat of a bioterrorist attack.

Posted at 09:51 AM

July 07, 2005

Getting Warmer

[Rubicon] The political winds have shifted so much that even Bush now admits that something is happening: "I recognize that the surface of the earth is warmer and that anincrease in greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to theproblem." But he still minimizes the effects and refuses to do anything about it: "Kyoto would have wrecked our economy."

Posted at 01:29 PM

Our lawns, ourselves

[ Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print] Well, the weathermen can make the official judgment town by town, but I will say that the grass across my lawn is almost all brown and crunchy now, and I live in the northeast, in a place where the grass is supposed to stay soft and lush green all summer long.

Posted at 01:24 PM

Just say no ”¦ to shark fin soup

[CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia] Just say no ”¦ to shark fin soup Filed under: Asia Environment ”” Stephen Frost @ 3:02 pm Today’s Taipei Times has an article about Michael Aw, an activist campaigning against the consumption of shark’s fin soup. Since Disney’s decision to scrap the item from its menus (see here for the full story), Aw is pushing hard to capitalise on global interest in the issue, saying that he’s given up on the older generation and is concentrating on changing the views of young people. He hopes to recruit 10,000 young ambassadors for sharks in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and China by 2007. On a more lighthearted note, Aw has named his two children Jonah Aw Seng and Joelle Aw Seng so that the initials spell out the title of the greatest shark movie ever (well, at least the most well known”¦)...

Posted at 01:23 PM

Öko-Strom

[I did it my way] Vor ein paar Minuten hat es an der Tür geschellt und ein Mitarbeiter der Firma Lichtblick (Ökostromversorger) stand vor uns. Er wollte einen Termin mit uns vereinbaren an dem ein Kollege von ihm uns mal über das Angebot des Unternehmens informieren darf.

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Posted at 01:19 PM

A Boom-Bust Cycle in Carrion Availability

[sustainablog] A Boom-Bust Cycle in Carrion Availability Sounds like a strange concept, but according to a new study out of the University of California, Berkeley...

Posted at 01:06 PM

Monsanto fined for bribery

[La Leva di Archimede (ENG)] A former senior manager at Monsanto directed an Indonesian consulting firm to give a $50,000 bribe to a high-level official in Indonesia's environment ministry in 2002.

Posted at 01:00 PM

July 05, 2005

Tour de France: A Study in Urbanity

[Urban Review - St. Louis] Lance Armstrong, the only man to win the tour six times, is a huge draw. With this years tour his last many are watching to see if he will make it seven.

Posted at 05:19 PM

Hydrogen Morgan

[Odograph.com] Hydrogen Morgan July 5th, 2005 There were a few stories a little while back, about Morgan Motor Company (makers of classic wooden-framed sports cars)...

Posted at 05:18 PM

Corn Cars

[Life Like Weeds] For the past few days, I’ve noticed a strange school bus parked in the local Acme parking lot down here in south philly. It is covered with a mural of corn fields, and on top sits a set of empty plastic containers.

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Posted at 05:17 PM

DEBATE: Big Business Bad?

[City Hippy: The diary of our struggle to live a green and fair life.] Spurred on by the Chocolate thread on the FOE LIVING forum site...a new topic seems to have arisen: Is big business capable of evolution towards a...

Posted at 05:16 PM

Banking on the Environment

[sustainablog] From IWon News via Eco-Portal, news that "ABN AMRO Holding NV (ABN) and Citigroup Inc. (C) are backing a green group's Web site in a move that underlines the growing opportunities such banks are associating with environmental trading." The site, EcosystemMarketplace, bills itself as

Posted at 05:10 PM

Protest Against Genetically Engineered Soy on High Seas

[La Leva di Archimede (ENG)] WASHINGTON -- January 25 -- This morning the Greenpeace-ship Esperanza intercepted the bulk carrier 'Golden Lion' 140 nautical miles off the coast of Portugal. The Golden Lion is transporting 30.000 tons of genetically engineered soy from Argentina to France.

Posted at 05:07 PM

July 04, 2005

The Invisible Hand of DuPont

[Center for Media and Democracy - Publishers of PR Watch] In March 2002 the then West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection spokesman, Andy Gallagher, drafted a media release to inform residents in Wood County, West Virginia, that the toxic chemical C8 was in air emissions from DuPont's Parkersburg plant. In a deposition as part of a class action suit by residents Gallagher stated that Dee Ann Staats, a toxicologist working as the departments' science adviser, insisted that all statements relating to C8 emissions were to be vetted by DuPont.

Posted at 01:16 PM

DEBATE: Chocolate Money

[City Hippy: The diary of our struggle to live a green and fair life.] Someone has posted an interesting topic of debate on the Friends of the Earth LIVING forum. I wondered what the general feeling was from people...

Posted at 01:12 PM

The Green Files > July 14, 2005

Coca-Cola vs. Art

Air conditioning, water and cities, despair...once again, long.

July 14, 2005

Coca-Cola vs. Art

Air conditioning, water and cities, despair...once again, long.

Who Drives the Salmon Truck?

Following Bush’s Lead

Mobil-ity

Thai authorities close border crossing

BRC 23: Chris at OrganicMatter: Biotech Vacuum Trees

July 11, 2005

The Great Skedaddle

Hurricane Dennis Slams SE

George Bush Recognizes Global Warming?

The Water Shortage

July 09, 2005

Smoked to death

So Long, Polar Bears

The State of China's Environment: Land

Ignore Bush, Not Climate

Walking the walk

Space Shuttle Launch Forms Strange Cloud

Arrested development

July 08, 2005

AFRICAN AID

MIT announces Energy Research Council

Phytoremediation and GMO Tools: Debate Simmers

Point Cooke

Invasive Species as Tools of Terrorism?

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Risks to Public Health over GM Smallpox Virus

July 07, 2005

Getting Warmer

Our lawns, ourselves

Just say no ”¦ to shark fin soup

Öko-Strom

A Boom-Bust Cycle in Carrion Availability

Monsanto fined for bribery

July 05, 2005

Tour de France: A Study in Urbanity

Hydrogen Morgan

Corn Cars

DEBATE: Big Business Bad?

Banking on the Environment

Protest Against Genetically Engineered Soy on High Seas

July 04, 2005

The Invisible Hand of DuPont

DEBATE: Chocolate Money

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