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Chinese Auction Sites Feature Thousands of Illegal Animal Parts
In an effort to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade China has begun targeting online shops and auction sites, where parts of threatened and endangered animals are openly sold. Most illegal animal parts are used in traditional medicines. Image by Chris The illegal wildlife trade is common in [...]
Continue reading...Knox’s Wireless Green
Friday, February 29, 2008
Welcome to this week’s installment of Knox’s Wireless Green, a rundown of all the week’s most interesting, weird, and popular stories from the worlds of science and the environment. So far, I’ve managed to keep from tooting our own horn, so to speak, in this column. We’ve
Continue reading...Tobacco Companies Claim Cigarettes are “Eco Friendly”
Friday, February 29, 2008
It’s official. Greenwashing has become the hot trend in marketing. If this doesn’t say “green” I don’t know what does. Image by Ben Schumin Greenwashing, or making misleading claims about a product’s environmental credentials, has become a commonplace commercial and environmental issue. More and more people are speaking with [...]
Continue reading...Coke Zero: Not Just a Cola, but an Emissions Standard?
Friday, February 29, 2008
Eaton, maker of the hybrid electric drivetrain for large commercial vehicles, announced today that they had received an order from Coca-Cola for 120 trucks, a serious move by the beverage giant towards having a green fleet. Coke had previously field tested 20 of the vehicles and [...]
Continue reading...God Smiles on Stoners, Eases Drought in Kentucky
Friday, February 29, 2008
For those of you who remember hearing about how the drought affecting the Southeast United States was bad for marijuana production last summer– or maybe you just, ahem, noticed– there’s been some fine developments for our very mellowed-out friends. Many Phish fans are alleged to have smoked marijuana. [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Most Environmentally Friendly Presidents in U.S. History
Thursday, February 28, 2008
While Iraq is by far the biggest issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, the candidate’s environmental stances are more important this year than in any election preceding it. Theodore Roosevelt We sincerely hope that our next president, whoever he or she may be, is committed to helping improve [...]
Continue reading...Google Might or Might Not Keep Your Medical Secrets
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oh, the fun the UK-based readers miss out on by not having privatized healthcare. Google, who we all know and love and may have serious privacy concerns about, is getting into the business of storing, distributing, and making searchable (to you and your medical professionals) your [...]
Continue reading...Mayor of Chattanooga Pays Tribute in Attempt to Stave off Siege
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The face-off between Georgia and Tennessee over the Tennessee River and Nickajack Lake is growing more similar to the fashion in which the Persians and Spartans bantered in “300″ every day. Steele pays tribute to Egyptian god Ra. Millennia later the mayor of Chattanooga mocks Georgia [...]
Continue reading...South Africa Brings Back Elephant Killing
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
All across Africa conservation groups are working to preserve populations of threatened elephants from threats like ivory poachers. An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Image by Rob Hooft. Recently, however, the South African government decided that the population in their country was sufficiently large to reinstate elephant [...]
Continue reading...King Coal Strikes Back
Monday, February 25, 2008
This may be a bit of old news, but then again I think that delusion of a grand scale deserves to be called out from time to time. Photo by Stephen Codrington I think we specialize in this in the US, and for whatever reason our state legislatures are [...]
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