A collection of stories tagged 'environmentalists' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:43:34 EST Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) is apparently President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be Interior secretary, a position usually reserved for Westerners. But Salazar is getting mixed reviews at best from environmentalists and public lands advocates, while agricultural and mining interests are relieved. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60743 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98348261&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:02:00 EST The president-elect's apparent pick to head the Department of the Interior has angered environmentalists, who say Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar is too tied to the mining and agricultural industries. Those groups say Salazar understands rural issues. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60744 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98347731&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:51:00 EST Burning your feet on the very hot sand will soon be a thing of the past at one fancy hotel in Dubai. The world's first refrigerated beach is being built to protect the toes of clientele at the Palazzo Versace. There will be cooling pipes under the sand and wind blowers to produce a soft sea breeze. Not suprisingly, environmentalists are cool to the plan since Dubai's carbon footprint is already huge. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60695 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98323321&ft=1&f=1051 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:30:00 EST The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a last-minute rule change to allow mining within 100 feet of rivers and streams. One environmentalist says it will devastate the region, while mining proponents say the industry is too important to the state to consider alternatives. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60190 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97901787&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:58:00 EST Americans are susceptible to a variety of sneaky maladies associated with the Media Age: information overload, couch potato-obesity, social isolation. The simple key to being a media environmentalist is proper use of the off button. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60095 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97797282&ft=1&f=1007 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:36:00 EST This week the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Navy the OK to use sonar off the coast of California — environmentalists complain the sounds confuse whales. But it turns out the planet's oceans are actually getting louder anyway. Geochemist Peter Brewer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute talks about a recent study finding that global warming is changing the way sound travels underwater. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/59112 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97058246&ft=1&f=1007 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:41:00 EST An attempt by Donald Trump to develop a huge golf resort on a piece of Scottish coastline is receiving a mixed welcome from the residents. Some people support the project as a way of boosting the local economy. But environmentalists have condemned the plan. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50768 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91372117&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:00:00 EDT A biotech company says it has created genetically engineered canola and rice plants that need only half as much nitrogen fertilizer. But some environmentalists don't think that any genetically engineered crops can really be "green." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50135 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90958137&ft=1&f=1007 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT Bush administration officials are under a court order to decide by tomorrow whether to add the polar bear to the list of endangered species. The decision will cap a three-year campaign by environmentalists to show that climate change has the potential to imperil wildlife. Critics say any listing is a bad idea. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49251 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90425717&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT A short distance from the new $30 million Al-Azhar Park in Cairo, Egypt, young environmentalists are installing solar hot-water heaters in poor neighborhoods. They're overcoming setbacks — and bridging religious divides — to bring change in a time of environmental upheaval. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48711 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90109734&ft=1&f=1007 Sun, 04 May 2008 14:40:00 EDT Environmentalists want people to curb their use of tumble dryers. But some refuse to let go of their dryer sheets. Essayist Diane Roberts says a tumble dryer is "an instrument of moral rectitude," and helps keep her neighborhood harmonic because no one knows who wears a thong. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48343 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89979943&ft=1&f=1051 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:07:00 EDT In West Virginia, science lessons on climate change have the potential to divide teachers from students, and students from their parents. But one teacher, Tiffany Litton, has earned the trust of her students. Her classroom, she says, is a place for honest inquiry, not a forum for anyone — whether the coal industry or environmentalists — to promote an agenda. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48099 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89850111&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT In Egypt, where antiquities have stood for millennia, climate change is posing new threats to an ancient country and its people. As temperatures climb and shorelines change, environmentalists worry about displaced populations, rising poverty and increased soil salinity in the fertile Nile Delta. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47939 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89660898&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:51:00 EDT California regulators are considering reducing the number of zero-emission vehicles automakers must produce by 2014. The auto industry says it needs more time to manufacture battery-powered and fuel-cell cars, but environmentalists say the state shouldn't back away from its toughest-in-the-nation air-quality standards. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46869 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89163691&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:41:00 EDT Some environmentalists in China say that disposable wooden chopsticks are contributing to deforestation. China's government has recently slapped a tax on disposable chopsticks and urged restaurants not to use them. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45461 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19203227&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:25:00 EST Two recent studies suggest that growing additional biofuel crops might actually increase the amount of carbon entering the atmosphere, especially if existing forests or grasslands must be cleared for biofuel farming. Do the fuels make sense from an environmental and economic standpoint? http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45022 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18800996&ft=1&f=1007 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST Beginning a new year, for many people, means "out with the old, in with the new." But trashing certain items could cause major health and environmental problems. Barbara Kyle of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, and Garth Hickle, of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, talk about their efforts to recycle "e-waste" safely. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43903 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17988109&ft=1&f=1051 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST Seven years ago, the federal government announced grand plans to help the state of Florida restore the Everglades. Since then, almost nothing has been accomplished, frustrating environmentalists and officials in Florida alike. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43518 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17720250&ft=1&f=1007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:26:00 EST Public awareness of climate change has grown dramatically in just a few years, in large part because of Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth. Most of Gore's fellow environmentalists support his work to focus attention on global warming. But some wonder whether a new focus on that issue may be too much of a good thing. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42781 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17067208&ft=1&f=1007 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:38:00 EST Iceland wants to use its carbon-free energy from volcanoes to help clean up one of the world's dirtiest industries: aluminum smelting. The move would help reduce pollution globally. But environmentalists say other countries should develop their own geothermal resources instead of exploiting Iceland's wilderness. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42539 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16836510&ft=1&f=1006 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:37:00 EST Store shelves are filled with products claiming to be good for the environment. Everything from shampoos and cleaning agents to granola bars claim to be "natural" and "earth friendly." But some environmentalists think you're being "greenwashed." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42434 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16754919&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:01:00 EST The U.S. timber industry is offering its own solution to climate change: cut down more trees. By aggressively managing forests, the U.S. would soak up huge amounts of carbon dioxide, the theory goes. Environmentalists are skeptical. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42316 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16655740&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST One of the lingering effects of the San Francisco Bay oil spill is the continuing death of wild birds and other sea life. So far, more than 1,500 dead or oily birds have been recovered. Environmentalists say that number could grow tenfold as migrating birds flock to the area. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41942 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16368955&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:20:00 EST Some environmentalists think steep oil prices might ignite interest in energy-efficient habits and products. But others warn that high prices could also renew interest in more-polluting sources of fuel, such as tar sands and oil shale. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41856 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16299893&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:41:00 EST Hilton Kelley believes oil refineries are destroying Port Arthur, Texas, which has some of the largest producers of gasoline in the country. But many residents are impoverished, and Kelley says refineries have taken from Port Arthur for decades, dumping toxic waste on its residents and leaving the town in shambles. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41459 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15926818&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:29:00 EST