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NewsTrust - Environment - Most Recent Stories: News Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:49:46 -0800 http://newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/topics/environment/top_stories/news?timespan=7 http://newstrust.net/topics/environment/top_stories/news?timespan=7 NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Acid Oceans Leave Fish at More Risk from Predators Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437341 http://newstrust.net/stories/437341 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Nov. 21 (News Report) - Fish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become fatally attracted to the smell of their predators, say scientists.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437341">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/437341">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437341">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Ian Talley - Nov. 18 (News Report) - Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a big climate-change bill until spring, in a sign of weakening political will to tackle a long-term environmental issue at a time of high unemployment and economic uncertainty.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/425747">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/425747">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/425747">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change U.S. Senate Oil and Gas Coal Environment Energy UN: Fight climate change with free condoms Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425539 http://newstrust.net/stories/425539 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Maria Cheng - Nov. 18 (News Report) - "As the growth of population, economies and consumption outpaces the Earth's capacity to adjust, climate change could become much more extreme and conceivably catastrophic," the report said.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/425539">2.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/425539">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/425539">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Social Change Sustainability Climate Change Global Warming The Dirt on Worms Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427140 http://newstrust.net/stories/427140 <span>agweb.com - By Pam Smith - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The earthworm has long been considered the farmer’s friend. Their burrowing has always been thought to aerate the soil while their droppings provide fertilizer. No-till farmers count on these tireless workers to improve soil tilth. And on their worst day, earthworms sacrifice everything to land us a lunch from our favorite fishing hole</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427140">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427140">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427140">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Environment Biology Science Hunger Water Farming Green Technology NAM Speaks Softly on Climate -- Does It Carry a Big Stick? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422308 http://newstrust.net/stories/422308 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Joel Kirkland - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The biggest U.S. manufacturers' alliance has gone from being a ferocious critic of global warming legislation to being a quiet observer in recent months, even as debate about Senate climate legislation increasingly focuses on global trade issues and jobs.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422308">3.6 average</a> - <a href="/stories/422308">6 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422308">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Environment Lobbying High stakes in Appalachia as greens battle Big Coal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422081 http://newstrust.net/stories/422081 <span><a href="/sources/toronto_star">Toronto Star</a> - By Mitch Potter - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The plan was painfully simple: save a mountain, turn a country, cool the Earth. And for the longest time, it seemed to be working here on Coal River Mountain, ground zero in the American debate over climate change.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422081">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/422081">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422081">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Coal Lobbying Environment Climate Change In Senate, coal fuels climate deals Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/421598 http://newstrust.net/stories/421598 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Lisa Lerer - Nov. 17 (News Report) - Forget the debate over green jobs, wind farms and solar power. In the Senate, all deals on climate change run through coal country. Black gold has maintained a tight hold over the climate bill — despite a damaging lobbying scandal this summer, growing public health concerns and a destructive toxic coal ash spill that smothered 300 acres in eastern Tennessee last December.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/421598">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/421598">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/421598">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Coal Lobbying Jobs Climate Change Environment Green groups split on Danish idea Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/421599 http://newstrust.net/stories/421599 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Eamon Javers - Nov. 17 (News Report) - U.S. environmental groups are split over how to respond to the Obama administration’s decision to go along with a Danish proposal not to push for a binding global climate agreement at a United Nations conference in Copenhagen next month. The global environmental group Greenpeace blasted the move, calling it a sop to President Barack Obama’s political vulnerability. “Danish Prime Minister [Lars Lokke] Rasmussen has become complicit in a U.S. so-called deal which would put Obama’s political difficulties ahead of the survival of the world’s most vulnerable countries,” said Kaisa Kosonen, climate policy adviser for Greenpeace International.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/421599">3.0 average</a> - <a href="/stories/421599">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/421599">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Climate Change Lobbying Foreign Policy Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422328 http://newstrust.net/stories/422328 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Kate Galbraith - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The solicitations have been flooding people’s mailboxes lately: pay a bit more on your electricity bill for 100 percent clean wind power. Or, the fliers say, buy “green power certificates” to offset your global warming emissions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422328">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/422328">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422328">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Energy Climate Change Environment Green Technology Environmental groups debate new tack in climate-change fight Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/419629 http://newstrust.net/stories/419629 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By David A. Fahrenthold - Nov. 16 (News Report) - A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the Senate balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change. Is this really the time to talk about the threat of climate change?</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/419629">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/419629">9 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/419629">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Lobbying Jobs U.S. Congress Energy Pollution Environment Chevron's lobby campaign backfires Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/418855 http://newstrust.net/stories/418855 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Kenneth P. Vogel - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Facing the possibility of a $27 billion pollution judgment against it in an Ecuadorean court, Chevron launched an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign to try to prevent the judgment as well as reverse a deeply damaging story line. Chevron’s tactics — ranging from quietly trying to wield U.S. trade policy to compel Ecuador’s government to squelch the case, to producing a pseudo-news report casting the company as the victim of a corrupt Ecuadorean political system — were designed to win powerful allies in Congress and the Obama administration as well as to shape public opinion and calm shareholders.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/418855">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/418855">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/418855">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Environment Trade