published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Michael Graham Richard As most readers have probably heard or read by now, yesterday was a dramatic day at the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters of TreeHugger's parent company, Discovery Communications. Early in the afternoon a lone man, later identified to be James J. Lee , entered the building, brandishing a pistol and carrying explosives, and began taking hostages. ...
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. All 13 people who were on the rig were evacuated and only one was injured, reports the U.S. ...
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
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Today on Planet 100: Golf Course is an Environmental Hole in One (Video)
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published September 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Courtesy of Greenpeace Argentina. Some may argue that Greenpeace has its twisted ways, but sometimes they just nail it. In Argentina, last year there was a huge controversy over a used batteries recycling program by the Buenos Aires government: essentially they were collecting them without a clear plan on what to do with this highly toxic waste, and ...
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published September 1, 2010 and has No Comments
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Today on Planet 100: Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Video)
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Russian rock star Yury Shevchuk sings in Moscow's Pushkin Square at an Aug. 22 demonstration to protect Khimki Forest. Photo via RFE/RL . Russian authorities are not known for responding to popular protests, but when one of the country's most famous musicians and one of the world's biggest rock stars added their voices to the angry demonstrations against building ...
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published August 31, 2010 and has No Comments
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Today on Planet 100: Canada's Oil Sands More Toxic Than Ever (Video)
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published August 31, 2010 and has No Comments
" Corn falls into the East Nishnabotna River in Montgomery County, Iowa. Severe row crop land erosion is occurring along the river. " Caption/image credit, this and subsquent images:Gannon, Desmoines Register The dramatic pictures you see in this post speak for themselves: Iowa crop land and even corn falling directly into a river. They symbolize mismanagement of the land ...
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published August 31, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: National Heritage Unless the very worst predictions come true (which is perfectly possible), then it is fair to assume there will be winners and losers from climate change. We've already heard about Greenlander's celebrating increased access to natural resources , and even exploring the idea of bottled iceberg water . Now another segment of the global population... ...
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published August 31, 2010 and has No Comments
photo via flickr Notoriously publicity shy Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish climate skeptic known for saying outrageous things about climate change , has seemingly changed his tune. Yesterday, the UK's Guardian reported that Lomborg makes a new claim in his upcoming book: we should confront climate change now and invest huge sums for technology development and deployment. ... Read the ...
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