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"When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose... Lakes across Canada to be used as toxic dump sites
Mining companies may soon have 16 Canadian lakes at their disposal, despite a Fisheries Act that makes it illegal to pollute fish-bearing waters. A very disturbing trend."CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes... Trump clashes with resort opponents
If Donald Trump finds it tricky dealing with British councils, what hope is there for the rest of us."Trump clashes with resort opponents US property tycoon Donald Trump has clashed with the councillor whose vote led to the rejection of his £1...Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland
The Bush admin is really on a roll lately. Now they have proposed keeping oil-rich wetlands in the Arctic off-limits to drilling because of their ecological sensitivity.This certainly is a change of direction for...Warming Speech Proves McCain’s a ‘Closet Cowboy’
Properly motivated, I might go so far as to take time to identify six degrees of separation between John McCain and the rear ends of cows identified by by a British newspaper article 18 months ago as the main source...Myanmar Rulers Stubborn Like Congressional Democrats
News reports during the past 24 hours reveal that a 46-year-old stubborn streak running through the hearts of government leaders in Myanmar closely resembles one that’s been embedded in the bleeding hearts of...California's farm belt plan to cut air pollution criticized
California's farm belt has some of the highest levels of airborne dust, smoke and soot in the country."Environmentalists say a new plan to clean up the soot-laden air in California's farm belt would fail to... UK: Recycling material 'being dumped as landfill'
What a waste, sorting out paper, plastics and glass into separate containers at home, then council lorries collecting the recyclable rubbish on alternate weeks and then dumping the sorted materials in landfill sites... Lantern Festival lights up the sky... with pollution
In the neverending battle to strike that delicate balance between tradition and trying to save the environmental, critics of the Taiwan lantern festival, which also holds celebrations in Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand,... Kill all wild horses in Australian national park: environmentalists
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Kill all wild horses in Australian national park: environmentalists
Wed Jan 16, 3:03 AM... Inuit and environmentalists clash over polar bear
To save the polar bear, or to respect a way of life, that is the question."OTTAWA (Reuters) - Leaders of Canada's Arctic Inuit people denounced U.S. environmentalists on Monday for pushing Washington to declare the...Police end Dresden tree sit-in
Something tells me this isn't going to go away..."DRESDEN, Germany - German police broke through a blockade of activists and felled a 200-year-old beech tree on Tuesday to clear the way for a new bridge over the Elbe river that is opposed by environmentalists and...Indonesian pulp output hit by logging curbs
"Indonesia has 84 integrated pulp and paper mills, with a total capacity of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data from the association.The country exports about half of its production to Asia, including China and South Korea.Indah Kiat is a unit of Asia Pulp and Paper, part...CFMEU and ACF unite for action on climate change
"Date: 11-Sep-2007 In a rare convergence of interests, the mining union and environmentalists have collaborated to call for urgent Government action on climate change. With climate change set to be a critical federal election campaign issue, the CFMEU Mining and Energy...Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve
"Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve by: The Associated PressHundreds of wild horses and burros slated for roundup at a national wildlife refuge along the Nevada-Oregon line will continue to roam free, at least for now,...
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