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environmentalism stories: 105 news summaries

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 Treats Banned,
 Komodo Dragons Get Nasty

Ban on food offerings 'angers' hungry lizards

Aug 25, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Komodo dragons in an Indonesian park are increasingly attacking humans, and villagers who share their habitat say environmentalist policies are to blame, reports the Wall Street Journal. Inhabitants of Komodo National Park have traditionally left deer and sheep for the carnivorous lizards, the largest in the world. But new laws... More »

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Indonesia • environmentalism • deer • hunting • lizard • national park • Komodo dragon • Nature Conservancy

OPINION

Water-Neutral Campaign
Is Nothing but Eco-Guilt

If rich countries were really water-neutral, we'd all be dead

Aug 24, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new UK campaign urging people to be more “water wise” lays bare a flaw in the environmental movement, Brendan O’Neill writes in Spiked. The campaign urges people to be conscious of the “virtual water” used on their behalf to carry out tasks like growing coffee beans... More »

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environmentalism • natural resources • Britain • green • water supply • eco-friendly

Glossies

 Bluefin Tuna Tricked
 Into Spawning

Australian aims to overcome fish shortage by simulating breeding grounds

Aug 17, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A seafood entrepreneur thinks he can solve the world's bluefin tuna shortage by making the fish feel frisky, Time reports. German ex-pat Hagen Stehr, the baron of a $230-million Australian seafood empire, is simulating the tuna's breeding grounds in a hatchery—a "fishy virtual reality" with 14 hours of... More »

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endangered species • environmentalism • tuna • fishing • sushi • food industry • overfishing

Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

Environmental groups hammer out standard for 'sustainable living'

Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ecofriendly travelers once camped outdoors and foraged for food, but today a hotel in Times Square can claim it's as green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest, Anna Kuchment writes in Newsweek. In other words, eco-vacationing has gone big business, and environmental advocates fear the notion is... More »

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environment • environmentalism • ecotourism • ecofriendly • hotels • sustainable tourism

OPINION

 GOP Must Strike 
 Back in the 'Burbs 

Republicans should go after the affluent upper middle class

Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP coalition—seemingly indomitable 4 years ago—is in shambles, losing ground “on nearly every demographic and geographic front,” write Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in the National Review. Republicans must expand their base, and the writers have a plan: Seduce “the affluent, well-educated, increasingly liberal... More »

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John McCain • Republican • environmentalism • Ronald Reagan • suburbs • charter school

 Celebs Face Off in
 Green Arms Race 

Bill Nye, Ed Begley compete for smallest carbon footprint in Calif. neighborhood

Jul 10, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - It could only happen in California—a pair of celebrity neighbors, actor Ed Begley Jr. and "Science Guy" Bill Nye, are involved in a contest of environmental one-upsmanship, the AP reports. Since Nye moved onto Begley’s block in Studio City 2 years ago, the two have been competing... More »

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California • carbon footprint • environmentalism • green technology • solar panel • pesticide • AstroTurf • Ed Begley Jr. • Bill Nye

McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

Smaller homes built to strict LEED specs are all the rage

Jun 22, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to building green, a LEED rating is the ultimate cachet-- but they're tough to get, the New York Times reports. And homes approved by the Leadership in Energy and Evironmental Design council tend to be small and pricey, with one platinum-certified four-bedroom house in California on the... More »

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architecture • green building • environmentalism • green energy • green construction • green • green home

 Can Video Games
 Save the World? 

Creators take aim at education in the gaming industry

Jun 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small group of educators and activists is championing the use of video games for more than just entertainment, the Washington Post reports. “I don't think games have to be fun,” one key organizer said. “I think games have to be engaging.” New titles in... More »

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education • media • environmentalism • Sandra Day O'Connor • political activism • video games

 Why Everyone in
 Berkeley Owns a Prius 

Development of green political clusters starts at the beach

Jun 19, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nowhere in California is the power of green consumerism more apparent than the Prius-packed city of Berkley. The Economist takes a look at a "greenery by zip code" study that, somewhat unsurprisingly, places Palo Alto near the top and Bakersfield near the bottom of locales packed with certified green... More »

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California • environmentalism • alternative energy • Toyota Prius • UCLA • public transportation • green technology • green transportation • green products

OPINION

When Good Pandering
Goes Bad

Bush goes and ruins McCain's opportunism on oil, writes Collins

Jun 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times—wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for... More »

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John McCain • oil • environmentalism • Republican candidate • oil drilling • George W. Bush • offshore oil

tv review

 Planet Green a
 'Waste of Energy' 

