Of course they don’t. Who would? But you know they’re doing everything they can to keep that a secret, given their recent withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol (because of the … [Read full article]
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Skip The Gifts
Wish you could do more for the world? Tired of receiving presents that you have no need for and just add to our world’s growing piles of waste? Encourage … [Read full article]
80 Taiwan Environmentalists Protest Outside Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power isn’t popular anywhere (well, except in nuclear industry board rooms, I guess). And it is something that gets people motivated enough to physically protest. The latest such … [Read full article]
16% of Species in Finding Nemo Endangered
Pixar’s Finding Nemo is a classic, already. Unfortunately, many of the species in the film are endangered. A new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature actually … [Read full article]
APP is Clearing Tropical Forests Designated as Tiger Sanctuaries, Despite What It Says
A recent report exposed that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) was greenwashing its clear cutting of tropical forests that act as tiger sanctuaries. It denied that was the case, … [Read full article]
Cost of Electronics Going Up Due to Extreme Weather
“If a new PC or hard drive is on your holiday wish list, you may be in for a rude surprise: supplies are running low and prices have skyrocketed, … [Read full article]
Animal Rights Activists Now Considered Terrorists — Filing Lawsuit to Get Their 1st Amendment Rights Back
Animal rights activists have been threatened by a new law, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), that seems to violate our 1st Amendment rights (allowing the government to give … [Read full article]
Bullfighting Now Banned in Venezuela's Capital, Caracas
The movement to ban bullfighting got another win last week. From the League Against Cruel Sports: “The Venezuelan Supreme Court has taken the decision to annul the Ordinance on … [Read full article]
Climate Deniers — to the Moon! (New Solution to Stop Global Warming)
If only it were a viable solution. The idea did come up at a round-table global warming discussion in California last week, though. More from Mark Hertsgaard over on Grist: The … [Read full article]
$10 Billion — Cost of U.S. Floods in 2011 Related to Global Warming
No, no single weather event can be definitively linked to global warming, statistically. But everyone knows what global warming has been predicted to cause, and everyone can see it’s … [Read full article]
Invasive Biomedical Research on Chimps Not Needed
Invasive biomedical research on chimpanzees is “largely unnecessary”, according to a new landmark report by the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine. So, let’s stop doing it! “Nearly 1,000 chimpanzees … [Read full article]
GOP Trying to Strip EPA of Offshore Drilling Oversight
Oh, the wonderful nature lovers of the Republican party…. Going right back to the ideology that caused the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, “House Republicans are … [Read full article]
Chiquita Dropping Tar Sands
Chiquita (yes, the banana company) has agreed to drop the use of fuel that comes from oil refineries that use oil from Canada’s dirty tar sands. Chiquita is working … [Read full article]