Go Go GO! E. Fudd From Care2: Shark Fin Sales Could Soon Be Banned in New York New York legislators introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban the sale, trading, distribution and possession of shark fins in the state by as early as 2013. Similar laws have been passed in California, Hawaii, Oregon and […]
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From Care2: Bulgaria Becomes the Second European Country To Ban Fracking A few weeks ago the Bulgarian parliament voted to ban Chevron from using hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, to drill for natural gas in the country’s northeast. The parliament voted to amend the exploration license, awarded to Chevron in June 2010, for five […]
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Obama (begins) doing the right thing on this issue. But make no mistake – like cancer, this project is only in remission at the moment, not dead. Vigilance is the price of protection, to be sure. From the Winnipeg Free Press: U.S. rejects Keystone XL in current form, but TransCanada can resubmit From The Nation: […]
No New Mining Near Grand Canyon For 20 Years! From Care2… And I might add, AFT! E. Fudd
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the beginning of the END of fracking? From Care2: EPA Links Wyoming Water Pollution to Fracking In a new report released on December 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time officially blamed water contamination on a natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The process involves pumping a slurry […]
Woo hoo! From Care2: BC First Nations Unite To Ban Export Of Tar Sands Oil For the first time in Canadian history, First Nations, whose territory encompasses the entire coastline of British Columbia, have publicly united to oppose the transport of tar sands crude oil through their land. Over 60 nations have signed the Save […]
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