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Sens. Boxer and Kerry Answer Palin on Energy and Climate
Two weeks ago, Sarah Palin took her thoughts on energy to the American people via the editorial page of the Washington Post. In her guest editorial, "The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End," Palin assured us that our energy
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12 Hip Green Hostels in North America
Why stay in a hotel when you can mingle with like-minded travelers in an eco-friendly environment? From city centers to the great outdoors, we pick a dozen of the best places in North America for backpackers to lay their heads in sustainable style.
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Why Some Greens Wish Sarah Palin Wasn't Resigning
Sure, she wants to open ANWR up for drilling, she's fought to keep endangered species delisted, and she supports the practice of hunting wolves from helicopters--but believe it or not, there are some environmentalists who will be sorry
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Supreme Court Shock: Ruling Says Lethal Mining Waste Can Be Dumped in Lakes
In a ruling that will shock and dismay environmentalists everywhere, the US Supreme Court decided that the Clean Water Act shouldn't prevent mining companies from dumping their toxic waste into lakes--even with full knowledge
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Amateur Hour For Nuclear Power? Alaska Landowner Proposes Residential Mini-Reactor
An Alaskan land owner has floated a proposal to develop a small parcel he owns near Fairbanks with a mini-nuclear reactor, which would be available for
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Alaskan Natives Use Internet to Connect About Climate Change
Living in northern Alaska in winter can be a bit like living in no-mans land. So what do you do when you notice weird things going on in nature and want to know if you're not alone?
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US Government Awards Millions To Create "Forest Thinning" Jobs
U.S. Department of the Interior will grant $15 million to 55 projects to "thin overgrown forests" [logging] and remove potential fuels for wildfires on public lands" [so the wood can
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Alaskan Eskimo Village Votes to Move Upstream to Avoid Climate Change Flooding
To prevent flooding which is already occurring (and increasing with climate change being blamed) the Yup'ik Eskimo village of Newtok has voted to move all of its 340 residents 9 miles upstream, CNN reports:Due to warming
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Indigenous People's Climate Change Summit Giving "Unified Voice"
Aboriginal rangers assessing sea rise level damage in Kowanyama, Australia (Photo: Citt Williams) In anticipation of December's Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, over 500 delegates from 80 countries gathered at this week's Indigenous
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Today is Exxon Valdez Remembrance Day
20 Years After the Massive Oil Spill, What Have We Learned? As we wrote about last week, today is the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a sad day indeed. There's a lot of Exxon Valdez coverage on the net today, about the lessons learned
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Krakatoa it Ain't: Mt Redoubt Enviro Effect Likely Small
Krakatoa it ain't, but volcanic eruptions are often spectacular displays of the power of nature. Alaska's Mt. Redoubt is putting on a show and has been upgraded to Code Red, with a cloud now up to
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March 24th Will be the 20-Year Anniversary of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Victims of the Exxon Valdez. Photo: Wikipedia A Toxic Legacy: Don't Forget, We Need to Prevent the Next One Naomi Lubick of Nature has a great piece about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. She looks back at what actually happened on March 24th, 1989, and then
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Global Warming Speeding Up Erosion in Alaska
Photo: Flickr, CC The Coast Used To Be There, Now It's Here, and Next Year It'll Be Over There... So Arctic ice is slowly disappearing and glaciers are melting down. Not exactly good news for Alaska... But you can add severe erosion to that list of
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Winds of Change Blowing Through Alaska
What a differerence a few months can make. The New York Times reports today that in the same way that deserts are considered great areas for renewable energy - wide open, mostly abandoned areas - the
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New Website Launches to Keep Tabs on Sarah Palin's Animal Conservation Record (Video)
Though the election is long over, the spotlight hasn't shifted off of Sarah Palin and her position on Alaskan wildlife. Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund today launched a national campaign to spread the word on Palin's encouragement of wolf hunting and
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McDonald's Nominated for Seafood Champion Award
It's easy to forget that McDonald's, famous for its Big Macs and french fries, is also in the fish business. But indeed, McDonald's purchases more than 18,000 metric tons, or 43.2 million pounds, of fish a year for its popular
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Green, Baby, Green! Alaska Aims For 50% Renewable Energy by 2025
Maybe it was because she saw what Russia was doing from her front porch and wanted to do them one better, or maybe she’s just had a change of heart now that whirlwind campaigning is over, but whatever the reason, Sarah
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Alaskan Gold Mine Wants to Fill Lake With Mine Waste: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments
For those with a penchant for following the Supreme Court, or frankly anyone who cares about waterways in the United States, there's a case just begun which could set a precedent for how mining waste can or cannot be disposed of in rivers, streams or
