ESA Saved But Polar Bears Left to Die

Posted on May 1, 2009 by nothoney

The Center for Biological Diversity, among others, reported yesterday the the Endangered Species Act is saved from the Bush/Cheney midnight regulations designed to render it useless. However, Secretary Salazar took no action to quash the Bush/Cheney rules that allow oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat. Honestly, why do presidents choose Interior Secretaries from [...]

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DawnWatch: Animal Rights Year-End Round Up

Posted on December 26, 2008 by nothoney

Karen Dawn puts it all together and ties it with a nice bow. Read, enjoy, get active. It is Christmas, which means before I go have a beautiful veggie meal with my loved ones and then retire for a week, I get to send out my round up of the major animal stories in the [...]

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Conservationists File Suit Against Bush for Gutting the ESA

Posted on December 12, 2008 by nothoney

I got two notices late last night about the Bush Administration’s announcement that they’ve successfully reduced the Endangered Species Act into a meaningless piece of paper. One is from Defenders of Wildlife, whom I love, and the other from the Center for Biological Diversity, whom I also love. Here’s the Center’s announcement: Center Races to [...]

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Factory Farm Pollution is Major News

Posted on December 7, 2008 by nothoney

Many thanks to the ever-vigilant Karen Dawn for this week’s DawnWatch Alert about pollution from factory farms. In addition to all the great press this critical issue is getting, here’s a story about a massive pork recall in Ireland – massive because the government there has recalled ALL the pork sold since September. Seems it [...]

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A Meatless Diet Will Save Our Planet

Posted on September 11, 2008 by nothoney

Here’s the latest DawnWatch Alert and it’s a good’un! This week, the link between meat eating and climate change is all over the news. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has discussed the effects of diet on global warming (see www.ciwf.org.uk for video of highlights talk) and recommended [...]

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Ice-free Arctic in Five Years, Scientists Report

Posted on August 21, 2008 by nothoney

Last Friday I listened to NPR’s “Science Friday” on my way home. It’s always interesting and this episode was particularly good because it featured Paul Ehrlich, President of the Center for Biological Diversity at Stanford University. Mr. Ehrlich was invited to talk about his new book The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment.” Here’s [...]

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