Category: RT Newswire

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

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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News Release

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey

For release:  August 14, 2008
Contact: William Alley, 619-225-6125, walley@usgs.gov
          Jennifer LaVista, 703-648-4432, jlavista@usgs.gov

Strategy to Assess the Nation’s Ground-Water Availability

Declines in ground-water levels have led to
concerns about the future availability of ground
water, which provides half the country’s drinking
water, and is essential to the vitality of
agriculture and industry, as well as to the
health of rivers, wetlands, and estuaries
throughout the country.

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Amazon Rainforest Threatened By New Wave of Oil and Gas Exploration
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/13/10973/
Rainforest Action Network Missive Urges Hundreds of Companies to Stop Using Palm Oil
http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0813-03.htm
Dispute Raises Doubts Over Brazil’s Amazon Dams
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1351739920080813

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