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Are Cut Flowers Killing the Wildlife in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha?

Photo via joebeone Flamingos are landing at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. This might seem like a good thing at first – more wildlife is a sign of vitality, right? But there’s one problem. Flamingos like salt water and Lake Naivasha is a fresh water lake. Or at least, it’s supposed to be. The flamingos are one of many signs showing that the chemistry of the lake is changing and that spells bad news for the flora and fauna that call it home. While there is a debate raging on what is causing the pollution and problems for the lake, several fingers point to the flower farming industry. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oil Generation’s Representative Barton Personal Apologies Extended To BP Executive

In my lifetime we’ve had the Beats, the Hippies, the Cold Warriors, the Boomers, X’ers, and the Y’rs and more. One term captures them all and that is Oil Generations . If we had to nominate a present-day King symbolize what united, fueled and lubed us all these years, it would be hard to chose between Representative Joe Barton, R-Texas and Tony Hayward, CEO of British Petroleum. To demonstrate, have a look at this excerpt from today’s Congressional hearing on the BP gusher. As

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