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  • July 2008

    • Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 24, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

      The reinvention of oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens as an environmentalist represents a huge political about-face, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . Four years ago, Pickens bankrolled the Swift Boat campaign that derailed John Kerry's presidential bid. Now Pickens, "looking a bit like the John Huston character from Chinatown ," is attacking the efficacy of new drilling just when John McCain is pressing for it. More »

    • Baltimore Opts Against Plastic Bag Ban

      newser  |  Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 22, 08 2:49 PM CDT

      Baltimore Opts Against Plastic Bag Ban

      A law that would have made Baltimore America’s second plastic-bag-free city got a resounding thumbs down from the city council last night, the Baltimore Sun reports. The council ixnayed the bill, 11-3, citing concerns over the cost and environmental impact of paper bags. “I know there has been a lot of pressure on this bill," said the measure’s main sponsor. "I think they're wrong about this." More »

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      global warming  • environment  • Maryland  • Baltimore  • plastic bags

    • Locavore Movement Spurs Luxe Niche

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 22, 08 9:04 AM CDT

      Locavore Movement Spurs Luxe Niche

      The number of people seeking out locally raised food—locavores-—is on the rise, reports the New York Times, as are businesses that cater to them. People too busy (or lazy) to plant their own garden or visit a local vegetable dealer are hiring people to find the best regional grub or even cultivate produce right in their backyard. More »

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      environment  • vegetables  • gardening

    • NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »

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      New York City  • environment  • gas  • hybrid car  • green  • green transportation  • taxi  • fuel consumption

    • Beijing Launches Pollution Crackdown for Olympics

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 20, 08 5:34 AM CDT

      Beijing Launches Pollution Crackdown for Olympics

      Beijing has launched tough new anti-pollution measures this week in a bid to clean the air for Olympic athletes in time for the games. Officials expect to force nearly half of the city's 3.3 million cars off the road, which will drive commuters onto already-crowded public transport, Reuters reports. "It will bring some real difficulties in transportation for ordinary people," warned a driver. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • environment  • pollution  • public transportation  • taxi driver  • traffic jam  • factories

    • Blue Crab Disappearing From Chesapeake Bay

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 3:05 PM CDT

      Blue Crab Disappearing From Chesapeake Bay

      Overfishing and water pollution have put the Chesapeake Bay's signature blue crab on the brink—along with fishermen who have long depended on it. Stocks are down 65% since 1990, the AP reports, as officials in Maryland and Virginia struggle to enact a patchwork of laws to reduce the harvest, control waterfront development and provide help for struggling watermen—though many think it's too late. More »

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      environment  • fishing  • Baltimore  • Washington, DC  • overfishing

    • EPA Forecasts Longer, Smoggier Summers for US

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 17, 08 4:46 PM CDT

      EPA Forecasts Longer, Smoggier Summers for US

      Climate change will bring longer, hotter, smoggier summers in the coming decades across the US, a new EPA reports says. Expect more wildfires and hurricanes, too, along with water problems in the West, the Washington Post reports. The federal report is noteworthy because it refutes the Bush administration's rosier outlook on global warming, the Post notes. More »

    • 'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      newser  |  Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360 , doesn’t buy it. “We don’t need to bury our problems,” Goodell writes. “We need to reinvent our world.” More »

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      climate change  • environment  • carbon emissions  • coal  • coal power

    • The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist

      newser  |  Fast Company  |  Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist

      Vinod Khosla isn’t just smarter and richer than the average venture capitalist—he’s greener, too. Khosla has sunk $450 million into what he calls “imprudent science experiments" over the past 4 years, financing 45 enviro-tech startups. “We've funded an incredible number of things that would make no sense at all for a traditional venture fund,” the 53-year-old tells Fast Company. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • green technology  • venture capitalists

    • Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      newser  |  Fast Company  |  Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      With US homes on average twice as large as they were 50 years ago—and, of course, dwarfing those in all other developed countries—rethinking our idea of "home" is as crucial to cutting global warming as switching to a smaller car, says architect Edward Mazria in Fast Company . Half of all greenhouse gas emissions are building-related; residential buildings make up 21% of national energy consumption—almost as much as transportation. More »

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      environment  • architecture  • green technology  • design  • green building  • sustainable living  • green home  • sustainable development

    • Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT

      Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier

      As fuel costs, and eco-guilt, creep upward, Americans are leaving the thermostat high or kicking air conditioning altogether this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some two-thirds of families are reducing air-conditioning use, a poll finds, as power plants raise prices as much 30% to keep up with natural-gas hikes. Meanwhile, people are getting creative to keep cool. More »

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      environment  • green technology  • summer  • green energy  • heat  • air conditioning

    • Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

      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 being diluted. "A lot of people want to use terms like 'ecotourism,' because it's cool and hip now," one expert said. More »

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      environment  • environmentalism  • hotels

    • At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

      Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian . Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric bills, though scientists in the obscure field of piezoelectricity are skeptical the gains will be that high, Time notes. Solar power and wind turbines meet the rest of the club's energy needs. More »

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      environment  • London  • alternative energy  • dancing  • nightclub

    • Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      George Bush concluded the last G8 summit of his presidency with a defiant final joke: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he quipped. The president then punched the air, his mouth fixed in a huge grin, the Daily Telegraph reports. Bush, who has faced international condemnation for years for his reluctance to fight climate change, then left the summit, as fellow leaders Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. More »

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      George W. Bush  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Gordon Brown  • pollution  • G8 summit

    • China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up the mess they had created. The emerging economies' holdout was only one of many signs that the G8 is losing clout, reports the Financial Times. More »

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      China  • climate change  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • carbon emissions  • G8 summit  • Yasuo Fukuda  • developing countries

    • Recycled 'E-Waste' Can Be Toxic

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jul 7, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Recycled 'E-Waste' Can Be Toxic

      Recycling old computers, cell phones, and TVs may sound like a good idea—but be sure you know the destination before you dump such material, USA Today advises. While such “e-waste” recycling programs are springing up everywhere these days, some pose a threat. Often, the materials end up in developing nations, spreading toxins through the air and water. More »

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      environment  • consumer electronics  • recycling  • toxin  • developing countries  • e waste

    • 'Predatory' Funeral Industry Comes Under Fire

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jul 5, 08 6:21 PM CDT

      'Predatory' Funeral Industry Comes Under Fire

      The funeral industry preys on bereft customers, artificially raising prices and taking custody of bodies it has no right to handle, argues a watchdog group. The Funeral Consumers Alliance aims to push fair and environmentally friendly death-care practices, Newsweek reports. “Funeral corporations use predatory sales tactics and aggressive marketing to get people to spend on services they don't need,” says the group’s director. More »

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      environment  • death  • funeral  • cremation  • watchdog  • burial  • funeral home

    • Orangutans In Trouble as Forests Shrink

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 5, 08 5:46 PM CDT

      Orangutans In Trouble as Forests Shrink

      Illegal loggers and palm oil plantations may make the orangutan the first great ape to become extinct, scientists warn. In Indonesia, a mere 6,600 of the apes remain, while on Malaysia’s Borneo Island, the population has fallen 10% to 49,600, the Telegraph reports. More »

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      environment  • endangered species  • biofuel  • Indonesia  • Malaysia  • apes  • orangutans  • palm oil

    • Uno: Cooler Than Segway

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 1, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Uno: Cooler Than Segway

      Looking like a tricked out motorbike, the Uno is electric personal transportation with style, the Chicago Tribune reports. Designed by 19-year-old inventor Ben Gulak, the device employs no throttle or brake, relying on its rider's leanings to guide it, and is so intuitive an 8-year-old picked it up instantly at a recent vehicle expo. More »

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      environment  • pollution  • electricity  • electric cars  • motorcycle  • transport  • environmental impact

  • June 2008

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