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Bush Admin Gives Big Oil “Blank Check to Harass the Polar Bear”
From the Associated Press: Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural… Read more >
Watch Racing Star Leilani Münter’s Drive for Climate Action
Check out this video of Indy Lights racer Leilani Münter talking to TMZ about her environmental efforts! Leilani was in town for a rally in support of the Climate Security Act. Learn more about Leilani at her website. If you… Read more >
Polar Bear “Threatened” Listing Comes with Strings Attached
Today the Department of the Interior announced it would list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately, the decision came with administrative guidance — better known as strings attached. Despite its own admission… Read more >
Add Another Moderate to Climate Security Act?
Will Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) vote for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act when it comes to the Senate floor? Sounds a lot more likely: The presumptive GOP nominee didn’t say for sure that he would vote for the bill, authored… Read more >
West Coast Salmon Feeling the Heat
California’s outdoors industry — wildlife watching, hunting and fishing — is an $8.2 billion a year business. That’s roughly equivalent to the GDP of Cambodia. So imagine the shockwaves sent by the state’s first salmon shutdown: Salmon fishing was banned… Read more >
NWF Scientist Details Climate Change’s Threats to Chesapeake Bay
The National Wildlife Federation’s Dr. Doug Inkley testified before the Virginia Commission on Climate Change yesterday, detailing the effects of warming temperatures and rising sea levels on fish and wildlife. Virginia’s trout and duck populations are particularly at risk. And… Read more >
Disastrous Drop in California Salmon
Disturbing news from the California coast: Federal fisheries managers on Friday took the initial step toward imposing what could be the strictest limits ever on West Coast salmon fishing amid a precipitous drop in fish returning to California’s Sacramento Valley…. Read more >
Wherever You Live, Changing Climate is Shifting Spring
The Associated Press has a great roundup the local impacts of a delayed spring thanks to climate change: The capital’s famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty… Read more >
Washington Post Compares EPA Chief to Mr. Magoo
At a recent Senate hearing, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) had this back-and-forth with EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson: Feinstein, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that controls the EPA’s budget, asked why Johnson had not yet complied with a Supreme Court ruling… Read more >
New Report: Glaciers Vanishing Faster Than Ever
More unsettling news on the climate front this week, as scientists say glaciers are now melting nearly twice as fast as they did just a decade ago: Scientists measuring the health of almost 30 glaciers around the world found that… Read more >
