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Environmental protest round up 3 July 2009

Environmental protestors chained themselves to a conveyor belt, protesting that environmental legislation neglected the needs of local wildlife but a spokesman for the plant said ‘… It didn’t affect us in any way and we just left them there until they decided that they felt like going home and they did. These days it’s as much about the show as it is about the reasons, so I guess the show must go on and sometimes the reasons are worthwhile and sometimes they are not.’ Read this post »

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Colbert Report Green: Colbert Rips Boehner, Republicans on Climate

Stephen Colbert delves into the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act and the choice words House Minority Leader John Boehner had for it last week. Read this post »

Cigarette Clean-Up Fee Passes San Francisco’s Board Vote

San Francisco, CA - They’re everywhere. On the streets, in gutters; even collecting in pools of water. Little orange and white rolls of paper and tobacco. Cigarettes. Once used, these unfriendly remains haunt our down towns and our backyards. But it’s time to say goodbye to the orange and white…in San Francisco at least. San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee unanimously supported a measure that will help get rid of the stubs of used cigarettes. Read this post »

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Feds Hope To Have 13 New Solar Power Plants On Public Lands By 2010

In a plan released on Tuesday, federal agencies will work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies, open new solar energy permitting offices and speed reviews of industry proposals. Read this post »

Senator Inhofe Vows a “Full Investigation” into “Suppressed” EPA Report on Climate Change

Senator Inhofe calls for a “full investigation” into what he terms as a cover-up of scientific data that “vindicates” his position that global warming is hoax. It’s either that or an increasingly desperate attempt to support an untenable position. Read this post »

The mighty agriculture sector gets their way with Waxman-Markey, but at what cost?

Big Ag wielded its mighty stick again leading up to the passage of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, ensuring that the USDA will be in full control of all ag-based offset projects. How might this move influence future US greenhouse gas inventories? Read this post »

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India Will Not Have Emission Reduction Targets, How About Renewable Energy Targets

Mot of the developing countries have refused to accept emission reduction goals but with the proposed financial help from developed nations they can certainly set renewable energy targets for themselves. Read this post »

Europe Fails to Recognize Carbon Dioxide As a Pollutant

Divisions within the EU have led to an agreement which ignores Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant and allows member nations to delay implementation of stricter emission standards. Read this post »

California's new emissions standards will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution.

EPA Grants California Fuel Emissions Waiver Request

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted California’s waiver request that will allow the state to enforce strict greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars beginning with the present model year. California first applied for the waiver in 2005, but was denied several years later. Now, the EPA grants the waiver based on the need for California to improve its air pollution conditions. Read this post »

81% of African Americans Support Climate Action

According to a recent survey, more than three quarters of African Americans would back federal policy action on climate change. Read this post »

Mr. Irrelevant? Fox News’ Dick Morris on Climate Bill

Apparently Fox News tele-pundit and GOP cheerleader, Dick Morris, thinks the only way people will consider him relevant is if he tells everyone that he was once an adviser to President Bill Clinton. Read this post »

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