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Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT Articles on science and the enviroment Plundering the oceans By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/01/overfishing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/01/overfishing/index.html?source=rss Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another The baby-steps plan to stop global warming By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/01/the_baby_steps_approach_to_saving_the_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/01/the_baby_steps_approach_to_saving_the_world/index.html?source=rss History teaches us that strong environmental legislation takes years of effort to perfect Horses to the slaughter By Megan Wilde Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/30/horse_slaughter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/30/horse_slaughter/index.html?source=rss U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend? One brief shining moment for clean energy By Joseph Romm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/27/waxman_markey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/27/waxman_markey/index.html?source=rss Passage of the first climate bill in the House is a big first step to cut global warming. But it's not enough God, He's moody By Steve Paulson Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity The unholy alliance against subprime carbon By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/30/subprime_carbon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/30/subprime_carbon/index.html?source=rss Conservative Republicans and environmentalists have finally found something to agree on: Cap-and-trade is evil Another day, another self-defeating energy bill compromise By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/24/waxman_markey_compromises/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/24/waxman_markey_compromises/index.html?source=rss Stopping climate change won't be easy if everybody who squawks gets a free pass Land of the lost global warming skeptics By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/19/land_of_the_lost_global_warming_skeptics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/19/land_of_the_lost_global_warming_skeptics/index.html?source=rss Does Will Ferrell have any idea that there is a subversive climate change subplot in his movie? Is Steven Chu too much of a techno-geek? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/18/steven_chu_s_excessive_faith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/18/steven_chu_s_excessive_faith/index.html?source=rss Rolling Stone accuses the Energy Secretary of having "excessive faith" in technology. But why not? Why we can't eat just one By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/index.html?source=rss We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving? Auto safety for dummies By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels. New oil industry scheme: Girls, girls, girls! By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/the_women_of_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/the_women_of_oil/index.html?source=rss Worried about upcoming energy legislation, the flacks come up with a fool-proof plan. Lipstick! Big Pharma says your mysterious pain is real By Robert Burton Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/06/11/fibromyalgia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/06/11/fibromyalgia/index.html?source=rss A brain scan told them so. And now they can sell you a drug. But what is unreal pain? Climate change: The poor get poorer By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/08/climate_change_and_economic_growth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/08/climate_change_and_economic_growth/index.html?source=rss Hotter temperatures equal lower economic growth. Except not in rich countries. Don't flush that fertilizer! By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/05/flushing_away_phosphorus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/05/flushing_away_phosphorus/index.html?source=rss Normal ecosystems use and reuse critical nutrients like phosphorus. But humans aren't normal Greenpeace's secret anti-palm oil agenda By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/03/palm_oil_slurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/03/palm_oil_slurs/index.html?source=rss Concern about climate change is just cover for a plot to crush upstart Asian competitors to Western fuel companies The seldom-seen devastation of climate change By Peter Dizikes Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/01/gavin_schmidt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/01/gavin_schmidt/index.html?source=rss A NASA climatologist explains why global warming is more than starving polar bears, and skeptics are simplistic. Deadly heat By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/30/climate_change_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/30/climate_change_crisis/index.html?source=rss A controversial report from Kofi Annan's group says global warming is killing hundreds of thousands a year. Don't judge the chemo kid By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/05/22/daniel_hauser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/05/22/daniel_hauser/index.html?source=rss Those who have been through the living hell of cancer treatment understand the Hausers' decision to run away Electric cars are coming! By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/20/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/20/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss We're sorry to be buzz kills. But we've heard this one before. Like in 1990. And 1910. Do the automakers have the juice this time? Obama puts the fuel economy pedal to the metal By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/18/obama_and_california/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/18/obama_and_california/index.html?source=rss Bush never stopped fighting California's proposed rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Fut for the new administration, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Pesticides indicted in bee deaths By Julia Scott Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/18/bees_pesticides/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/18/bees_pesticides/index.html?source=rss Agriculture officials have renewed their scrutiny of the world's best-selling pest-killer as they try to solve the mysterious collapse of the nation's hives. Oprah's bad medicine By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/05/15/oprah_winfrey_health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/05/15/oprah_winfrey_health/index.html?source=rss Given her influence, it's a shame the TV star offers unbalanced health and medical advice. The geek in charge at the Department of Energy By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/14/steven_chu_at_mit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/14/steven_chu_at_mit/index.html?source=rss Speaking at MIT, Steven Chu finds an audience that understands him a little better than the jokers on Capitol Hill. Did the White House just declare climate change war on itself? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/12/white_house_climate_change_memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/12/white_house_climate_change_memo/index.html?source=rss A mysterious memo supposedly prepared by the Office of Management and Budget savagely attacks the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant.