April 2010
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Obama Calls Out Massey on Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Accident (Video)
Speaking in the Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama was critical of both Massey Energy and our system of mine safety oversight.
President Obama Delivers Earth Day Message and Call to Action (Video)
President Barack Obama recounts the beginnings of Earth Day 40 years ago stresses that there is a lot of work to be done, ending the short video with a challenge and call to environmental action.
IPCC Chief Dr Pachauri Speaks About Climate Change Skeptics, ‘Glaciergate’ and Climate Treaty
According to Dr Pachauri, we urgently need to change our lifestyles for more sustainable use of natural resources. He feels that climate scientists are now on the offensive to take on the skeptics of human-induced climate change.
Senate Climate Bill to Include 15-Cent Gas Tax?
A federal gasoline tax of around fifteen cents is reportedly being considered as a possible sweetener to help passage of a Senate climate bill.
Sea Shepherd Keeps Japanese Whalers to Less than Half of Quota
Japanese whalers have returned to port with their smallest haul in years and they are blaming activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for the low haul.
