#3 CLIMATE BILL.. VICTORY OR DEFEAT? While most environmental groups are hailing the passing of the ACES (aka Waxman-Markey) climate bill, some like Greenpeace gave up and called for a “no” vote. Here are the details. #2 BATTLEGROUND WEST VIRGINIA Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and RAN director Mike Brune were arrested while protesting a Massey Coal [...] [...]
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#3 JELLYFISH INVASIONS Oceans have been hard hit by human impacts the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, shark hunting, coral reef collapses (check out last weeks show) and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Obama called for an emergency task force to come up with plan to protect the oceans this summer: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/obama-ocean-protection-plan.php Read about the jellyfish invasion taking [...] [...] #3 The EPA just OK’d the ongoing devastation in Appalachia, approving 42 more permits for mountaintop coal mining. Mountain top removal puts miners out of work and permanently destroys the most important temperature forest on earth. Read the article: http://www.mnn.com/technology/researc… Sign the petition: http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nr… Find out if you are connected to mountain top coal: http://www.mnn.com/technology/gadgets… #2 A Star (Factory) is Born [...] [...] GreenDig.. a countdown of the most talked environmental news stories of the day with special guest Paul Smith of Triple Pundit. #3 American Lung Association issues sobering report about the ‘State of the Air.’ 3 out of 5 Americans are breathing air that is hazardous to your health. California is hardest hit — 6 out of [...] [...] The countdown of the day’s top 4 most interesting environmental news stories. #4. Victory for the Vultures in Europe Farmers and conservation groups win battle to let the vultures eat dead livestock. http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0426-ha… #3. Chevron versus the Amazon A battle is brewing between Chevron and the Amazon rainforest. 30,000 Ecuadoreans filed a class action lawsuit against Chevron (Texaco) and Chevron [...] [...] This is the very first GreenDig green news video blog by Karl Burkart — a countdown of the top 4 environmental news stories of the day. The Top 4 Countdown is… 4. The GreenDig video blog, the Daily Dig is Live! 3. Ant Invasion in Argentina: http://tinyurl.com/antinvasion 2. 100 MPG Hummer: http://tinyurl.com/100hummer 1. White Mike Shark Campaign: http://tinyurl.com/whitemike GreenDig music by [...] [...] As we speak, our entire civilization is being re-engineered in order to make possible a continued, sustainable existence for the human species on earth. And for many reasons, there are forces out there (some uneducated, some smart as hell) trying to stop it. As a result, there are hundreds of important environmental news stories breaking every [...] [...] Here I do a fairly brief walk through of my revamped GreenDig blog website including the Daily Dig green news video blog… The site has 6 main pages: Daily Dig: a countdown of the top 4 most intriguing and important environmental news stories of the day. EcoTechno: a blog column on green technology including not only cleantech, but [...] [...] |
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