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NEWS ABOUT: environmentalists

environmentalists stories: 20 news summaries

Limbaugh Compares NYT Reporter to 'Jihad Guys'

Tells Times' Revkin to 'go kill yourself'

Oct 21, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh really outdid himself yesterday, comparing New York Times environmental reporter Andy Revkin to a terrorist and urging him to commit suicide. Well, that’s not entirely fair. Actually, Limbaugh compared all “militant environmentalists” to “the jihad guys,” who, in Limbaugh’s telling, “... More »

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contraception • global warming • environmentalism • Rush Limbaugh • contraceptive • right-wing media • environmentalists • Andrew Revkin

OPINION

Climate Activists Torqued By Obama Nobel

With US the biggest obstacle to action, they hope prize acts as stick

Oct 14, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban and conservative commentators in the US aren’t the only ones steamed by  Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s hard for me to emphasize enough the thickness of the international resentment towards America at the climate negotiation level,” Ben Jervey writes. The argument is simple:... More »

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climate change • Oslo • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions • environmentalists • President Obama • committee • Copenhagen climate change conference

Kick in the Butt: Soft Toilet Paper Battle Gets Messy

The plusher paper invariably comes from virgin wood, not recycled content

Sep 24, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The environmental campaign against soft toilet paper is heating up, as manufacturers keep pushing the fluff factor—"Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is the first big brand to go three-ply and three-adjective," the Washington Post notes—and environmentalists want the industry to go all recycled. The softer rolls US... More »

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recycling • environmentalism • toilet paper • logging • environmentalists • paper industry • paper products • old growth forest • softness

Climate Groups Look to Avoid Health Care Repeat

But administration reluctant to push climate legislation this year

Sep 21, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Environmental groups are struggling to convince Democrats that the fight for cap-and-trade legislation won’t be as damaging as the one over health care, and to keep them from punting on the issue, Politico reports. Climate supporters say they have a grass-roots network in place that health care reformers didn’... More »

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climate change • health care • environment • cap and trade • environmentalists

(Newser) - A combination of penny-pinching and environmental concern has pushed bottled water sales off for the first time in at least 5 years, the Washington Post reports. In 2008, consumption of bottled water fell for the first time this decade. “It's an obvious way to cut back,” a... More »

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recycling • bottled water • recession • beverages • Nestle • oil consumption • environmentalists • packaging

 Green Protester 
 Slimes UK Minister 

Mandelson pelted with custard as he arrives at environment meeting

Mar 6, 09 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An environmental protester threw a cup of green slimy liquid onto one of Britain's most powerful ministers this morning, reports the Times of London. Peter Mandelson, the business secretary, was arriving at a meeting when he was doused with a mix of custard and green food dye. The demonstrator was... More »

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United Kingdom • protests • Britain • Heathrow Airport • environmentalists • Peter Mandelson

 Nations Move 
 to Breach 
 Whaling Ban 

Greenies say talks "wave the white flag" to whale killers

Feb 22, 09 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Secret government meetings could usher in a new era of legal commercial whaling for the first time in more than 20 years, the Independent reports. Twenty-eight whaling and anti-whaling nations have met twice to reach a compromise on the ban, which came after the near-extinction of many species. Environmentalists say... More »

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Japan • animal rights • whaling • anti-whaling activists • International Whaling Commission • environmentalists

OPINION

Want to Save
the Planet?
Stop Dumping
on Frankenfood

Genetically modified products fight pollution

Jan 28, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for greenies to take another look at the frankenfoods they've been campaigning against. Consider the enviropig. It’s a pig with an extra gene that means less phosphorous in manure runoff, and it’s just one example of how genetic modification in agriculture can be good for the... More »

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agriculture • genetically modified crops • sustainability • environmentalists

 Delhi Bans Plastic Bags 

After time for plan to phase in, penalties will include 5 years in jail

Jan 16, 09 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials in Delhi have banned the “use, storage, and sale” of plastic bags, the Guardian reports, after Indian environmentalists warned about the dangers of the non-biodegradable bags. Violators could be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined over $2,000. Plastic bags have become a staple in Delhi... More »

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plastic bags • India • Delhi • environmentalists

Inaugural Ball Flaunts Fashion Made of Trash

Cans, plastic bags, campaign signs make up 'trashion' lines

Jan 13, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Stuck on what to wear to that upcoming Washington gala? How about a shower-curtain-and-aluminum-can cocktail dress? Or a canvas-scrap-and-rusty-nail gown? The actual “trashion,” created by recycling advocate Nancy Judd, will be showcased at Saturday’s Green Inaugural Ball, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fashionista even has a... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • recycling • inauguration • fashion designer • environmentalists • inauguration ball • Nancy Judd • trashion

