April 2012
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Washington State outlines strategies for adapting... →
“Climate change is happening. And not preparing for it could cost the state $10 billion a year by 2020.
That’s according to the Department of Ecology, which has just released a response strategy to changing climate conditions.
Extreme weather events, destructive wildfires, severe droughts and declining water supplies– these are the new realities of climate change.
Ted Sturdevant,...
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Just spent :45 seconds on Beyonce.tumblr.com and I... →
E.g., less of this crap, more of this, please.
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Why Don't Americans Recycle? →
“Because it doesn’t make a difference” strangely absent.
visualoop:
Via
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Upper Big Branch mine to be permanently sealed →
“The Upper Big Branch coal mine, where 29 people were killed in a blast two years ago Thursday, will be permanently sealed by the summer.
Crews will seal with concrete the portals that allow entry to the mine, plug boreholes and cap mine fan shafts, said the mine’s new owners Alpha Natural Resources.
“Though two years have passed, everyone still has vivid memories of the tragedy...
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Hogs Wild →
Morning read.
essayist:
by Ian Frazier (stolen from TETW)
What do wild hogs do that’s so bad?
Oh, not much… eat red-cheeked salamanders and short-tailed shrews and red-back voles and other dwellers in the leaf litter in the Great Smoky Mountains, and destroy a yard that had previously won two “‘Yard of the Month” awards on Robins Air Force Base, in central Georgia, and knock over glass...
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Cocktail hour! Man, I wish Tumblr had the ability... →
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WatchPreachy and clever. Still, blaming the consumer for shitty industrial regulations is terrible political message by any government.
sexyactionplanet:
Love this. Was in the cinema with the boyfriend for The Hunger Games and an Australian government mining commercial (propaganda) comes on. I turn to Rich and say “why do we never have engaging ads like this for the environment?”. Five minutes...
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Happening now: Free Climate and ecosystems webinar →
Wednesday April 4 - 3:30pm
“Northeast Climate Science Center Colloquium presents,
“Linking ecosystem, landscape, wildlife, and climate models to predict changes to central hardwood landscapes and wildlife”
Frank R. Thompson III, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Columbia MO
For a direct link to the webinar, click on the title above.
For detailed webinar...
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