Category: RT Newswire

USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.

Alpine ‘Boulder Bunny’ Imperiled by Global Warming

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2008 2:06 PM

CONTACT: Conservation Groups
Greg Loarie, Earthjustice, (510) 550-6725
Shaye Wolf, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 632-5301, cell (415) 385-5746
Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Biology, Duke University, (919) 613-8141,
cell (646) 489-5481

Alpine ‘Boulder Bunny’ Imperiled by Global Warming
State and Federal Lawsuits Filed to Protect American Pika

SAN FRANCISCO – August 19 – Conservation groups filed two lawsuits today seeking
protection of the American pika, whose survival is imperiled by global warming. The
groups went to state court seeking protection of the pika under the California
Endangered Species Act and to a federal court seeking protection under the federal
Endangered Species Act.

The American pika, Ochotona princeps, is a small relative of the rabbit whose
squeaky calls are a familiar companion to alpine hikers. Pikas live in the boulder
fields near mountain peaks in the western United States. Adapted to cold alpine
conditions, pikas are intolerant of high
temperatures and can die from overheating when exposed to temperatures as low as
80°F for just a few hours.

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Back to Nature: The Cheeky New Way To Save The Planet

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Published on Thursday, August 14, 2008 by The Independent/UK
Back to Nature: The Cheeky New Way To Save The Planet
by Michael Hewitt

The link between playing nude volleyball and stopping the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf melting to the size of an ice cube may seem a bit tenuous. But a growing number of naturists contend that, not only are they in the vanguard of the environmentalist movement, but their lifestyle might even help to reverse anthropogenic global warming. Econudes.org was founded two years ago by naturists dissatisfied with the passive, Health & Efficiency, beach ball-bopping image of nudism. Clothes, and all the ancillary industries involved in their manufacture, transportation and upkeep, are a major cause of climate change, they say. Eliminate them, and you eliminate a significant threat to mankind. “Get your kit off and save the planet” is the message. Continue reading

Southern California National Forests in Peril; Lawsuit Seeks Protections for Wildlife and Roadless Areas

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2008 2:03 PM

CONTACT: Conservation Groups
David Hogan, Center for Biological Diversity, (619) 473-8217
Erin Tobin, Earthjustice, (510) 550-6725
 
Southern California National Forests in Peril;
Lawsuit Seeks Protections for Wildlife and Roadless Areas
 
SAN FRANCISCO – August 14 – Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit today over the failure of the U.S. Forest Service to protect wildlife and roadless areas on four Southern California national forests – the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino. According to the lawsuit, overarching land-management plans prepared by the Forest Service in 2005 do little to protect nature from many harmful activities, including roads, off-road vehicles, power lines, oil and gas, logging, and grazing.

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