Archive for July 22nd, 2010

Come to the ‘Train not Plane’ party!

We’ve won a great victory against the Heathrow third runway, but there are still plans to expand aviation elsewhere around the country. The airline industry needs to take on its fair share of emissions cuts. We should be thinking about reducing, not expanding aviation. We can start with journeys which can clearly be made through [...]

British meat and dairy is destroying rainforests

Huge swathes of rainforest are being destroyed every year to grow animal feed for British factory farms, according to new research.

Green property: Watt lies beneath? Dirt, cheap energy

Christopher Middleton visits a curious eco home.

Scott Linstead’s high-speed photographs capture creatures frozen in time

Scott Linstead’s high-speed photos capture creatures frozen in time.

Tasmania to end bromide fumigation

FORESTRY Tasmania says it will no longer fumigate its logs with methyl bromide in Tasmania, after over a shipment that departed Burnie last week.

Tell your representative to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act

Congress is poised to update the current law regulating the use of industrial chemicals, which was enacted in 1976 and is in serious need of an overhaul. Urge your representative to support reforming the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act.

Tell your senators not to halt the EPA’s ability to hold polluters accountable for global warming pollution

Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) has a plan that would undermine the Clean Air Act and block the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring cuts in global warming pollution for the next four years. Tell your senators to vote No on Senator Rockefeller’s bill (S. 3072) or any other attempt to halt the EPA’s ability to hold big [...]

 

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