Environment

Oil, gas dilemma for Blackfeet Tribe: Revenue versus environment

By TRISTAN SCOTT The Missoulian August 7, 2011 BROWNING – A dramatic expanse of snow-marbled mountains runs like a borderline along the Blackfeet Indian Reservation’s western edge, where a sea of rolling foothills intersects the rugged Rocky Mountain Front. The wild landscape is striking for its beauty, but it is also symbolic. (snip) But with […]

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Bike sharing boosts fitness, environment, study suggests

BY KATE KELLAND REUTERS AUGUST 6, 2011 Public bicycle sharing schemes such as Barcelona’s Bicing program or London’s Boris Bikes save lives and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Friday. Bike schemes are becoming increasingly popular in cities around the world, with more than 360 already running, but their main aim is

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Big Green Bus tour highlights environmental awareness

The Big Green Bus visited the Rio Hotel Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The old Greyhound coach bus has been converted to run on waste vegetable oil and outfitted with solar panels to transport the 13 Dartmouth College students around the country to talk and teach about sustainability. By Kyle Hansen Las Vegas Sun Aug. 3,

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The Environmental Consequences of Religious Scientism

By Robert J. Cabin huffingtonpost.com 7/22/11 “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” –Albert Einstein In my previous blog I introduced the problem of scientism — the religious-like belief that science is necessarily the best or only valid approach to learning more about the physical world and

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Carbon capture and utilisation could make economic sense

By Fiona Harvey guardian.co.uk 25 July 2011 Many countries are investing in techniques of utilising CO2 for manufacturing processes – but UK is getting left behind Passing carbon dioxide through slag left over from steel-making turns the waste product into a strong material that can be used for construction. Pumped into greenhouses, it provides a

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Path appears clear for Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada

By Neela Banerjee Tribune Washington Bureau July 14, 2011 WASHINGTON — At a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania in early April, President Obama was asked about a bitter fight between industry and environmentalists over a proposed $7 billion, 2,000-mile pipeline to ship crude from Alberta’s oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries. Because the pipeline crosses

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Innovative Public Media Partnership Focuses on the Environment

By Kathleen Tuck boisestate.edu July 13th, 2011 Boise State Public Radio and Idaho Public Television, have joined the largest public media institutions in the Pacific Northwest to create EarthFix — an innovative approach to help citizens examine environmental issues unfolding in their own backyards and to explore how local actions intersect with national issues. With

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Greenpeace report links western firms to Chinese river polluters

Supplier to Nike, Adidas, Puma, H&M and Lacoste accused of discharging dangerous chemicals into Chinese water systems A Chinese conglomerate supplying Nike, Adidas, Puma and other leading brands has discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into the country’s major water systems, according to a new Greenpeace investigation that raises questions about corporate responsibility for the

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The positive side to Montana’s wet year: Fire danger is down

By BRETT FRENCH The Billings Gazette July 11, 2011 Here’s the positive side to the record moisture that Montana has received in the past seven months: The fire danger is average to below average. “Everywhere I go, everyone wonders what I’m going to do with all my firefighting folks because they think there’s not going

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