FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2008 2:32 PM CONTACT: American Rivers Amy Kober, 206-213-0330 x23 American Rivers Proposes Agenda to Overhaul Nation’s Flood Response More Help for Today’s Victims, Prevent Tomorrow’s Victims WASHINGTON – July 16 – As the Midwest continues to recover from June’s devastating floods, American… Continue reading
Sea Die-Out Blamed on Volcanoes Undersea volcanic activity has been blamed for a mass extinction in the seas 93 million years ago. In the so-called “anoxic event” of the late Cretaceous Period, the ocean depths became starved of oxygen, wiping out swathes of marine organisms. Researchers from the University of… Continue reading
Published on Monday, July 14, 2008 by Agence France Presse Bush to Lift Offshore Oil Drilling Ban WASHINGTON – US President George W. Bush will announce Monday he is lifting an executive ban on oil drilling on the US outer continental shelf and urge lawmakers to follow suit, the White… Continue reading
I always knew this was coming…bet others of us did too. ASW http://www.leftinthewest.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1953 Logging Industry Misleads on Climate and Forest Fire Tue Jul 08, 2008 at 10:57:29 AM MDT By Chad Hanson, Ph.D. Recent editorials by timber industry spokespersons are a wildly misleading attempt to promote increased logging of western… Continue reading