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Stimulus Allows Big Polluters to Bypass Environmental Regulations

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Stimulus Allows Big Polluters to Bypass Environmental Regulations

Photo: Vidor , Wikimedia, CC In its haste to jump-start “shovel-ready” stimulus projects, the Obama administration allowed many of the biggest polluters in the nation to sidestep key environmental regulations. The federal government made a stunning 179,000 “categorical exclusions” that allowed corporations — many with disastrous environmental records — to use stimulus funding to sponsor projects without submitting them to review under … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Obama Admin to Speed Up Offshore Wind Power Development

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Obama Admin to Speed Up Offshore Wind Power Development

Photo: Kim Hansen , Wikimedia, CC As it stands, it typically takes a staggering 7 years — at the very least — for an offshore wind project to receive federal approval to begin construction. And as we’ve seen with the infamous Cape Wind project , there’s plenty of red tape on the local and state levels as well. So its no surprise that the the US is seriously lagging in the offshore wind power sector. But the Dept. of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tigers Could Be Extinct in 12 Years

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Tigers Could Be Extinct in 12 Years

Photo: Steve Evans , Wikimedia, CC As if Mondays weren’t depressing enough, there’s this bit of news to start off your day: Tigers could be entirely extinct in the wild just over a decade. There are only 3,200 tigers left, outside of captivity. At least 1,000 were killed over the last decade by poaching alone. Many more are threatened by habitat loss caused by human development. If this trajectory continues, one of the most recognizable and universally-beloved species on the plane… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Geysers Explode With Energy and Life (Slideshow)

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Geysers Explode With Energy and Life (Slideshow)

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons When huge volcanoes erupt , sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can’t help but take notice . Yet everyday, around the planet, smaller displays of geothermal force take place. Sometimes, it’s fairly static, like a gently simmering hot spring, and other times it’s explosive—albeit less so than

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Scientists Fight Contagious Face-Eating Tasmanian Devil Cancer

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons The wild shrieks and grunts made by Tasmanian devils as they fed on their prey terrified early English settlers in the 19th century, an experience that inspired the small carnivores’ common name. Today, however, it’s the devils that are being tormented—by an epidemic so horrific it seems otherworldly. It’s a parasitic cancer called Devil facial tumor disease, and since it first appeared in 1996 it has been responsible for a 70 percent decline in the Tasmanian devil population…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Human-Generated Noise Yet Another Threat to Northern Right Whales

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Northern right whales shout to overcome background noise, but how loud is too loud? Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Right whales, it’s believed, earned their name for being the “right whales to hunt.” The whales are rich in blubber, swim slowly, and float after they have been killed—making them an easy and profitable target for whalers. These characteristics nearly led to the whale’s extinction—populations were almost completely depleted in the mid-19th century—until a ban in 1937 saved the species. Today,

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World’s Smallest Whale Population Drops to 30 Individuals

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The elusive North Pacific right whale may be too depleted to save. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons As the world continues to struggle over a plan to control—if not stop—commercial whaling, one of the industry’s victims struggles for survival. The North Pacific right whale—once numbering in the tens of thousands—was nearly driven to extinction by whaling and poaching. Now, it is likely the most endangered species of whale in the world—a species that it may be too late to save…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Ecouterre: Green These Summer Eco-Fashion Trends

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo credit: Doucette Duvall + Find your happily ever after with these prints charming . This sustainable array of eye-popping prints and blistering colors that will banish even the foulest of foul-weather doldrums. + Ahoy, mateys! You don’t need a yacht (or an eye patch) to set sail with this season’s

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