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John Stossel on Fracking
Environmentalists say that fracking is
evil, and at the very least, awful. But the real story on fracking,
say scientists, is that the risks are small and the rewards
immense. Fracking lowered the price of natural gas so much that
Americans heat their homes for less, and manufacturing that once
left America has returned. And for those concerned about global
warming, writes John Stossel, burning gas instead of oil or coal
reduces CO2 emissions. View this article.
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Indonesia announces new sanctuary for sharks and manta rays
Indonesia has announced a new shark and manta ray sanctuary, the first to protect the species in the rich marine ecosystem of the Coral Triangle, known as the “Amazon of the ocean”. Environmentalists Wednesday welcomed the creation of the 46,000-square-kilometre (18,000-square-mile)…
Wolf hunt quota angers environmentalists
Sweden is to resume its wolf hunt in what authorities have described as a bid to limit inbreeding, but environmentalists argued Thursday violates EU law. … Read More
Robert Stone: Following the Money Trail
What if everything you thought you knew about nuclear power is wrong? This is the realization that came to several prominent environmentalists featured in my new movie Pandora’s Promise.Read More…
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Beijing’s Smog Prompts Chinese Government To Be Unusually Transparent About Air Pollution
BEIJING (AP) — One of Beijing’s worst rounds of air pollution kept schoolchildren indoors and sent coughing residents to hospitals Monday, but this time something was different about the murky haze: the government’s transparency in talking about it.
While welcomed by residents and environmentalists, Beijing’s new openness about smog also put more pressure on the government to address underlying causes, including a lag in efforts to expand Western-style emissions limits to all of the vehicles in Beijing’s notoriously thick traffic.
“Really awful. Extremely awful,” Beijing office worker Cindy Lu said of the haze as she walked along a downtown sidewalk. But she added: “Now that we have better information, we know how bad things really are and can protect ourselves and decide whether we want to go out.”
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6 million volunteers clean up garbage worldwide
More than six million volunteers from 96 countries collected an unprecedented 100,000 tonnes of garbage last year as part of a global, web-driven clean-up campaign, cyber-environmentalists said Friday. “Last year the most astonishing numbers of volunteers attended clean-ups in Sweden,…
