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Senate overrides Bush’s veto on water projects
By TODD SPANGLER Among them are an electronic barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to block the spread of an invasive species of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a new shipping
Read More »Brazil discovers vast new oil reserves
Brazil has discovered huge new petroleum reserves in its south that could turn the country into one of the biggest oil producers in the world, the government and its state-controlled oil company announced Thursday.If
Read More »Tidal surge sparks flood warning
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has strengthened warnings of severe flooding over the next 48 hours from a tidal surge expected to hit the coast of England. The Environment Agency warned of a “major” tidal
Read More »Green groups shine light on safety of Apple iPhone
Elizabeth Judge The British launch of the Apple iPhone is set to be overshadowed by pressure from environmentalists who want the gadget to be made greener. Green groups are demanding that the UK version
Read More »Lindsey Williams Videos on the Oil/Energy ‘Crisis’
I mention Lindsey Williams’ revelations in a few articles on the phony “Peak Oil” scam promoted by CIA agent Michael Ruppert and the Highway Robber Barrons known as American Oil companies. Lindsey discovered from
Read More »Gina Dowding wins ballot for chance to become first Green MP
The Green Party has selected former Lancaster City Councillor Gina Dowding as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the new Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency. Gina has lived in Lancaster for twenty years and was a
Read More »Record 22C temperatures in Arctic heatwave
By Steve Connor Parts of the Arctic have experienced an unprecedented heatwave this summer, with one research station in the Canadian High Arctic recording temperatures above 20C, about 15C higher than the long-term average.
Read More »Arctic Ice the Size of Florida Gone in a Week
Scientists report that arctic ice the size of the state of Florida has melted in the last six days. (ABCNEWS) By CLAYTON SANDELL An area of Arctic sea ice the size of Florida has melted
Read More »Judge Orders Bush Administration to Issue Global Warming Report
By Karen Gullo The Bush administration violated U.S. law by failing to produce a study on the impact of global warming and must issue a summary by March, a federal judge ruled. District Judge
Read More »The Sustainable Soldier Takes to the Streets! In Your Car?
By Brent Jessop RINF Alternative News Knowledge Driven Revolution.com Let me share a little story before I get into a new government plan that will save you money (can you spot the oxymoron?). About
Read More »Schwarzenegger ‘blocked own green policy’
By David Usborne The executive director of California’s air-quality board, which is responsible for implementing the state’s landmark environmental emissions law, has resigned amid allegations that the office of the Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has
Read More »New Report Challenges Basic Assumptions About Climate Change
RINF Alternative News A new report has been published which challenges certain basic assumptions about climate change. The report has been written by an independent lay researcher, and is backed by over 20 signatories
Read More »EU split by Bush’s ‘green conversion’
MATTI HUUHTANEN AND JEFF MASON EUROPE was yesterday struggling to decide whether George Bush, the US president, had experienced a road-to-Damascus conversion over the fight against climate change or was still dragging his heels.
Read More »Bush kills off hopes for G8 climate change plan
US President George W. Bush on Thursday threw international efforts to control climate change into confusion with a proposal to create a “new global framework” to curb greenhouse gas emissions as an alternative to
Read More »US ‘fundamentally opposed’ to G8 emissions proposals
The US appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree tough measures on greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown. Wide-ranging US amendments to a draft communiqué prepared ahead
Read More »Our oceans are turning into plastic
Susan Casey, Photographs by Gregg Segal A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing
Read More »C4 accused of falsifying data in documentary on climate change
Steve Connor The makers of a Channel 4 documentary which claimed that global warming is a swindle have been accused of fabricating data by one of the scientists who participated in the film. The
Read More »The Bees Die…The Planet Dies
The planet is the common good of humanity. Taking care of it gives life a meaning. It is necessary to make the farmers understand what their responsibility is, but they seldom have Internet. The
Read More »The future’s bright, the future’s green
Tara Greaves Say electric vehicle and many people think milk float – unless, that is, they have taken a look at the latest cars and bikes on display at the Green Wheels event in
Read More »CU professor uses grass pellets as an alternative energy
Jennie Daley Grass pellets sound more like rabbit food than a local, sustainable energy source, but a Cornell University professor hopes to change that perception.Jerry Cherney, the E.V. Baker professor of agriculture in the
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