http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com Green Blog, Green Issues, Green Environment Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What did the "Climategate" scandal really expose -- a problem with climate science, or the modern media echo chamber? A special article from the pages of Skeptical Inquirer magazine. http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/mann-bites-dog/ Brussels, Belgium – WWF applauds the confirmation from European Union member states that they will vote for a ban on international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna during a meeting of the largest wildlife trade convention starting this week. The 27 EU members said today they would vote to list Atlantic ... http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/all-27-eu-countries-to-back-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-international-trade-ban/ Tokyo, Japan: Japan is at risk of undermining its own recent commitments on carbon emissions reductions during a confused – and confusing – debate on forthcoming climate legislation, WWF said today. WWF is calling on a high-level Cabinet Member Committee meeting regarding climate change on Thursday to stick with the ... http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/carbon-cap-and-trade-at-risk-as-japan-considers-climate-bill/ Grocery stores and consumers may want to rethink how they store their produce. http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/supermarket-lights-supercharge-vegetables-nutrition-value/ It was the blockbuster environmental deal of a lifetime: Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced in 2008 that the state was going to buy 180,000 acres of wetlands from United States Sugar Corporation. The purchase would effectively close U.S. Sugar's doors ... http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/a-sweet-deal-soured/ The Maldives government has banned shark fishing in its 35,000 square miles of sovereign waters. http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/shark-zone-a-refuge-where-predators-and-tourists-mix/ A new bill in South Dakota urges science teachers to frame global warming as a debate. http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/climate-tiff-in-s-dakota-reveals-gap-between-scientists-public/ With a little genetic engineering, tobacco and other plants can be harnessed to clean up environmental pollutants. http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/tobacco-plants-tapped-to-suck-up-pond-scum/ With disasters striking Haiti, Chile and most recently Turkey, it seems like there is no end in sight for the earthquake-weary. New evidence released from Ohio State University (OSU) shows that the 8.8-magnitude mega-quake that struck off the coast of ... http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/south-american-cities-moved-in-chile-quake/ Gland, Switzerland: Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world’s oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis. The 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP ... http://green-blog.cyber-footprint.com/green-issues/cites-can-help-save-bluefin-tuna-stem-wildlife-poaching-crisis/