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Top Stories from Environment on AlterNet
September 9th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/environment
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>From the editors:
We've got a lot of great content this week, including a fantastic piece by Stan
Cox
about how our import-based lifestyle is affecting our health and our
environment.
And we've also got an extremely important and timely piece by George Lakoff and
Chris Shutes about how the Bush administration is on the verge of making the
Endangered Species Act basically worthless, with just a few definition changes.
We've got less than a week to stop this -- they'll be no oversight from
Congress --
nothing. Read the piece below and follow the action steps at the end.
Thanks for reading,
Tara Lohan, Managing Editor
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BOATLOADS OF TROUBLE: HOW WE ARE IMPORTING OUR WAY TO DESTRUCTION By Stan Cox,
AlterNet
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck,
they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/97496/
WE'VE GOT ONE WEEK LEFT TO STOP ONE OF BUSH'S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL ATTACKS By
George Lakoff, Chris Shutes, AlterNet A simple redefinition of terms will
destroy the Endangered Species Act in less than a week if we don't act now.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/98065/
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HURRICANES By Carl Pope, Huffington Post
Three years after Katrina and a week since Gustav, we are in need of a sobering
reminder of some basic truths. http://www.alternet.org/environment/98026/
POLLUTION CAN MAKE YOU FAT
By Geoffrey Lean, The Independent UK
A new study shows that children exposed to pesticides in womb are twice as
likely to be overweight. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/97931/
FOSSIL FUELS ARE THE BOTTLED WATER OF ENERGY By Andy Posner, Huffington Post
We already know the many reasons not to drink bottled water, but fossil fuels
are really bottled energy. http://www.alternet.org/water/97456/
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AlterNet Blogs:
WHO'S SUBSIDIZING THE ELECTRIC CAR?
By Phil Mattera, Clawback
Flint ... General Motors ... electric car ... subsidies -- where to begin?
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/98056/
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