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1 | 2 | 3 | Next1 Citation On March 30-31 there will be another climate conference , this time in Washington, D.C. After this conference, four panels of experts are supposed to release consensus reports in late 2009. Then, the Committee on America?s Climate Choices will issue a final report in 2010 that will integrate the findings and recommendations from the four panel reports. My question is: how much money is put into these conferences, congresses, summits, meetings and seminars? Kyoto, Bali, Washington, Copenha, technorati.com
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1 Citation The Kings Forest Development (Leda Group) shows us some interesting facts about the ?perceived right of way? by developers concerning inappropriate development of sensitive areas on the Far North Coast of New South Wales. The EDO (Environmental Defenders) has highlighted that Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 has resulted in ? The limited capacity for members of the community, or even other environmental agencies, to have their voice heard and the reduced r, technorati.com
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Taking Precautions Against Nanotechnology 1 Citation If the Toxic Substances Control Act is to be rewritten (see below ), one of the targets in the process will be nanotechnology. From the Houston Chronicle, ? Warnings issued on nanotechnology ?: Pressure for regulation This month, the EPA decided to classify carbon nanotubes as ?new? chemicals. But even if all nanomaterials are classified as ?new,? they?re unlikely to face a rigorous review because of weaknesses in the toxic substances act, said J. Clarence Davies, a senior advisor to the, technorati.com
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Stop Amendment of EIA Notification 2006 1 Citation http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-amendment-of-eia-notification-2006, technorati.com
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Is 'Better Safe Than Sorry' Reason Enough For Law? 1 Citation Sen. Dianne Feinstein invoked the "precautionary principle" when she introduced a bill a few weeks ago to ban a plastic additive called bisphenol A from food and drink containers. She said if we can't prove a chemical is safe, we shouldn't use it. But experts say that's an extreme interpretation ?and impossible to follow. read more, technorati.com
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1 Citation Speaking of self-fulfilling prophecies, which we often are, Stu has a feature in today?s FT magazine about the negative impacts on our health of precautionary health advice: Worried Sick What if health warnings could make us ill? Actually, they can - it?s called the ?nocebo effect? and there?s a lot of it about It?s mostly about medical advice, but it also touches on how encouraging negative expectations about the state of the planet can be asking for trouble: Even non-specific wo, technorati.com
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Showing Precaution about the Precautionary Principle 1 Citation Another good report on NRP?s Morning Edition today from Jon Hamilton on the chemical used in some consumer plastic products, bisphenol A (BPA), and regulatory practices and philosophy. From ? Is ?Better Safe Than Sorry? Reason Enough For Law? ?: The precautionary principle dates back to at least the 1930s, says Jonathan Wiener , a professor of law, environmental policy and public policy at Duke University. He says there are at least three basic forms of the principle, though one scholar foun, technorati.com
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US blocks fishing trawlers from following retreating Arctic ice 1 Citation Science Daily : Commercial fishing in US Arctic waters is to be banned at least until its effects are understood, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has decided . In the most powerful application yet of the precautionary principle to fisheries, the council said its prohibition should stay in force until impacts of commercial fishing in previously ice covered waters are fully understood. ?This is a courageous and ethical move by Alaska?s fishermen,? said Bill Fox, Vic, technorati.com
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Bluesfest - East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival 2009 1 Citation The Byron Bay Bluesfest 2009 shall soon be in the Byron Shire area of the Mt Warning Caldera Region, NE NSW. shop till you drop bop till you pop the Bluesfest of Byron is near the Belongil site?s ready and Tyagarah looks steady to take on the bluesfest next year so come drink your fill load your notes in their till and party the environment away your conscience is yours till eternity?s here are your sure that you want, technorati.com
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Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Never-ending Climate Quarrel. 1 Citation We have severe unsustainability issues on the planet. Global warming is a fact. So far almost everybody seems to agree. But whether the global warming is man-made or not remains a debate despite the fact that thousands of well-merited climate scientists have collaborated to reach the IPCC conclusions. Here is a recent debate article by Lars Bern (in Swedish) which has stirred up the discussions in Swedish media again. What so many of the opponents to man-made climate change fails to recognize, technorati.com
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