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    • Hurricanes Shape New Natural Order

      Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!

      Hurricanes have been kneading the Gulf Coast like putty for eons, carving out inlets and bays, creating beaches and altering plant and animal life — but up to now, the natural world has largely been able to rebound. Nature might not be able to rebound so quickly now, because of people.

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    • Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

      Posted by Billbar from New York Times

      James E. Hansen, longtime director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

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    • Seed: Losing in the Environmental Medal Count

      Posted by Billbar from Seed Magazine

      America ranks 28th in the world for environmental performance. New Zealand earned the highest scores of the 133 nations ranked according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The United States' relatively low ranking was largely due to its subpar scores for urban air quality, water resources and productive natural resources.

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    • Costly alien invaders rock world's balance

      Posted by Billbar from Reuters

      Biological globalization is recognized as a major threat to biodiversity, second only to habitat destruction. Researchers have estimated the United States alone spends $137 billion each year fighting immigrant flora and fauna, a figure that rises to $336 billion when Britain, Australia, India, South Africa and Brazil are included.

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    Damianmann comments on:

    Bush set to relax rules protecting species

    filibuster…

     

     

     

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    3:01 am 11/20/08
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    lonet comments on:

    Bush set to relax rules protecting species

    he Bush administration has until Friday to publish new rules in order for them to take effect before President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in. Otherwise, Obama can undo them with the stroke of a pen. A rule eliminating the mandatory, independent advice of government scientists in decisions about whether dams, highways and other projects are likely to harm species looked likely to meet the deadline, leaving the only chance for a quick reversal to Congress.
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    2:58 am 11/20/08
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Bush set to relax rules protecting species

    He has no shame.

     

    You know what this is about right? Drill baby Drill. The only thing really holding them back is the endangered species act and wildlife protections. Right?

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    11:16 pm 11/19/08
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    littleowl comments on:

    It Is Time to Change from Fighting Against Something to Fighting for Something

    There is information on the internet you may not be aware of, that is answering this need. For example: http://www.the-alternative.org.uk is offering over 800 pages of relevant information - all available for free download. Have a look!

     

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    Jeff comments on:

    David Letterman's Global Warming Rant

    This was pretty amazing.

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    4:36 pm 10/01/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Voters in Ecuador Approve Constitution and Rights of Nature

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    "Ecuador is now the first country in the world to codify a new system of environmental protection based on rights," stated Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

    "With this vote, the people of Ecuador are leading the way for countries around the world to fundamentally change how we protect nature," added Mari Margil, Associate Director of the Legal Defense Fund.

    Article 1 of the new "Rights for Nature" chapter of the Ecuador constitution reads:  "Nature or Pachamama, where life is reproduced and exists, has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.  Every person, people, community or nationality, will be able to demand the recognitions of rights for nature before the public bodies."
     

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    thaimat comments on:

    We've Got One Week Left to Stop One of Bush's Worst Environmental Attacks

    http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/battle-of-endangered-species-act-changes-heats-up-2008-09-08.html

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    7:04 pm 9/14/08
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