“The evidence is out—fishermen not only catch fish, they can help protect them as well. Individual fishing quotas (IFQs), harvest cooperatives, and other limited access privilege programs have put fishermen in a fisheries management role and allowed them to reap what they sow. Now, new institutional ‘ingredients’ are emerging to help further define roles for […]
“Unbelievable. Sen. John McCain — who just weeks ago said of the Climate Security Act, ‘I hope it will pass, and I hope the entire Congress will join in supporting it and the President of the United States would sign it’ — now says he won’t show up to vote on it. He won’t vote […]
“In pictures, on CSI Miami, and to the naked eye the sea looks the same today as it ever did: blue, green or blue-green, rolling in glassy crashing curls, tormented then serene. It will look this way tomorrow, next year, arguably for eternity. No matter what freaks us out on earth, our species takes great […]
“Here’s a first gauge of our candidates’ ability to keep themselves relevant and in the public eye: Lieberman-Warner America’s Climate Security Act comes up for debate next week. It is a comprehensive carbon cap-and-trade proposition which will — in its effect on refineries — cause gasoline prices to spike by an estimated 48-cents-per-gallon almost immediately, […]
“The Bush administration released a climate change assessment on Thursday — four years late and pushed forward by a court order — that said human-induced global warming will likely lead to problems like droughts in the U.S. West and stronger hurricanes. … The assessment was praised by environmental groups at the forefront of the lawsuit […]
“The recent steep jump in global food prices should ease in the near term, according to a new report, but prices over the next decade are likely to remain high, spurred by the rising cost of oil, the declining dollar and increasing demand for biofuels. The rush to invest heavily in ethanol and other biofuels […]
“Federal regulators are investigating whether large institutional funds that have been snapping up futures contracts for oil and other commodities may have skewed the market and contributed to rising pump prices. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday that it had opened a probe of large investors, including pension funds and commodity index funds, in […]
“Governor Deval Patrick yesterday signed the nation’s first comprehensive ocean planning law to guide where pipelines should be laid, areas should be protected, and energy projects built. A 17-member advisory commission will help state officials craft a management plan by the end of 2009, and all development within 3 miles of the state’s coastline will […]
“Tennessee’s four largest cities rank among the worst of the nation’s carbon emitters, largely because of urban sprawl, cheap electricity and a major dependency on autos for transportation, according to a report released today from the Brookings Institution, a public policy think tank in Washington. The Nashville area footprint ranked 6th worst on the list […]
“A would-be mayor is in the dog house after turning packs of stray pooches into living billboards. Puzzled voters found their streets flooded with dogs — all wearing posters saying ‘Vote for Radu Nicolau’ on their backs. The stunt has infuriated local animal rights groups who slammed the stunt in Bacau, eastern Romania, as ’sick […]
