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Offshore Drilling: To Pause or Not to Pause
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
New York Times: Three weeks ago, William K. Reilly, the newly named co-chairman of the presidential commission appointed to investigate the BP oil spill, said he thought the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was necessary – and maybe even too short. Associated Press William K. Reilly, right, and Bob Graham, co-chairmen of a panel of inquiry, with President Obama last month. He said in an interview with The Times that the commission was unlikely to recommend that ...
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Zimbabwe: ‘Holistic grazing’ wins sustainable practice award
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
SciDev.Net: A project hoping to reverse desertification through 'holistic management' of livestock has been awarded US$100,000 prize in a global competition on sustainable practices. By carefully planning the grazing of the cattle on fields, Operation Hope has reclaimed some 6,500 acres of grasslands at the Africa Center for Holistic Management, Zimbabwe -- where the project is based -- while increasing the livestock population by 400 per cent. The project's efforts won first place in this ...
Crude from Gulf oil spill found on 2nd Texas beach
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
Associated Press: U.S. Coast Guard officials say test results have confirmed that tar balls found on a second Texas beach were from the massive Gulf oil spill. Chief Warrant Officer Lionel Bryant said Tuesday that tar balls found on a Galveston beach last week are from the blown-out BP well off Louisiana. Tar balls found July 5 at another beach, east of Bolivar Peninsula, were the first confirmation that crude from the massive BP oil spill had reached Texas shores. Officials say they may have ...
Cambodia: Mine plan threatens Koh Kong woodland
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
Phnom Penh Post: THE conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance yesterday criticised plans for the development of a titanium mine in Koh Kong province, saying the project would scare off ecotourism investors and derail implementation of a lucrative pollution-reduction scheme. Suwanna Gauntlett, the group's country director, said the United Khmer Group had recently obtained a permit from the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy for the mine, which she said would cover 15,000 to 20,000 hectares in Thma Bang ...
United Kingdom: 60 miles of canal closed in drought
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
Press Association: Almost half of Britain's longest canal is to be closed in the face of drought conditions, British Waterways announced today. Some 60 miles of the 127-mile Leeds and Liverpool Canal will be closed early next month, by which time the reservoirs which feed it are expected to have fallen to just 10 per cent of their capacity. The closure to boating traffic aims to prevent the loss of water from the canal through the opening of locks, and maintain sufficient water levels in the ...
Teaching ‘stuff’ about ecology
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
LA Times: Annie Leonard used to spout jargon. She reveled in the sort of geek-speak that glazes your eyeballs. Externalized costs, paradigm shifts, the precautionary principle, extended producer responsibility. That was before she discovered cartoons. Get important science news and discoveries delivered to your inbox with our Science & Environment newsletter. Sign up ยป Today the 45-year-old Berkeley activist is America's pitchperson for a new style of environmental message. ...
Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean; Greenhouse gases play role, study finds
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
ScienceDaily: Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, says a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The study, which combined sea surface measurements going back to the 1960s and satellite observations, indicates anthropogenic climate warming likely is amplifying regional sea ...
Gods, floods – and global warming
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 13th, 2010
Telegraph: 'Global warming is a myth.' Type that into a search engine and you get thousands of hits -- but global warming is not a product of the human imagination; or no more so than any other scientific claims for -- like them -- it depends on its data, the accuracy of which has been affirmed by the inquiry into the leaked East Anglia documents. The subject has, alas, become the home of boring rants by obsessives. More interesting is the notion that myths themselves may reflect real happenings ...
Eco-friendly ski resorts offset glacial melting
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on July 13th, 2010
Independent (UK): Northern Italian officials have begun covering the Presena glacier with an insulating blanket and parts of the Andes have been painted white to try to reduce glacial melting. Now eco-friendly ski resorts around the world are also working on reducing that sport's ecological impact. Officials have begun covering some mountains in Northern Italy with a giant blanket in an attempt to slow the rate at which the ice is melting, reported BBC Brazil on July 8. 970,000 square feet ...