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California governor orders first ever water restrictions
Via: randy2
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
The governor of California has implemented the first mandatory water restrictions in the state's history. The order implements a 25% reduction in water usage for cities and towns across the...
Environmentalism and Envy
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Envy is among the least admirable of human emotions. It is not an emotion that we publicly acknowledge or often even acknowledge privately to ourselves. Entire ideological movements are based...
New York State Is Planning a Massive Mute Swan Kill. Signatures Needed
Via: perrie-halpern
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Stop New York's Mute Swan Management Plan NYS is planning on killing two-thirds or more of New Yorks mute swans, including the entire upstate population, and the DEC would force strict...
A few doomsday predictions from the first Earth Day that never quite materialized
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Yesterday was Earth Day, so I hoped you hugged a tree or kissed a marmoset, or something. But way back in 1970 when the first Earth Day was celebrated, several prominent scientists made a...
Eco-Marxism: Deception 2.0
Via: xxjefferson51
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and theyre easier to fool with lies than most other people, too.Dashiell Hammett puts these words into the mouth of a minor...
Happy Earth Day 2015: The Earth is doing just fine, thank you
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Wednesday, April 22 is Earth Day. To hear the experts like Usher and Al Gore tell the story, the planet is in a miserable state. We're running out of our natural resources, we're overpopulating...
Taking a broom to climate change gloom and doom
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
As the old saying goes, forewarned is forearmed. And, like Climate of Corruption , the book Scared Witless delivers much forewarning on the nature of the climate-hysteria business, especially...
Superrich Behind California's 'Grassroots' Green Movement
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
C alifornians have long had the reputation of being more concerned about environmental issues than Americans in general. But for years that interest expressed itself in modest ideas about...
A state-by-state guide of the best natural wonders in America
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
1. Alabama Cathedral Cavern State ParkDeclared a National Natural Landmark in 1972, these incredible caves were opened as a state park in 2000. The 126-foot-wide by 25-foot-high entrance to the...
Texas Passes Ban on Fracking Bans (Yes, You Read that Right)
Via: one-miscreant
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9 years ago
Texas Passes Ban on Fracking Bans (Yes, You Read that Right) Cole Mellino|May 5, 2015 10:04 am| The Texasstate legislature voted yesterdayto banfrackingbans. Ever since the peopleof...
1816: The Year Without a Summer
Via: feronia
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
The year 1816 was known as The Year Without a Summer in New England because six inches of snow fell in June and every month of the year had a hard frost. Temperatures dropped to as low as 40...
Hollywood's Climate Hypocrites
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Hollywood and global-warming panic have always been a natural match. After all, who can tell you better to cut back on your wasteful ways better than a high-flying multimillionaire movie star...
Duke Energy admits to polluting rivers in North Carolina
Via: kavika
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9 years ago
Duke Energy admits to polluting rivers, but some NC residents say a huge mess remains Los Angeles Times David Zucchino 2 hrs ago EMAIL GREENVILLE, N.C. Duke Energy may...
20-Year-Old Thinks He Can Clean Gobs of Ocean Plastic
Via: randy2
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9 years ago
It started with a question: "I wondered, 'Why cant we clean this up?'" Only rather than the dinner dishes or scattered toys, "this" was referring to the world's oceans and the vast...
Climate Change, That Ol' Scheme To Bleed The Rich
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
nyone who has doubted that the global warming scare was cooked up to shake down advanced economies should read this story in the Guardian about the need to send money "to poor countries to help...
EPA Buries Its Own Good News About Fracking
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
View Enlarged ImageWant to see a perfect example of spin as a Washington art form? Read the results of the federal government's most in-depth investigation ever of fracking. As Institute for Energy...
Climate Change: Where is the Science?
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Is it twice as likely that the Earth is cooling than that it is warming? That humans and fossil fuels have nothing, or everything to do with it, or somewhere in between? Or is it over 99% certain...
California gardeners say their industry is drying up because of ongoing drought
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9 years ago
California gardeners say their industry is drying up because of ongoing drought California drought crippling gardening jobs Homeowners in California are ripping out their once...
Man Dies After Contracting Rare Bacteria While Swimming in Gulf Coast Beach in Florida
Via: petey-coober
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9 years ago
By AVIANNE TAN 20 hours ago Good Morning America A 26-year-old man recently died after contracting a rare, deadly bacterial infection while swimming in the Gulf of...
EPA Gets Another Much-Needed Smackdown From The Courts
Via: xxjefferson51
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9 years ago
Environment: The rogue agency known as EPA has been slapped back by the Supreme Court for failing to consider the cost of a massive new regulation. What else is new?The latest case involves an EPA...
Key ice-handling vessel for Shell's Arctic drilling program damaged, returns to port
Via: larry-crehore
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9 years ago
MSV Fennica In another hurdle for Royal Dutch Shells Arctic drilling program, an ice-handling vessel playing a key role in the operation has returned to Dutch Harbor after a gash was...
Earth heading for 'mini ice age' in just 15 years, scientists say
Via: petey-coober
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9 years ago
LINK : http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/07/11/Earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-in-just-15-years-scientists-say/2751436649025/ By Doug G. Ware | Updated July 11, 2015 at 5:36 PM...
Royal Dutch Shell’s MV Fennica to return to the West Coast for repairs
Via: larry-crehore
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9 years ago
The hull of the Fennica suffered a gash in the hull about 3 feet long and a half-inch wide when the vessel struck an uncharted object while leaving Dutch Harbor. The area had not been...