New network turns Earth into "lifestyle accessory"

Jun 12, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our era of eco-chic has borne bitter fruit: Watching the new cable network Planet Green is “an unforgivable waste of energy,” writes Troy Patterson in Slate. The Discovery Channel spinoff reduces environmentalism to a status symbol and bludgeons the viewer with inane condescension. “Eco-tainment” is king, with... More »

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television • environment • environmentalism • Discovery Channel • Planet Green • Adrien Grenier

 Summer Tips
 for Greener Kids 

Going outside would be a good first step

Jun 12, 08 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Summer is the perfect season to turn your rugrats into ecomaniacs, as warm weather and school vacations collide. Grist lists some basic steps to green up your family’s summer:
  1. Get outside: The best way to commune with nature is to experience it first-hand, but the time kids spend
... More »

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environment • parenting • environmentalism • parents • list • sunscreen • summer • green • farmers markets • eco friendliness

OPINION

 Blue Collars, Green Ties 

Necessity unites job-seeking unions, tree-hugging environmentalists

May 3, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Pennsylvania, the New Republic's Dayo Olopade finds an effort to unite working-class union types with the liberal elite that could long outlive Barack Obama's heyday: the search for green-collar jobs. Stelworkers have long viewed environmentalists skeptically, but both groups have a stake in finding a "new industrial policy... More »

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Barack Obama • environmentalism • liberals • green construction • Sierra Club • green-collar jobs • United Steelworkers

 NYT Columnist Pied at Brown 

Activists take issue with Friedman's corporate environmental solutions

Apr 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two environmental activists threw cream pies at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at an Earth Day speech Tuesday at Brown University, the AP reports. Friedman’s speech was about the corporate world's ability to help the environment with schemes such as cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. One of the pie-chuckers,... More »

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cap and trade • environmentalism • Thomas Friedman • Brown University • activists • carbon emissions • cream pie

 Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars 

Group goes after 'plunderers' wiping out Pacific stocks at unsustainable rates

Apr 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's tuna stocks are in danger, and Greenpeace is taking matters into its own hands, reports the Times of London. Faced with little action from regulators and boosted by success in tackling Japanese whalers, activists have vowed to continue to "interfere" with boats they say are plundering... More »

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Greenpeace • environmentalism • Pacific Ocean • tuna • fishing

Greenies Can RIP With Eco-Friendly Funerals

Cardboard caskets, natural burial sites catch on in US

Apr 20, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Greenies who bought organic in life can become more organic in death, the AP reports. Brits have enjoyed the eco-friendly funeral for years, but now cardboard coffins and natural fibers for corpses are catching on Stateside. "People are trying to think about what's the best way to live and... More »

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environmentalism • coffin • death • funeral • green

 Ditch the Lawn, Grow a Garden! 

Artist/architect wages war on 'antisocial' front yards

Apr 20, 08 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A renegade architect/artist has declared war on an unlikely enemy: the suburban front lawn. To improve what he sees as an “actively antisocial space” which consumes resources and serves no definite purpose, Fritz Haeg is looking to transform lawns into food gardens, reports Men's Vogue. His first four repurposed... More »

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environmentalism • vegetables • fruits and vegetables • homeowners • eco friendliness • Fritz Haeg • suburban lawn

Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

Eco lobby partners
with the pulpit to get through to Congress

Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of... More »

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Congress • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • environmentalism • religion • Vatican • carbon emissions

Marriott
Goes Green
to Gain Green

Helping rainforest
also helps hotel
chain's bottom line

Apr 8, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marriott is making a big environmental push, helping to protect Brazilian rainforests and implementing lower energy consumption and more recycling in many of its hotels worldwide, the Washington Post reports. And although consumer demand is one reason for the changes, the primary drive seems less altruistic. "We've got a... More »

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climate change • carbon footprint • environmentalism • rainforest • Marriott • hotel • JW Marriott Jr.

EPA's New Rules Allow Wetlands Trade-Offs

Developers can destroy if they create others elsewhere; environmentalists dismayed

Mar 31, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency today issued new wetlands-protection rules with a focus on “mitigation banking”— creating marshes elsewhere in compensation for those destroyed by development, the AP reports. The EPA argues that mitigation banking ensures the most overall wetlands protection because wetlands are often irrevocably damaged by construction,... More »

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Bush administration • environment • environmentalism • Environmental Protection Agency • wetlands • environmental damage • mitigation banking

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