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Looks like CNN’s new enviro doc, Planet in Peril is covering a lot more than just global warming (thumbs up!) though I am slightly disappointed that it is all guys hosting the show (thumbs down!). Where are the fearless female journos and experts (since in surveys, up to 80% of self-described environmentalists are women)?
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Talk about an Amazon woman! Anthropologist Zoe Tryon is working with the Achuar people of the Ecuadorian rainforest to help both protect their culture from undue outside influence while still giving them the skills they need to deal with those same outsiders who see their land as a place to drill for oil and not [...]

Ok, normally I try not to post too much of this kind of stuff, but I can’t urge you all enough to contact your representatives (if you’re not sure who they are, go to this site.)
From MoveOn:
Did you know the U.S. right now gets only 2% of our electricity from clean energy sources like solar [...]

….they’re not very safe either, according to this MSN report.
The seat of a sport-utility vehicle or a pickup truck isn’t necessarily the best place to be in a rear-end crash. Despite the considerable weight and size of these kinds of vehicles that convey a sense of safety, more than one third of 59 SUVs [...]

Gulf of Mexico dead zone caused by fertilizer runoff from conventional farming. Image from NASA.
Yet another report comes out announcing that organic food is higher in nutrition (in this case, heart-healthy flavonoids in tomatoes) than conventionally-raised crops. While that’s not really surprising to me, I choose organics and vegetarianism not for the personal health benefits, [...]

For months, my husband has been raving about a solar tower in Sevilla, Spain, and finally, I’ve seen pictures!

Catching the Rays (c) BBC
The BBC took a tour of the power plant, one of the first of its kind, and it was exciting to see the theory in action. They also included a graphic to [...]

Cartoon by John Darkow
A few years back, in the middle of a cultural studies seminar that sidetracked into a tag-team Wal-Mart bash, the woman sitting next to me rolled her eyes. “This argument is so last year. Can we get over Wal-Mart already?” she said. I’m one of the few Americans left who’s never been [...]

“No More Broken Hearts” rally in Manhattan Beach, California
Each red heart represents an American soldier killed in Iraq.
Just as Manhattan Beach Toyota was advertising its three-day “Heart Stoppin’ Sale” in honor of Valentine’s Day, community members marked the upcoming holiday in a different way. Approximately five hundred people gathered at Polliwog Park on Sunday [...]

Offsetting, (verb) - to counteract (something) by having an opposing force or effect. To balance or serve as a counterbalance for. To compensate.
Lately I have been hearing a lot about “offsetting.” Being able to purchase carbon credits, plant trees, and invest in renewable energy sources allows people the opportunity to pay a cost long overlooked: [...]

For the last few years I have received a daily newsletter from ENN, the Environmental News Network. It is a great resource for those seeking environmentally oriented news, without the slant of corporate media. Covering everything eco-related, from an international perspective, ENN features daily news as well as updates and commentary from activists, journalists, scientists, [...]