Tag: News
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Groups Petition BLM to Protect Fragile Wyoming Habitat From Oil and Gas Drilling
[caption id="attachment_309518" align="alignright" width="400"] Drilling in the Douglas Core Area undermines the efforts of local residents and ranchers to protect sage grouse habitat. The male sage grouse shown in its mating display.[/caption] Today, conservation groups formally petitioned the federal government to halt all new wellpad and road construction inside the Douglas sage grouse Core Area…
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University of Florida Threatens Arrest and Evicts Anti-GE Tree Campaigners From Campus
The University of Florida (UF), a leading institution researching genetically engineered (GE) trees, threatened to arrest activists from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees when they arrived on campus Saturday to prepare for a presentation to highlight critical perspectives on tree biotechnology that was scheduled for tonight. The police informed the group that their presentation…
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Oil and Honey: Fossil Fuel Industry vs. Sustainable Planet
I’ve read most of Bill McKibben’s books and this one is the best. This book gives you an inside scoop on the last few years of McKibben’s life, both professionally and personally. The professional part of McKibben’s life is about fossil fuels and is wildly intriguing, covering the birth of his organization 350.org, all the way through the end…
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One Year After Superstorm Sandy: Taxpayer Burden Grows from Climate Inaction
On the eve of the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a new report released from Ceres outlines the rising costs to American taxpayers for federal programs that provide flood insurance, crop insurance, wildfire protection and disaster relief. The report documents government losses from extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change, and provides instruction on combating future costs. The report, Inaction on…
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SunPower Celebrates 500,000th Solar Panel with California Manufacturing Partner
SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based leading solar technology and energy services company, and its manufacturing partner Flextronics, today celebrated the production milestone of the 500,000 solar panel manufactured at the Flextronics facility in Milpitas, Calif. Dedicated in April 2011, the plant employs […] — Solar Builder magazine