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Date Posted: 17:49:15 04/24/07 Tue
24 April Sea life at risk as acid levels rise in oceans. Global warming has increased acidity levels of the oceans by 30 percent and in the decades ahead will create new risks for coral, zooplankton and other creatures. Seattle Times, Washington. [related stories]
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Darwin, ADAPT or DIE, looks like the ol boy was right.
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24 April Tracking the chemicals in us. Large-scale measurements of contaminants in human tissues-- biomonitoring -- has led to a revolution in how chemicals are assessed, to new opportunities for disease prevention, and to recognition of adverse effects of endocrine disrupton. Chemical & Engineering News. [related stories] [Subscription Required]
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Are these the same people who one week said coffee was an evil drug and then two weeks afterward were praising it for some other reason.
OR HOW ABOUT the MDs who say booze is bad for you BUT BUT BUT you can drink a little booze called WINE and and it is GOOD for you.
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24 April Bees vanish, and scientists race for reasons. What is happening to the bees? More than a quarter of the country’s 2.4 million bee colonies have been lost--tens of billions of bees, according to one estimate. So far, no one can say what is the cause. New York Times. [Registration Required]
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BEES CROAKING, GEE I want to see that big azz crop duster spraying the evil DDT/other bug killers to do this across the entire country--there is an accompanying map showing the mainland US and all the states allegedly where all these bzzzzz deaths are happening.
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24 April An island made by global warming. A new island has appeared off the coast of Greenland, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of its enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming. London Independent, England.
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COULD IT BE that the big bad ice sheet pushed the dirt away?
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24 April China seems poised to pass U.S. as top greenhouse-gas emitter. China is set to surpass the U.S. as the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases this year -- much earlier than forecast -- because of its rapid economic growth. Wall Street Journal. [Subscription Required]
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Now I truly would like to see the global eco freaks get rowdy with the government of Mainland China. Remember those students who held a freedom rally and what happend to them.
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24 April China delays climate change plan indefinitely. China has delayed indefinitely its national “action plan” on climate change, which was due to be released on Monday after exhaustive consultations among ministries in Beijing and provincial and local governments. Financial Times, England.
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In re to the above two posts I will decode for the global eco freaks: We are NOT going to do anything different that we have not been doing..
In other words they are gonna screw the global eco freaks.
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24 April Mutual funds ignore climate change risks: Ceres. U.S. mutual funds are ignoring the business risks of global climate change, said a report on Monday that criticized the industry for abstaining from or opposing shareholder pressure for environmental disclosure. Reuters.
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Ahh the aroma of freshly printed crisp money. Only global eco freak idiots would ever buy that hype of going "green". The ONLY GREEN investors want is MORE green in the forme of more MONEY. And tax breaks on said earnings of course ;)
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24 April Trucking firms bemoan stricter emissions rules. A requirement that newly manufactured diesel trucks spew out less soot is posing a paradox for truck fleets: These new-generation trucks are cleaner than the older-generation, but they get worse mileage. Wall Street Journal. [Subscription Required]
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Get worse mileage? NO SURPRISE TO ME!!!! Its all that anti polution crap they put on the engines.
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24 April Detroit faces bipartisan fire over fuel economy. For more than 20 years, the American automotive industry has deflected attempts to force improvements in vehicle mileage. Now Detroit is getting battered from almost every side, and even industry-friendly lawmakers say change is looming. Washington Post. [Registration Required]
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Memo to Congress...
Owning and operating an automobile is NOT NOT NOT a constitutional right.
Its a PRIVLEDGE one purchases with their money.
24 April Supreme Court to hear environmental case. The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider an environmental case Monday that could make it easier for many industrial companies to recover some of the millions of dollars they've spent cleaning up hazardous waste sites. Associated Press.
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Passing it on the the consumer, every last dime of cost, would be a good thing. Make ya think how much do I WANT TO PAY OUT OR MY MY MY WALLET.
Dirt starts to look tolerable.
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24 April Indonesian court acquits Newmont, Ness of pollution. An Indonesian court acquitted a local unit of Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-largest gold miner, and a U.S. executive of charges they polluted a bay in the Southeast Asian nation with mercury and arsenic. Bloomberg News.
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Perhaps these people should be told that the purpose of business is GREED/MONEY/WOMPUM/BUCKS/PROFIT.
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24 April Clean water proposals represent a sea change. An ambitious package of water quality regulations unveiled yesterday by the state Department of Environmental Protection is being hailed by conservationists as New Jersey's most significant clean water initiative in decades. Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey.
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PURE WASTE of time and effort as Mainland China and others will fill the void of dirty as they grow and grow in their Industrial Revolution.
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24 April Number of students with autism growing rapidly. In 1982, there were 167 autistic children enrolled in BC schools. Today there are 3,715. Nationwide the prevalence has increased to 60 per 10,000. Vancouver Sun, British Columbia.
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LETS SEE BC is in Canada. I WONDER WHY panzy boy sci has not MENTIONED this little quirk.
AND LOOK THE PAPER is in his HOME TOWN of Vancover BC.
I know, a bug flew into his eye and he missed this goodie.
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