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LCV’s Dirty Dozen Extends to States-level Races, Claims First Victim

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr All politics is local, right? Maybe, but with a federal cap on emissions stymied for now, greens and climate deniers are increasingly looking to the states for action. Enter the League of Conservation voters, which has put out its first ever state-level “Dirty Dozen” list , targeting state level pols who have poor environmental voting records. On Tuesday, New York state Sen. Bill Stachowski (D) became the first member of the list to go down, losing to Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Slammed for Safety Failings in North Sea, Months Before Deepwater Horizon Explosion

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

A BP rig in the North Sea. Photo via BP Could we see deja vu all over again? This little bit of news emerged yesterday, though it was received with very little fanfare (could be that the ever-vigilant media is turning it’s focus away from the BP narrative, now that the most dramatic stuff is over? Nah …) — that just months before the explosion in the Gulf , BP was cited for failing to complete safety training and emergency exercises for i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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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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Killer Shrimp Invades the UK

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image courtesy of the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Laboratory When the eastern gray squirrel was introduced to the UK during the 19th and 20th centuries, it quickly found a niche—outpacing the smaller, weaker, and generally less fit native red squirrel throughout England. Since then, conservationists have struggled to preserve the waning populations of red squirrel and the eastern gray has become a symbol of the dangers of invasive speci… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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First US Tar Sands Project Approved in Utah

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is what the tar sands did to Alberta’s boreal forests. Image via Boreal Song Bird Initiative You’ve likely heard about the infamous Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada. They’re a major source of controversy in the energy world and the environmental community (to put it lightly), and for good reason. Extracting oil from tar sands is far more degrading to the environment than typical oil extraction, as the process destroys forest, emits substantially more greenhouse gas, contaminates nearby habitat, and consumes mammoth amounts of water. And now, the United States cou… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Huge River of Dead Fish Clogs Mississippi Near the Gulf

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via NOLA At first glance, you might not even notice the dead fish in the picture above — there are too many of them. But no, that’s not a gravely parking lot. It’s a section of the Mississippi River that has literally been clogged with thousands of dead fish in the wake of the BP Gulf spill . And while investigation as to the cause of the mass fish kill is still underway, there are fears that new toxins in the water from spilled oil or chemical dispersants have played a role. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Crackhead Explains How To Keep Your Bike From Being Stolen

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Bicycle Thief, caught. A former crackhead tells all in the Guardian about his career as a bicycle thief and what he does to avoid having his own bike stolen. We have noted before that the weight of the bike lock is inversely proportional to the weight of the bike, and Aziz basically concurs, using two thick chains through both wheels and the frame…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rare Blue Flower Discovered Blooming on British Farm

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via jkirkhart35 The blue pimpernel, cousin of the more famous (and common) scarlet pimpernel, was found growing on a farm in south Worcestershire in the UK. But where normally this might send a troop of conservationists hauling out to make sure no plows turn the plant under, this particular farm is actually the perfect places for a rare botanical species. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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India Cancels Third Hydropower Project on Ganges Tributary on Environmental & Religious Concerns

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Bhagirathi (left) joins with the Alaknanda (right) in Devprayag and is known as the Ganga from this point onwards. Photo: Wikipedia Good news for the River Ganga! India has cancelled a 600 MW hydropower project on the Bhagirathi River, one of the main tributaries that come together to form the sacred river, citing environmental and religious concerns. Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Roadkill Database to Make Highways Safer for Animals

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Seabamirum Mapping out roadkill. It’s an unusual, and yet incredibly important project. We know that roadways are deadly for animals, not just in the direct sense that everything from insects to birds to huge mammals are hit by cars, but also in that roads rip through habitats, dividing hunting territories and migration routes . But exactly how problematic are roads, and for which species? While the Humane Society reports about 1 million anim… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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