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  • July 2008

    • Oil Spill Snarls Mississippi

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  6 hours, 6 minutes ago

      Oil Spill Snarls Mississippi

      An oil spill stretching nearly 100 miles along the Mississippi is causing river traffic to pile up, AP reports. Dozens of vessels are stuck in New Orleans waiting to head upriver. Others are waiting to carry cargos of grain downriver from the heartland. Officials say it will be days before traffic is moving again, and weeks before the huge spill is cleaned up. More »

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      pollution  • New Orleans  • Mississippi River  • oil spill  • shipping  • cargo ships

    • 8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Jul 21, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      Biologists have mounting evidence that human activity is causing real damage to the natural world. LiveScience lists overlooked indications that things are seriously out of whack. Earlier migration: Several bird species are getting their timing wrong. Jellyfish rule: The creatures are hitching rides on ships. More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • migration  • penguin  • scientist  • reptiles  • animals  • jellyfish

    • 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

    • 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 Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 8, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      China Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

      With exactly a month to go before the Olympics, China has not delivered on promises to improve Beijing’s air quality or allow foreign journalists open access, the BBC reports. The government vowed to bring Beijing’s air up to WHO standards when bidding for the Games, but a BBC test showed the city over the pollution limit 6 days out of 7. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • pollution  • Beijing  • air pollution  • journalist  • smog  • repression  • political freedoms

    • 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

    • EU Will Make Airlines Pay to Pollute

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 27, 08 5:57 AM CDT

      EU Will Make Airlines Pay to Pollute

      The European Union struck a landmark deal yesterday to regulate carbon emissions from airplanes, requiring carriers to buy pollution credits for all flights entering or leaving airports in the EU. The agreement, which should go into effect in 2012, marks the first time that airlines will have to pay to pollute in the European emissions market the same way that other industrial polluters do, reports the New York Times . More »

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      European Union  • airline industry  • greenhouse gases  • airline  • pollution  • air pollution  • carbon caps

    • Wash. State Bans Some Dishwasher Detergents

      newser  |  Bellingham Herald  |  Jun 18, 08 6:21 PM CDT

      Wash. State Bans Some Dishwasher Detergents

      Washington state will soon begin phasing in a ban on some big-name dishwater detergents because they contain too much phosphorus, the Bellingham Herald reports. Detergents such as Cascade and Electrasol, which contain more than 0.5% phosphorous, will be banned in Whatcom and Spokane counties July 1 and in the rest of the state in 2010. State officials say phosphorus runoff is polluting local water bodies. More »

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      environment  • pollution  • Washington state

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Florida Moves to Stop Piping Sewage Into the Ocean

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 3:25 PM CDT

      Florida Moves to Stop Piping Sewage Into the Ocean

      Florida has been dumping sewage into the ocean for over 60 years, but is moving towards cleaning up its act, Reuters reports. Florida’s Senate recently passed a bill that would replace the system, which pumps 300 million gallons of partially treated waste into the Atlantic daily. Passage in the House is expected, but the state's EPA says it will take 16 years and $3 billion to close them all down. More »

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      environment  • Florida  • pollution  • sewage  • contaminated water

    • Cindy's Tips for Green Living

      newser  |  Daily Green  |  Apr 22, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      Cindy's Tips for Green Living

      “We all want to live a little greener,” ex-supermodel and mom Cindy Crawford writes in The Daily Green. The key for moms is making small changes that mesh with hectic household living: Filter your tap water and use a reusable bottle. Thirty-eight billion bottles end up in landfills each year—why add to the pile? More »

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      celebrity  • climate change  • pollution  • plastic  • bottled water  • green home

    • Trash Fouls World's Beaches

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 15, 08 8:27 PM CDT

      Trash Fouls World's Beaches

      One day of beach cleanup last year netted 6 million pounds of trash worldwide, an environmental group says. Volunteers in 76 countries collected an average of 182 pounds per mile of beach; the US weighed in at 390 pounds per mile, the AP reports. "We're the bad guys," said the head of the Ocean Conservancy. "Trash doesn't fall from the sky." More »

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      environment  • pollution  • beach  • trash  • littering  • Ocean Conservancy

  • March 2008

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