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Environment & Climate News
November 2008
Alaska Governor Fights Polar Bear ESA Listing
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is leading a legal challenge against the U.S. Interior Department’s May 14 decision to list polar bears as a threatened ... (read more)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is leading a legal challenge against the U.S. Interior Department’s May 14 decision to list polar bears as a threatened ... (read more)
California Legislature Approves New Measures for Regulating Chemicals
A far-reaching proposal written in the closing days of the California legislative session would give state regulators broad authority to identify, study, ... (read more)
A far-reaching proposal written in the closing days of the California legislative session would give state regulators broad authority to identify, study, ... (read more)
California Pesticide Restrictions Rejected
Stringent pesticide restrictions for California’s San Joaquin Valley region, initially ordered by a federal district court in 2006, have been refuted ... (read more)
Stringent pesticide restrictions for California’s San Joaquin Valley region, initially ordered by a federal district court in 2006, have been refuted ... (read more)
Californians, Floridians Support Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling, Polls Say
Recent polls show the citizens of California and Florida, where opening the Outer Continental Shelf to offshore oil and natural gas exploration has historically ... (read more)
Recent polls show the citizens of California and Florida, where opening the Outer Continental Shelf to offshore oil and natural gas exploration has historically ... (read more)
Crow Tribe Plans New Coal-to-Liquid Fuels Plant
In one of the most ambitious energy-related joint ventures in recent memory, the Crow Tribe is joining forces with an Australian company to construct a ... (read more)
In one of the most ambitious energy-related joint ventures in recent memory, the Crow Tribe is joining forces with an Australian company to construct a ... (read more)
EPA Refuses Texas Ethanol Waiver Request
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to reduce the state’s ethanol consumption mandate imposed ... (read more)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to reduce the state’s ethanol consumption mandate imposed ... (read more)
Global Warming Alarmists Sabotage Wikipedia Entries
“Wikipedia is in the hands of zealots,” says Lawrence Solomon, a respected journalist with Canada’s National Post and an avowed environmentalist ... (read more)
“Wikipedia is in the hands of zealots,” says Lawrence Solomon, a respected journalist with Canada’s National Post and an avowed environmentalist ... (read more)
How to Submit Comments
Comments from the public, due by November 28, may be decisive in determining whether the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide. Comments ... (read more)
Comments from the public, due by November 28, may be decisive in determining whether the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide. Comments ... (read more)
Input Sought on EPA Plan to Restrict CO2
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting comments on proposed rulemaking regarding carbon dioxide emissions. While the agency is on ... (read more)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting comments on proposed rulemaking regarding carbon dioxide emissions. While the agency is on ... (read more)
New York City Mayor Quickly Retracts Impractical Windmills-on-Bridges Plan
A day after attracting extensive positive press coverage and fanfare for announcing plans to place windmills atop bridges and buildings throughout the nation’s ... (read more)
A day after attracting extensive positive press coverage and fanfare for announcing plans to place windmills atop bridges and buildings throughout the nation’s ... (read more)
November 2008 Environment & Climate News: Wind Power Limits
The November 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News highlights limits on the value of wind power. On page 1: * Republican vice presidential candidate ... (read more)
The November 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News highlights limits on the value of wind power. On page 1: * Republican vice presidential candidate ... (read more)
Organic Food Study Is Flawed, Conclusions Unsupported by Science
Charles Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Center, and his colleagues have published a 53-page report misleadingly ... (read more)
Charles Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Center, and his colleagues have published a 53-page report misleadingly ... (read more)
Pickens Plan Fails to Account for Limitations on Wind Power
The Pickens Scare, being promoted by incessant advertising by billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens, sounds so familiar. Our consumption of foreign oil ... (read more)
The Pickens Scare, being promoted by incessant advertising by billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens, sounds so familiar. Our consumption of foreign oil ... (read more)
Rain Cancels Car-Free Day in Seattle
Imagine a day without automobiles and their carbon dioxide emissions, Seattle environmental activists told the public. Attempting to make that vision a ... (read more)
Imagine a day without automobiles and their carbon dioxide emissions, Seattle environmental activists told the public. Attempting to make that vision a ... (read more)
San Francisco Imposes Green Building Codes
Green building codes signed into law by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) may cost city residents and businesses $700 million each and every year in ... (read more)
Green building codes signed into law by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) may cost city residents and businesses $700 million each and every year in ... (read more)
Seattle Mayor Unveils $150 Million Effort to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels (D) has unveiled a $185 million plan to promote compact fluorescent light bulbs, green buildings, and other energy efficiency ... (read more)
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels (D) has unveiled a $185 million plan to promote compact fluorescent light bulbs, green buildings, and other energy efficiency ... (read more)
Study of Gravity Exposes Weakness of Global Warming Theories
Gravity’s Arc: The Story of Gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond by David Darling Wiley, 2006 278 pages, $24.95, ISBN 978-0471719892 The ... (read more)
Gravity’s Arc: The Story of Gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond by David Darling Wiley, 2006 278 pages, $24.95, ISBN 978-0471719892 The ... (read more)
The ABCs of Alternative Transportation Fuels
T. Boone Pickens has strenuously advocated using wind or natural gas to power cars, to break our dependence on foreign oil. Setting aside the question of ... (read more)
T. Boone Pickens has strenuously advocated using wind or natural gas to power cars, to break our dependence on foreign oil. Setting aside the question of ... (read more)
Va. Governor Bucks Activists, OKs Coal Plant
Once hailed by environmentalists as a champion of green causes, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) now finds himself the scourge of his erstwhile supporters. Kaine’s ... (read more)
Once hailed by environmentalists as a champion of green causes, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) now finds himself the scourge of his erstwhile supporters. Kaine’s ... (read more)
Wisconsin Wolves, Georgia Sea Turtles Coming Back
Two high-profile animal species are making remarkable comebacks in Wisconsin and Georgia. Upper Midwestern wolves and Southern loggerhead turtles are showing ... (read more)
Two high-profile animal species are making remarkable comebacks in Wisconsin and Georgia. Upper Midwestern wolves and Southern loggerhead turtles are showing ... (read more)
Wyoming Citizens Reap Bonanza from Energy Development
While consumers struggle with the high price of gasoline and worry about rising home heating costs, Wyoming citizens are reaping the benefits of oil and ... (read more)
While consumers struggle with the high price of gasoline and worry about rising home heating costs, Wyoming citizens are reaping the benefits of oil and ... (read more)
