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Cargo peril.
Southern California has plenty of evidence about the dangers of air pollution; what it needs are solutions that reduce the risk. International trade can bring jobs and commerce to the region, but those benefits should not come at the cost of residents' health. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. Editorial, 7 November 2009.
Congress, toys and a bad law on lead.
The wheels on the bus won't go 'round and 'round in many playrooms this year if the Consumer Product Safety Commission has its way. The Commission voted against a petition to exempt brass used in the wheels of toy vehicles from draconian lead standards. Wall Street Journal. Editorial, 7 November 2009.
Phoenix can lead on solar energy.
What sets Phoenix apart from other cities? Having 300-plus days of sunshine annually positions the city to lead the solar industry and harvest sunshine for its own energy consumption. Those efforts should be outlined as goals in the general plan. Phoenix Arizona Republic, Arizona. Editorial, 7 November 2009.
Report clearing Marine Corps connection to Camp Lejeune sickness was purchased.
This is an act that leaves a question about honor, and it makes some of us wonder who the people are at the head of this agency and what could make their hearts become so black and cold toward their fellow Marines. Salem News, Oregon. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Polluters feel the heat in rising legal tide.
The New Orleans lawyer suing Big Oil over hurricane Katrina is making headway. It is another sign of a shifting paradigm that will slowly turn hitherto respected energy businesses into corporate pariahs and litigation over climate change and its consequences. Melbourne Age, Australia. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Funding the lakes agenda.
The $475 million approved by Congress is a financial commitment to combat invasive species, habitat loss, climate change impact, and threats to water quality in the lakes. Toledo Blade, Ohio. Editorial, 7 November 2009.
A drill, a spill, a tragedy.
What has happened off the coast of Australia is exactly the kind of disaster opponents of oil and gas drilling off the coast of Florida have been warning us could happen here. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
We should say 'no' to coal.
Back in the 1970s, I was an anti-nuclear power activist. It turns out, I should have been protesting the coal-fired power plant in the Menomonee Valley. For it's now looking as though burning coal may well do us in - and much more quickly than nuclear power ever will. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Lawyer recovered billions from oil companies in Carter years.
Paul L. Bloom, 70, an Energy Department lawyer who led a Carter administration effort recovering billions of dollars from major oil companies, died Oct. 9 of cancer. He was a respected man who fought for environmental justice. Washington Post. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Bad climate for global worriers.
Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Washington Post. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
What will it take to force political action on climate change?
As utilities fire up their "clean coal" machines and negotiators haggle over the precise definition of a tree, only one entity has the courage to stand and deliver the hot air the world so desperately craves on climate change: the U.S. Senate. Scientific American. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Noel's war on climate science threatens us all.
The recipients of Rep. Mike Noel's fire-breathing contempt include 98% of the world's climate scientists and 76 scientific societies, all of whom believe the evidence is overwhelming that a climate crisis is inevitable without drastic cuts in CO2 production. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Global Warming: Ignore the debate, do the right thing.
The global warming debate has become an ideological battle of dueling facts and websites. Lost in all the noise is the real reason to care about the environment. Kansas City Star, Missouri. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
'Civil disobedience has a role to play.'
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet? London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Shift to natural gas for lower-carbon future.
An effective cap-and-trade mechanism would treat all carbon equally, whether it comes out of a tailpipe or a smokestack. Detroit News, Michigan. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
The next low-carbon fuel.
This week, ministers from 20 countries came together in London to tackle one of the most pressing challenges to a global deal on climate change and a subject that is critical to the livelihoods of people in Colorado: coal. Denver Post, Colorado. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Clearing the air.
Humboldt Baykeeper, and other environmental groups, want nothing more than to have the Balloon Track cleaned up to the fullest extent for the health of our bay and community. Period. Eureka Times-Standard, California. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
U.S. interests pull our strings again.
Few understand the impact of this slick “farmed and dangerous” campaign better than Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney, whose community lost a salmon processing plant this year because of it. Williams Lake Tribune, British Columbia. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
A synthetic turf cautionary tale.
I strongly encourage you to arm yourself with information about how to best protect yourself and your children from the potentially harmful effects of being in contact with a synthetic turf field. Winchester Star, Massachusetts. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Will Big Stone II also be replaced by renewable power?
The cancellation of the proposed Big Stone II coal-fired power plant brings back memories of the cancellations of the proposed power plants at Durand, Wis. Minneapolis MinnPost, Minnesota. Opinion, 6 November 2009.
At last, a water policy.
The California water policy package passed on Wednesday was never going to be perfect. It is best seen not as a triumphant conclusion to our water debates, but a promising beginning. Los Angeles Times, California. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
Walking out on global warming.
At some point, U.S. lawmakers are going to have to decide whether this country is going to respond to the rise in global temperatures, melting ice sheets, rising sea levels and other ecological perils, or not. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
A water deal at long last.
For decades, California's water wars have flared unabated--cities versus farms, north against south--while half measures left the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta drained and decimated. A solution involving all sides was only a dream. Until now. San Francisco Chronicle, California. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
Climate change brings Pa. new opportunities.
Pennsylvania can lower its emissions of global-warming pollution and grow its economy, too. But it takes active citizens to make that change happen. Let's grab the opportunity now. Stroudsberg Pocono Record, Pennsylvania. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
Waiting to inhale.
According to the latest federal smog measurements, in the past decade the noxious, lung-irritating chemical soup primarily composed of ozone created by vehicle exhaust and industrial smokestacks has dropped significantly. Houston Chronicle, Texas. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
GOP absent on climate control.
If Republicans want to exercise some control regarding climate-change legislation, they can’t simply refuse to play the political game when things don’t go their way. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Colorado. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
PSC should expedite landfill methane plan.
It's a good, economically and environmentally sound way to deal with methane gas produced by the decomposition of trash at the landfill. Not only is it too valuable a commodity to waste, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Pensacola News Journal, Florida. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
EPA targets poultry farmers.
Cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is a priority most everyone can agree on. Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is getting involved in the effort, and that's both good news and bad news. Salisbury Daily Times, Maryland. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
Breathing in.
Artist Angela Palmer embarked on a mission two years ago to try to capture the physical properties of climate change - by finding what is thought to be the most polluted air on Earth, and the purest. BBC. Opinion, 6 November 2009.
It isn't godly being green.
A British judge has decided that belief in human influence on climate has the status of religious conviction. This is being celebrated as a success by some activists. As a scientist who works on climate change, I find it deeply alarming. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 6 November 2009.
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