Oil Spill Risk May Rise In U.S. With Exports Of Coal And Tar Sands Oil

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Oil Spill Risk May Rise In U.S. With Exports Of Coal And Tar Sands Oil Like many residents of the San Juan Islands, Johannes Krieger's livelihood is inextricably tied to the sea. He runs kayak and whale-watching tours here in the northwest corner of Washington State. Obama Breaks Climate Change Silence Why High Oil Prices Mean Sending More Money To Canada U.S. Cities With Worst Air Pollution Antarctica Ice Melting Caused By Warm Water From Below, Study Claims Study Says Renewables Could Create More Virginia Jobs Than Fossil Fuels BLOG POSTS Shawn Lawrence Otto: Climate Change Obama Can Believe In: Why Global Warming Will Heat Campaign Trail in Coming Months Romney appears to be trapped in Obama's message box on it: if he vascillates again he will alienate far right supporters who believe climate change is all a vast hoax. If he doesn't, he stands to lose mainstream centrist voters to Obama. Lisa Curtis: Why I'm Not an Environmentalist I believe in climate change. I ride my bike everywhere, I work at a solar company, I buy organic and local when I can. I am young, liberal and idealistic. But I'm not an environmentalist. And I'm not alone. Kumi Naidoo: Apple's Dirty Cloud Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple operate much of the Internet on 'the cloud.' In reality, the cloud is a vast network of warehouses. Much of that electricity currently comes from dirty, dangerous coal and nuclear power. Michael Greger, M.D.: Mad Cow California: Stop Weaning Calves on Cattle Blood Let's hope that the newly reported case of mad cow disease in a California dairy cow will renew interest in closing the loopholes in feed regulations that continue to allow the feeding of slaughterhouse waste, blood and manure to farm animals in the United States. Daniel Souweine: The Discovery Channel's Shameful Self-Censorship But there was one thing missing from the final installment of Frozen Planet: in 45 minutes, not a word was uttered about why all that Arctic ice is melting. Discovery has admitted to wanting to avoid criticism from climate change deniers.

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