Student May Face Fed Charges for Fake Drilling Bids

Activist infiltrated auction, won 22,000 acres
of federal land at auction in protest

Jan 12, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A Utah college activist may face federal charges and jail for making bids he can't afford on scenic tracts in a federal drilling auction last month, the Washington Post reports. Economics student Tim DeChristopher wielded his red auction paddle 13 times to snag $1.8 million in property before federal... More »

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Bush administration • auction • Utah • activist • oil drilling • national park • environmentalists • domestic oil production


 Greenies Trip Up 
 Jersey Boardwalk Plans 

Use of Amazon wood contributes to global warming, activists insist

Jan 10, 09 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Tourists swarming New Jersey’s most popular shore this spring probably won’t notice the wooden planks underfoot, but officials and environmentalists have been fighting over them, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Wildwood's plan to import lumber from Brazilian rain forests—for a $3.5 million boardwalk renovation—has angered greenies... More »

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New Jersey • Brazil • rainforest • beach • environmentalists

Navy, Greenies Settle
Sonar Dispute

Both sides declare victory in long-running lawsuit

Dec 28, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Navy and environmental groups both declared victory today after the two sides settled a lawsuit over sonar and its effect on whales and other marine mammals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The settlement, reached Friday, calls for Navy ships to avoid sensitive areas and reduce or halt sonar when... More »

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environment • Navy • sonar • whales • environmentalists

 Green Groups Come 
 Down on 'Clean Coal' 

Gore calls the technology 'illusions of the industry'

Dec 5, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A new advertising campaign backed by environmental organizations, including one supported by Al Gore, is calling into question the efficacy of “clean coal technology,” the Washington Post reports. “Clean coal” was a buzzword during this year’s election, but environmentalists think it’s an oxymoron. “We... More »

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environment • Al Gore • advertising campaign • coal power • environmentalists • clean coal

 Trump Gets 
 His Scottish 
 Golf Resort 

Environmental groups fume over government's decision

Nov 4, 08 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Donald Trump got the green light for his $1.6 billion Aberdeenshire golf resort yesterday, much to the chagrin of environmental groups, the Times of London reports. Though it was rejected by the Aberdeenshire council last year, First Minister Alex Salmond approved the project after a public inquiry. Salmond said... More »

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golf • Donald Trump • Scotland • real estate development • golf course • resorts • environmentalists

 UCSC Tree-Sitters 
 Hold Their Perches 

Protesters refuse to budge, despite truce with UC Berkeley

Sep 11, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley’s tree-sitters may have surrendered their perches earlier this week, but demonstrators at UC Santa Cruz are not ready to give up their redwood-saving fight. The activists, nearing the 1-year anniversary of their protest, suspect the university will cut down trees before classes begin in two weeks, but... More »

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UC Berkeley • college • UC Santa Cruz • protesters • tree-sitters • redwoods • environmentalists

 Border Fence Blamed 
 for Ariz. Flooding 

Critics say fence design ignores environment

Aug 25, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Environmentalists say the US border-security fence is to blame for water backups in southwestern Arizona and Mexico, where steel-mesh panels meant to keep illegal immigrants out are getting clogged with flood debris, the AP reports. Critics are focusing their attacks on Homeland Defense Secretary Michael Chertoff, who waived environmental laws... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • flood • Michael Chertoff • border fence • flash floods • environmentalists

OPINION

 Anti-'Frankenfood' Activists
 Should Modify Stance

Opposition to genetically souped-up crops has run its course

Aug 4, 08 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recent destruction of a research crop of genetically modified potatoes in England highlights how attitudes towards altered crops have changed, the Economist writes. A decade ago, Greenpeace activists caught in the act of destroying food crops were acquitted because of popular fear of the consequences of “Frankenfoods.”... More »

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food • hunger • genetically modified crops • famine • crops • experiments • academic research • environmentalists

 UK Protester
 Glues Self to Brown 

Green activist gets stuck on PM during award ceremony

Jul 23, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An environmentalist tried to superglue himself to Gordon Brown last night inside 10 Downing St. Dan Glass was receiving an award from the British PM when he put his adhesive-slathered hand on the prime minister's forearm. The demonstrator stayed stuck to the PM for less than a minute, writes the... More »

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Gordon Brown • publicity stunt • glue • Heathrow Airport • environmentalists

EPA Cuts
the Value of a Life by $1M

Statistical trim makes life-saving regulation harder to justify

Jul 11, 08 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly reduced the hypothetical value of a human life by almost a million dollars to $6.9 million, reports the AP. The figure is used in cost benefit analyses to weigh the life-saving potential of environmental protection policies. Placing a lower value on human life... More »

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Environmental Protection Agency • National Association of Clean Air Agencies • value of a life • environmentalists • Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy • Vanderbilt University

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