Environment
America is rotting from the inside
Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues
Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.
Pollution a lifesaver for Midwest storm victims?
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
Ah yes, stupid media headlines: environmental degradation saving lives ... some say!
More Choice for Women Means More Sustainability
Posted by garrettmoon from World Changing
Robert Engelman, Vice President at the Worldwatch Institute, in his new book More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want Suggests that expanding the capacity of all women to choose when to bear children is thus the surest route to achieving an environmentally sustainable population.
Australian Climate Change Minister’s dose of shock therapy
Posted by devolved from Smh.com
As she draws up detailed plans to reduce carbon emissions, Penny Wong, the Australian Climate Change Minister, faces fierce arguments from fossil fuel companies that are on a collision course with the latest scientific predictions on global warming.
Victorian Premier Brumby fades to brown
Posted by devolved from The Age
Premier John Brumby has a vision for Melbourne in a climate-changed age, but sustainability experts fear that it is too wedded to coal and cars to match the scale of the environmental problem.
Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact
Posted by theangryindian
A Paraguayan Indian, who lived without contact with the outside world until 1998, has died of tuberculosis. Survival International has called his life, 'a symbol of the fate of indigenous people in the Americas since Columbus'.
Experts hook source of fish abnormalities - swissinfo
Posted by swissjourno
The deformities in whitefish from Lake Thun in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland are most likely caused by the plankton they feed on, a five-year study found.
Around 40 per cent of the fish show abnormalities in their reproductive organs, on a scale and in a variation that has not been seen anywhere else in the world, the authorities said on Wednesday.Experts hook source of fish abnormalities
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