Halt Bush’s “Fast Track to Extinction” Scheme
August 27, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 27,2008–The Bush Administration has just launched a disastrous new “Fast Track to Extinction” scheme that would put polar bears, wolves, whales and countless other imperiled wildlife at grave risk. Read more
Canada Establishes Three National Wildlife Areas in Nunavut
August 26, 2008
Canada Establishes Three National Wildlife Areas in Nunavut: Nearly Half a Million Hectares
to be Preserved
Ottawa, Canada (RUSHPRNEWS) August 26, 2008 -Nature Canada today congratulated the Government of Canada, the community of Clyde River and the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated upon the announcement that Canada will protect more than 450,000 hectares of Arctic wilderness in Nunavut, including a globally significant Important Bird Area, by establishing three new National Wildlife Areas: Niginganiq (Isabella Bay); Qaqulluit (Cape Searle); and Akpait (Reid Bay). All three sites are located on the northeast side of Baffin Island in Nunavut. Read more
Court Denies Challenge to LA Bus Fare Hike
August 26, 2008
Despite high gas prices, decision could force more people into cars, says NRDC
LOS ANGELES, (RUSHPRNEWS)Â August 26, 2008 - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today denied a legal challenge blocking increased bus fares in low-income neighborhoods. Conservation and community groups had argued the fare hike should not go forward until an environmental assessment is complete. Higher fares could make public transportation unaffordable for as many as 100,000 bus riders with an annual median income of $12,000, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Bus Riders Union and the Labor/Community Strategy Center. Read more
California Shows How Smart Suburbs Can Be Clean Energy Solutions
August 25, 2008
by Frances Beinecke
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (RUSHPRNEWS)August 25, 2008–This week, the California Assembly is poised to pass a bill that will use suburban development to reduce driving time for residents and cut global warming pollution. That’s right, while Congress spent the summer arguing over offshore drilling and other false promises to lower gas prices, California has actually crafted a solution that truly will help commuters save money at the pump.
WHO and UNEP join to combat environment-related disease in Africa
August 22, 2008
NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS)Aug. 22, 2008–Diseases caused by environmental change are responsible for too many deaths in Africa. In 2002 alone, unsafe water, pollution, poor sanitation, inadequate waste disposal, insufficient disease vector control and exposure to chemicals claimed about 2.4 million lives.
South Korea will announce its emissions reduction target for 2020 next year
August 22, 2008
NEW YORK,(RUSHPRNEWS) August 22, 2008–Lots of people have been wondering what efforts developing countries will take in the international response to global warming pollution in the lead-in to the agreement to be reached in Copenhagen. Well, we will get some greater clarity next year from South Korea as they announced today at the international negotiations in Ghana.
Smog deaths in Canada to Soar to More than 700,000
August 22, 2008
OTTAWA, CANADA (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 22, 2008–A milestone report released last week by the Canadian Medical Association warned that smog-related deaths are set to soar to more than 700,000 in Canada over the next two decades. It also predicted that long- and short-term exposure to air pollution will kill at least 21,000 Canadians this year alone. Read more
NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery
August 21, 2008
EPA Buzz Kill: Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information?
 WASHINGTON, DC (RUSHPRNEWS)August 21, 2008– The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of connections between pesticides and the mysterious honey bee die-offs reported across the country.
Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole, Upholds Public’s Right to Know
August 20, 2008
Throws out EPA rule that waived pollution monitoring requirements for thousands of factories and power plants
Washington, D.C.(RUSHPRNEWS) August 20, 2008– A federal appeals court today struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempted major industrial polluters from accurately measuring dangerous emissions. Read more
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