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Worse than Keystone: Environmentalists are focused oil and gas, but a bigger carbon disaster may be brewing in the Pacific Northwest (By Alyssa Battistoni, Salon.com, 5/18/12) Asthma, Baby, Asthma: House Energy Committee Eliminates Protection From Smog (By Jackie Weidman and Daniel J. Weiss, ClimateProgress.org, 5/18/12) The Organic Watergate: Alarming Report Reveals USDA's Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in 'Organics' (By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/18/12) Bike lover, bike hater: Depends on whether you're on four wheels or two (By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post, 5/18/12) Navigating Europe's Most Congested City By Bike (By Tyler Falk, The Atlantic Cities, 5/17/12) Vermont Fracking Ban: Green Mountain State Is First In U.S. To Restrict Gas Drilling Technique (The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/16/12 updated 5/18/12) Bee Kills in the Corn Belt: What's GE Got to Do With It? (By Heather Pilatic, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/16/12) As Austerity Falters, European Economists Say "Price Carbon!" (By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones Magazine - Blue Marble Blog, 5/16/12) 'Fracking' risks found to have been diminished: UB study cites oversight, methods in Shale region (By David Robinson, Buffalo News, 5/15/12 updated 5/16/12) Report: 'Over-Consumption' Threatening Earth: If rampant misuse of resources continues, even two planets would not sustain us (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/15/12) It really is hot in here: U.S. has warmest 12 months on record (By Matt Pearce, The Los Angeles Times - National, 5/15/12) Time Ignores Climate Change to Paint a 'Golden Age' of Fracking (By Jim Naureckas, FAIR.org, 5/15/12) Total's Elgin Platform Gas Leak: Well Pumped With Mud In North Sea (By Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/15/12) Here comes everybody: Number of bicycle-friendly cities soars (By Andrew Zaleski, Grist.org, 5/14/12) Climate Crisis: The Silence is Deafening (By Brian Moench, CommonDreams.org, 5/14/12) |