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Mystery in the Marsh: Where are the bugs?
Via: jane-ward
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Bay Jimmy, La. LSU research assistant Brooke Hesson, brushing a net across some marsh grass, makes a somewhat surprising discovery. "There's a beetle in this one, a pretty beetle," Hesson said,...
Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protests as "Terrorists" (View TransCanada's PowerPoints) - AlterNet
Via: jsbach
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protesters as 'Terrorists' (View TransCanada's PowerPoints) June 13, 2013 AlterNet by Alyssa Figueroa Peaceful environmental...
She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for.
Via: loretta-mashkawidee-kemsley
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
"When the last tree has been cut, the last river has been dried, and the last fish has been caught, then you will realize that money cannot be eaten." - Crow proverb
The world's most beautiful wastewater treatment plant
Via: hal-a-lujah
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Environment/Climate
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4 Comments
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9 years ago
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living may be the most beautiful wastewater treatment plant in the world. It is powered by solar and geothermal power, so it requires no additional power to...
Koch Industries Pipeline ruptures dumps at least 17,000 barrels of crude in livestock ponds and -------!
Via: retired-military-ex-republican
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Koch industries was informed they had a Crude Oil Pipeline rupture and were dumping crude oil which they knew nothing about. The Koch industries want a pipeline from Canada to Texas to ship their...
Colorado river found unsafe with discharges coming from fracking sites.
Via: retired-military-ex-republican
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Environment/Climate
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4 Comments
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9 years ago
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/20/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-linked-to-fracking-found-in-colorado-river/ 30 million people use this water for drinking water. Report 3 weeks...
An explosion erupts as TransCanada awaits U.S. permit for Keystone XL oil pipeline to U.S. markets
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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28 Comments
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9 years ago
Manitoba is facing its coldest winter since 1949, with temperatures dipping below -20 C. On Saturday January 25 th , 2014 at approximately 1:00am an explosion on a natural gas pipeline near...
Japanese whaling ship ’attacks’ Sea Shepherd boat
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Despite the clashes, Sea Shepherd's Peter Hammarstedt said the activists were still in contact with the fleeing Japanese factory ship, Nisshin Maru. Mr Hammarstedt said his ship Bob Barker...
Irelaand today flood cleanup continues as further weather warning issued
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Gusts of up to 100km forecasted for tonight and tomorrow morning Sun, Feb 2, 2014, 19:21 As parts of the country deal with the aftermath of yesterdays flooding, Met ireann has...
Tom Steyer to SecState John Kerry: Investigate … Keystone XL has a fishy smell
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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7 Comments
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9 years ago
In the letter (in entirety after the fold), Steyer calls for an independent and transparent review of the EIS. Problems include: All Links are Live The hiring of a TransCanada...
When you think of breaking a speed record seldom do you think of Greenland
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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6 Comments
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9 years ago
Unless youre a glaciologist at the University of Washingtons Polar Science Center, then Greenlands Jakobshavn Glacier would jump immediately to mind. Recent observations have shown that in...
Healthy year and a half old Marius dead because the gene pool was full?
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Marius the giraffe killed at Copenhagen zoo and fed to lions. Stunned, disgusted and outraged these are but a few emotions I felt when I read this in the press today, just another reminder of...
Is Your Dry-cleaner Or Garage Making Members Of Your Community Sick
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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20 Comments
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9 years ago
PCE (perchloroethylene or perc) a powerful degreaser used in the dry cleaning business and also in the auto repair industry, could be making people very sick and even causing some cancers....
Appeals court gives go-ahead to BP investor suit over 2006 Alaska oil spills
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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12 Comments
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9 years ago
February 14, 2014 By Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News Feb. 14--An appeals court ruling Thursday rekindles a shareholder lawsuit that alleges BP executives intentionally made false or...
Victory for 'dirty oil' opponents as Nebraska judge strikes down law allowing Keystone XL pipeline to pass through state
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 Comments
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9 years ago
A judge in Nebraska has struck down a law that allowed the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed through the state, in a major victory for opponents who have tried to block the project that would...
Alaska Supreme Court affirms pipeline value decision
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Alaska municipalities a victory in a dispute over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline, affirming that the structure for 2006 should have been...
Deforestation Tracked Through Real-Time Satellite
Via: chloe
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
" The technology will be called Global Forest Watch and is a collaboration between Google, World Resource Institute and 40 other organizations. The map would be a tool which individuals, local...
Forget the sharks... Australian beach is closed after four meter CROCODILE goes surfing
Via: larry-crehore
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
A four-meter long saltwater crocodile spotted in water at Cable Beach The beach was closed while the crocodile was 'lurking' It was believed to be the same crocodile that was sighted...
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