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Climate Change and Habitat Loss Posing Great Threat to Europe's Small Creatures
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17.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Headlines |
| by Frank McDonald THE LATEST European Red List, commissioned by the EU and released yesterday, shows that habitat loss and climate change are having a serious impact on Europe’s butterflies, beetles and dragonflies. Nine per cent of butterflies, 11 per cent of beetles – which depend on decaying wood and are essential for recycling nutrients in the soil – and 14 per cent of dragonflies are threatened with extinction in Europe. read more |
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Climate Quick Fix Could Create Toxic Algae Blooms
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17.3.2010 |
Wired Top Stories |
| A new study suggests that fighting climate change by seeding the ocean with iron could result in algal blooms that produce a neurotoxin, killing marine life and eventually working its way up the food chain to humans.
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NOAA Fisheries lists Pacific smelt as threatened
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16.3.2010 |
AP Washington |
| GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- The Pacific smelt, a small fish that is popular as food and bait, but is beset by climate change, declining river flows, and shrimp fishing, is getting federal protection.... |
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NOAA Fisheries lists Pacific smelt as threatened
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16.3.2010 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| The Pacific smelt, a small fish that is popular as food and bait, but is beset by climate change, declining river flows, and shrimp fishing, is getting federal protection. |
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What's killing the great forests of the American west?
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16.3.2010 |
Guardian: Environment |
| An entomologist at the University of Montana has found that moutain pine beetles are attacking trees for longer periods as the season of cooler weather shrinks, part of a pattern of forest die-off that is sweeping North America. From Yale Environment 360 , part of the Guardian Environment Network
For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana, planned her field season for the same two to three weeks in July. That's when her quarry — tiny, black, mountain pine beetles — hatched from the tree they had just killed and swarmed to a new one to start their life cycle again.
Now, says Six, the field rules have changed. Instead of just two weeks, the beetles fly continually from May until October, attacking trees, burrowing ... |
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Can you cope with record petrol prices?
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16.3.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| The price of petrol could hit a record high of £1.20 a litre in the next few weeks. Are fuel prices too high? |
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The Great Forest Die-Off
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16.3.2010 |
Commondreams.org Views |
| by Jim Robbins For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana,
planned her field season for the same two to three weeks in July.
That's when her quarry - tiny, black, mountain pine beetles - hatched
from the tree they had just killed and swarmed to a new one to start
their life cycle again. read more |
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Letters: Beef up our approach to food
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16.3.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| You performed the worthy task of providing exposure to the labour conditions associated with the UK meat industry ( Violence and abuse rife in food factories , 13 March). Indeed the EHRC investigation adds to the social science evidence base that has already argued that exploited people in this sector are "treated as animals". Yet your coverage fails to note the interwoven exploitation of animals and the pressing need to curtail the meat industry precisely because of its inequitable impact on exploited humans – not just in terms of labour conditions but also because of the relation between meat consumption with both impaired public health and anticipated contributions to climate change.
Dr Richard Twine
Lancaster
• Isn't it time we ... |
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Disposing of feminine-care products has little environmental impact
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16.3.2010 |
Washington Post: Science |
Every month, I seem to go through an endless number of disposable pads and tampons. What impact are my moon cycles having on the planet?
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Africa looks to become self sufficient in food by 2015
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15.3.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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Relying on GM Crops to Battle Climate Change 'Suicidal,' Indian Activist Charges
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15.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Headlines |
| by Laurie Goering LONDON - Faced with growing demand for food and increasingly unpredictable weather, many developing nations are debating whether to relax restrictions on the use of genetically modified crops. Seed developers promise that a coming generation of genetically modified (GM) food crops will have climate-resilient features, from drought resistance to saltwater tolerance. read more |
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Water Wisdom
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14.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Vandana Shiva Since 1966 - and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water-intensive, chemical farming - India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating a water famine. read more |
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Ocean 'dead zones' worry scientists
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14.3.2010 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| WASHINGTON — Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth's oceans, particularly off the Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes linked to global climate change, scientists say. |
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Columbia Basin farmers rejoice but some environmentalists worry over plans for a key irrigation pipeline
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14.3.2010 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| The federal government is doing what once had been unthinkable: Building a new stretch of pipeline and draining more water from the Columbia River system to aid farmers. The pipeline is approved to carry just a trickle, but will be designed to handle much more water than that. New proposals would dramatically increase the amount of river water provided to Columbia Basin farmers. |
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Politics Confuse Public Perception of Climate Change
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13.3.2010 |
AlterNet |
| Americans don’t know what to think about climate change anymore. A few years ago, the public more or less trusted the science that said human activity was raising global temperatures, but now that Congress and the Obama administration have hemmed and hawed about climate issues, we’re not longer so sure. Forty-eight percent of Americans—more of us [...] ... |
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Best of the Web Today: Good News, D.C. Unemployment's Up
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13.3.2010 |
WSJ: Most Viewed Today |
| Oh, wait. Actually, they say it's good news, and that's why it's bad news. |
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Mercury News interview: Energy Secretary Steven Chu
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13.3.2010 |
San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley |
| Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a vocal advocate for alternative energy and nuclear power, was in Silicon Valley earlier this week to talk about the role of clean energy in combating global climate change. |
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Can Biotech Crops Feed The Developing World?
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12.3.2010 |
NPR: Talk of the Nation |
| Biotech has promised innovations like drought-resistant corn and vitamin-packed cassava to the developing world. But how has it delivered on those dreams? Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of those projects, and how "technologies in a seed" fit in with other agricultural improvements. |
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The People's Nuclear Posture Review
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12.3.2010 |
Truthout.com |
| Who decides our national and nuclear policy?
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
"In order to clarify United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy for the near term, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive review of the nuclear policy of the United States for the next 5 to 10 years." So says Section 1070 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008. This clarification of our policy is to be prepared primarily by the Defense Department, in spite of its vested interest in the outcome.
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New U.N. Climate Change Group is All Male
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12.3.2010 |
NY Times: Science |
A group of women are upset that a new United Nations climate change financing group has 19 members, but no women.
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