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Sunday, November 08, 2009

environmental news story sunday

our weekly look into stories that are of import...but you might not have seen in or on your local infotainment delivery system(s).

sounding the trumpet. - it takes a lot to frighten albertha hasten, a campaigner for poor citizens of louisiana, and fellow african-americans, who suffer disproportionately from contaminated air, water and soil. she fears that this group is going to be threatened again by rising sea levels and hurricanes as a result of climate change. - economist

polluters' fear tactics on climate.- big polluting companies around the world, employing thousands of lobbyists, are exerting heavy pressure on governments to weaken climate change laws and slow progress on an international climate agreement in copenhagen, a global investigation reveals. - sydney morning herald

scientists compare caribou collapse to cod crash.- once, caribou wandered over the arctic tundra in herds that took days to pass. so great were their numbers - even 20 years ago - that they were able to shake off man's puny imprint on the great barren lands like so many flies on a rump. - canadian press

chemicals and cholesterol. - pfcs are everywhere--from teflon pans to stain resistant carpeting and take-out food containers. a new study shows a strong association between these chemicals and increased human cholesterol levels - living on earth

alarm at toxic mine deal. - an australian mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a british firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people - sydney morning herald

farmers growing genetically engineereed corn break rules. - corn genetically engineered to resist pests and tolerate herbicides made up 85% of the u.s. corn crop in 2009, according to the usda. but a watchdog group reports that since 2006, farmers have become increasingly non-compliant with federally-mandated planting requirements. - usa toady

jets' trails suggest role in global warming. - planes already are blamed for 13 percent of the transportation sector's human-generated greenhouse gas emissions, which act as insulation, holding warmth around the planet, according to a report this summer from the general accountability office. - nashville tennessean

squatting the berlin wall. - november 9 marks the 20th year anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. soon after the wall came down, a group of squatters moved into the barren wasteland and has been working to green the buffer zone ever since. and they may be providing a model for sustainable urban living today - living on earth

groundwater program marks 15th year. - michigan's nationally admired groundwater stewardship program provides educational, financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers and residents to identify and reduce groundwater contamination risks. - traverse city record eagle

texaco still cleaning up old fillmore refinery site. - more than 50 years after a fillmore oil refinery was closed, texaco is still working to clean the soil and groundwater of benzene and other contaminants at the Superfund site. - ventura county star

plastics, by the numbers, they're everywhere. - the bottom line: since plastics are a fact of life, learn how to pick and choose your plastics if you want to protect your health. - santa cruz sentinel

think clean coal’s a real option? sequester this!. - it would appear that clean coal is to science what santa claus is to children: it might feel good to believe, but the science just doesn’t support it. - denver washington park profile

the trail of dioxin and dow. - if you learned your town was polluted with toxic waste, you'd just want to get it cleaned up. dioxin's been a problem for at least 30 years in central michigan, but dow, the federal government, and the state are just now hashing out final cleanup plans. - environmental record

unsafe levels of chemicals found in popular canned foods. - consumer reports tested a bunch of canned juices, soups, tuna, and green beans and found bisphenol a (bpa) in almost all of them - even the ones labeled organic or bisphenol a-free. - daily green

3 yards and a cloud of what? - in the latest generation of artificial turf are thousands of tiny rubber crumbs made from pulverized tires. what if the crumbs end up in a player's mouth or lungs? at least 100 different chemicals and heavy metals like lead are found in tire crumbs. are there long-term health risks from playing on these fields? - omaha world herald

environment agency to crackdown on 'waste tourists.' - environmental watchdogs are to crack down on 'waste tourists' visiting britain to arrange for toxic rubbish to be shipped to developing nations - london daily telegraph

reef troubles warn of disaster. - to give reefs and other ecosystems a chance, it's crucial that world leaders embark upon a combined effort to protect earth's remaining natural areas, beyond even international attempts to control global warming emissions. - mcclatchy newspapers

bishops ask banana growers to stop aerial spraying. - four members of the catholic bishops’ conference of the philippines have challenged the banana industry to exercise corporate responsibility by stopping the aerial spraying of chemicals in banana plantations in mindanao - philippine daily inquirer

can we manipulate the weather? - by the end of last month, farmland in the already dry north of china was suffering badly due to drought. so on saturday night china's meteorologists fired 186 explosive rockets loaded with chemicals to "seed" clouds and encourage snow to fall. - london guardian

cap calls for ban on bottled water. - the consumers association of penang has called on the authorities to ban bottled water in the country, while also warning consumers not to refill plastic bottles or reuse them as chemical leaching can pollute the water within. - petalyng java star

could portland's style of urban agriculture be the model that saves detroit? - historian and writer mark dowie says the nation's most depressed metropolitan area, detroit, could be transformed by turning its burned-out blocks and abandoned factory sites into farms. - portland oregonian


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lotsa good stuff there thanks
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