Posts tagged “Environment”
Action Tuesday!
The Washington Post reported yesterday that politics rather than science guided decisions about threatened and endangered species and habitats under Bush and his appointees: investigators found that she had tampered with scientific evidence, improperly removed species and habitats from the endangered-species list, and gave internal documents to oil industry lobbyists and property rights groups. We’ve […]
Berry Go Round 4
The 4th edition of Berry Go Round is up at Foothills Fancies. If you don’t have time to go read all the awesome entries, highlights are below: Biodiversity and health issues at Seeds Aside. New seed fern fossils found where we didn’t expect them (in time) at the Ethical Palaeontologist. I’m very jealous that Fred […]
do you exfoliate?
Make sure you’re using something like St. Ives Apricot Scrub that has ground up organic things, like jojoba seeds or walnut shells. A lot of brands use plastic to scrub your skin off. This is bad. According to Richard Thompson in Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us They’re selling plastic meant to go right down […]
denial
Rachel Carson inspired the environmental movement with her book Silent Spring. Her 100th birthday was earlier this year and lots of celebrations were held in her honor. But our government’s attempt to honor her impact didn’t go forward. Sen. Tom Coburn derailed approval of a Senate resolution honoring the life of Carson, whose 1962 book […]