Residents of the small Japanese village shown in the “The Cove” abhorred the attention and said it won’t end their centuries-old tradition.
Cove - Academy Award - Japan - Asia - Louie Psihoyos
Originally posted from Japan dolphin hunt town shrugs off ‘Cove’ Oscar
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed a plan for the world’s governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change, a rare step for an organization that normally does not develop environmental policies.
Climate change - International Monetary Fund - Environmental policy - Environment [...]
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A vast project in Florida will be the world’s second-largest solar plant, attached to the nation’s largest fossil-fuel power plant.
Power station - Fossil fuel - Technology - Energy - Florida
Originally posted from NYT: Hybrid electric plant weds sun, gas
New Jersey residents weary of frequent visits from bears may see a lot less of them come late fall.
New Jersey - United States - Business and Economy - History - Organizations
Originally posted from NJ wildlife council votes in favor of bear hunt
Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, including dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets.
Salmon - Sea lion - Recreation - Fish - Cooking
Originally posted from Sea lions killed for eating too many salmon
More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
United States - Tennessee - Fly ash - Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill - Coal
Originally posted from Disposal [...]
Cityscapes of glass-clad buildings gleaming in the sun make Anna Dyson think about wasted energy.
Energy - Solar power - Renewable - Solar - Business
Originally posted from Solar power future for glass pyramids?
A environmental advocacy group says San Francisco’s free compost is processed sewage sludge that belongs in a hazardous waste dump, not in people’s gardens.
Hazardous waste - Sludge - Interest group - United States - Environment
Originally posted from S.F. activists protest free ‘toxic’ compost
It’s the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.
Family - United States - Home - Recreation - Local government
Originally posted from Microchips in trash cans raise a stink
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