Doha, Qatar, March 18, 2010 – Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organization, released the following statement from senior campaign director Dave Allison today following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (CITES) failure to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna at the 15th Conference of the Parties.
“In a clear win by short-term economic interest over [...]
Scientists to U.S. Congressional Committee:
Time for Serious Action on Black Carbon
Aggressive mitigation of second largest contributor to climate change can provide significant environmental and health benefits
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2010 – Black carbon soot, produced from incomplete combustion of diesel fuel and biomass, is one of the largest contributors to climate change apart from CO2, [...]
Earthjustice.org
Indicates permanent injunction likely
March 16, 2010
San Francisco, CA — Today, federal district Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California denied a request by a coalition of organic seed growers, and conservation and food safety groups seeking a temporary ban on genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets and sugar beet seeds. While Judge White denied [...]
Category: climate
Posted on: February 2, 2010 9:15 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
Never mind that the first decade of the 21st century was the warmest on record. Or that 2009 tied for the second-warmest year. Neither of those stories are consuming much airtime and web- and print-space. No, the biggest stories on the climate beat involve allegations [...]
OKA b. shoes (www.shoesthatloveyou.com) recently launched its 2010 Summer Collection of flip-flops, slides, sandals and thongs. Known for their extreme comfort, style and durablity, OKA b. shoes are washable, bacteria resistant and made in a zero-waste cardboard and raw materials facility in Buford, Georgia. The plant regrinds ‘well-loved’ OKA b. sandals and combines them with [...]
Mississippi dead zone in 2006. The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived “dead zones” along the world’s coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. (Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio)
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2010) — The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived “dead zones” along the world’scoasts [...]
EarthJustice.org
Irrigators’ demand for taxpayer handout unresolved
March 11, 2010
Salem, OR — The Oregon Supreme Court today re-affirmed the central role of the United States in the ownership and management of water in the Klamath Basin. The court ruled on key issues in a case stemming from the 2001 Klamath Basin water crisis.
This is a positive development [...]
EarthJustice.org
Sign on to petition for long term protections, immediate no-spray buffer zones where kids live, learn, play
March 10, 2010
Lindsay, CA — Genoveva Galvez knows there are pesticides inside her 14-year-old body. What she really wants to know is this: how does she get rid of them?
Genoveva and her family live surrounded by orange and olive [...]
Category: climate
Posted on: March 8, 2010 3:15 PM, by James Hrynyshyn
Randy Olson says:
There comes a point where the public DOES want to see the science community stand up for themselves.
And as if on cue comes the release of another round of once-private emails among members of one section of the National Academies of Sciences alerting [...]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The InterAcademy Council (IAC), a multinational organization of the world’s science academies, has been requested to conduct an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) processes and procedures. The study comes at the invitation of the United Nations secretary-general and the chair of the IPCC, and will help [...]
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