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Ignoring Protest and Warnings, Obama Ushers in Era of Unprecedented Arctic Drilling: The president, who once promised a 'transformative' approach to environmental policy has succumbed to tired thinking and political opportunism, say critics (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/24/12) Why Don't TV Meteorologists Believe in Climate Change? Climate scientists agree in vast majority that human-caused global warming is occurring. But most U.S. weather forecasters don't. Why? (By Katherine Bageley, Inside Climate News as reported by Alternet.org, 5/23/12) UN Chief: Ocean's Biodiversity Must Be Protected - Acidification, Over-Fishing Decimating World's Marine Ecosystems (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/23/12) Climate Study: Extreme Rain Storms in Midwest Have Doubled in Last 50 Years, Often Leading to Worsened Flooding (By Editor, NRDC, Environmental News Network, 5/22/12) G8's Camp David Declaration Supports Climate Change Action While Not Acknowledging Its Source (Mat McDermott, TreeHugger.com, 5/22/12) Keystone XL Would Raise Gas Prices, Report Finds (By Lucia Graves, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/22/12) EU Rejects France's Ban on Monsanto's GM Corn (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/22/12) What a Walkable City Should Look Like (By Kaid Benfield, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 5/22/12) Climate models indicate likely El Nino return: Australia (By Colin Packham and Ratnajyoti Dutta, Reuters, 5/22/12) Green Groups Urge Obama to Attend Rio+20: Obama has remained tight-lipped about his plans, and reluctant to make pronounced commitments and meaningful changes to US environmental policy (By Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service as reported by CommonDreams.org, 5/22/12) WWII Chemical Exposure May Pass Down Disease, Study Finds (By Ryan Flinn, Bloomberg News, 5/21/12) U.S. Cyclists Save $4.6 Billion Per Year by Biking (By Stephen Messenger, TreeHugger.com, 5/21/12) Methane unleashed from 150,000 'seeps' in Alaska and Greenland could have huge impact on world's climate (By Rob Waugh, The [UK] Daily Mail, 5/21/12) Farmers' sand-frac nightmare: Some parts of rural America are being ruined by an unstoppable new mining industry -- and it's spreading (By Ellen Cantarow, Salon.com, 5/21/12) |