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Yes Virginia, Texas has a James River too… 9 Mar 2010, 8:17 pm

NEW REPORT REVIEWS POTENTIAL THREATS TO CENTRAL TEXAS RIVERGuest post by Tyson Broad, author of The Unknown River of Central Texas and a Llano resident.Despite being a major tributary to the Llano River and the home to one the nation’s largest nursery caves for bats, the James River is not well known because travelers do not [...]

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Can Elevating Houses Keep Unemployment From Rising? 9 Mar 2010, 4:17 pm

The following is a pretty stark visualization of unemployment rates in Louisiana compared to the rest of the United States (a nifty tool provided by the folks at Google). Before Katrina (that big spike there in 2005), Louisiana's unemployment consistently hovered above the national average. But after the storm, unemployment dipped below and stayed below the [...]

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A New Tool for the Fleet Manager’s Toolkit: Reduce Costs and Emissions from Medium-Duty Trucks 9 Mar 2010, 2:00 pm

Medium-duty trucks are the workhorses of the American economy. They deliver food and beverages to restaurants and convenience stores, drop off packages at homes and offices, serve as mobile workshops for all types of technicians and perform thousands of other daily tasks. They are also responsible for producing over 80 million metric tons of carbon [...]

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Science and Policymaking: Spin on science can lead to mischief and extinction 9 Mar 2010, 12:24 am

Rod Fujita is Senior Scientist and Director, Ocean Innovations, for EDF.The National Research Council Reviews Biological Opinions Designed to Protect Endangered Fish SpeciesOn March 15th, the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences will issue an important report. It will detail the NRC’s evaluation of the science that has been used to [...]

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Transit Funding Disaster: A Hard Look at What Happens When Money Is Tight 8 Mar 2010, 11:11 pm

Over the last several months, we've written occasionally about the need to solve the impending transit funding crisis. For longer than that, we've worked around the country, but especially in California and New York, to find new and innovative ways to advance transit service. Lately, we've also implored Congress to provide emergency funding to keep [...]

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Up for a Vote: California Public Interest or Special Interests? 8 Mar 2010, 9:39 pm

This past week has witnessed a new low in California electioneering. More than four years after bipartisan passage of AB 32, California’s landmark climate law that establishes clean energy and air pollution standards, two Texas oil companies have arrived to scuttle it. Valero and Tesoro, oil refiners that worked to kill climate policy in Washington [...]

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CEOs Get It: No matter how you view the science, now is the time to act 8 Mar 2010, 4:48 pm

Over the last couple of days, I’ve heard business titans from Disney’s CEO Robert Iger to legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens to coal and mining magnate Tom Albanese of Rio Tinto espousing a similar thought – that they’re going full steam ahead with their sustainability strategies and investments in clean energy technology because it makes [...]

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Walmart Amps Up the Green Light 8 Mar 2010, 3:01 pm

The recent news from the political front on global warming has made many hearts heavy. The Copenhagen climate talks fizzle; the well-respected head of the UN climate change convention resigns. And in a polarized Congress, climate legislation languishes, while irresponsible politicians are claiming that climate science is "snake oil" and seeking ways to prosecute scientists.How [...]

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EDFix Call #7 afterthoughts: Principles of Change – Macrowikinomics 7 Mar 2010, 11:00 am

 EDFix Call #7 – Summary (9 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes EDFix Call #7 – Full (51 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes Get Call Updates by Email Anthony Williams, co-author of Wikinomics and its forthcoming sequel, Macrowikinomics, joined the EDFix call on Feb. 22 to give us his insights into new approaches for large-scale change we [...]

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Greater Sage-Grouse fact sheet 6 Mar 2010, 5:00 am

The Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is North America’s largest grouse. This chicken-sized bird is known for male courtship displays on communal stomping grounds called “leks” where they strut and display ornate plumage for females. Sage-grouse populations have declined dramatically and the bird’s range has shrunk to almost half the size of its pre-European settlement range. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has determined that endangered species listing of Greater Sage-Grouse is warranted but precluded at this time. However, ranchers, private industries, agencies and conservation groups can make a difference through effective protection and habitat enhancement to reverse this species’ decline and avoid endangered species listing.

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Greater Sage-Grouse fact sheet [PDF]

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