Friday, April 19, 2013

Latest from the WWF: Eco-Indoctrination of Slum Kids | NoFrakkingConsensus
In Pakistan, the WWF is enlisting university students to develop an “environmental conscience” among the poorest of the poor.
Snowing in Lesotho - Way before the ‘official snow season’ has even started!
“It is almost with total disbelief that we are writing this. After 2 recent snow falls that have come extremely early, it looks like there is another cold front on the way that may very well drop some more snow on us, way before the ‘official snow season’ has even started!
Gorbachev Sees Global Failure to Address Eco-Risks - ABC News
"The response to climate change has been weak and disunited," he said
Cold, wind postpone Twins-White Sox game
The Twins' series opener in Chicago against the White Sox on Friday was called off due to a forecast of cold, windy weather. It's the third time this week that bad weather has kept Minnesota off the field
Keystone XL opponents dominate raucous Nebraska hearing | Grist
More than 1,000 people traveled [via fossil-fueled transportation?] from far and wide to snowy Grand Island, Neb., on Thursday to tell the State Department what they think of plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
Keystone xl: At emotional State Dept. hearing, Nebraskans vow to keep fighting -- 04/19/2013 -- www.eenews.net
Emotion flared on both sides of the debate. Darrell Turner, 63, of Heflin, Ala., spoke for many Keystone XL backers as he testified that its environmentalist critics seek to "have their cake and eat it, too" by staging frequent rallies that "they travel [to] in buses, trucks, planes, automobiles -- these are fossil-fuel burning vehicles, folks."

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