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Economy Yes, the present economy has even stretched out to the horses. An expensive pet to start, the horse is also not an easy animal to maintain. Yearly, it costs an estimated $2,000 or more to feed these beautiful animals.
 According to its spokesperson, the USDI is taking a long time to decide the polar bear's status because it sets a precedent: never before has global warming been listed as the cause of an animal's endangerment. As soon as the polar bear is classified as a victim of global warming, other animals will be nominated on the same grounds. The traditional reasons behind the endangerment of animals as listed in the Endangered Species Act are habitat loss, complications due to development and hunting - all human-induced conditions. It remains unclear how this other human-induced condition is any different.
 EPA spokesman Dale Kemery told the Denver Post that the agency decided to propose a ban because it determined that the chemical's instance of harm and threat to wildlife outweighed its beneficial uses for crops. In fact, the EPA determined that Carbofuran is sufficiently harmful to wildlife even without these intentional uses against bird populations. A risk assessment conducted by the EPA in 2005 found that 85% of listed endangered and threatened bird species would die if they ingested alfalfa from treated fields. Without an infrastructure to monitor bird death cases and with solid evidence against carbofuran, the EPA felt comfortable with their proposed ban.
But Delaware's News Journal found that this wind energy program - like many of those currently available for offset initiatives - is misleading. It turns out that wind energy credits bought from Perco do not directly correspond to an actual measure of electricity. Instead, each credit goes towards commodity certificates that are traded on Wall Street. The credit purchase represents an investment in a wind energy company, but not a directive to that company to produce a specific amount of energy. And while it is true that investment in the wind energy sector is always a good thing, it is disheartening that none of the participants understood the deal that they were entering.
EWG researchers analyzed the blood from ten different umbilical cords of American-born babies. The samples themselves were drawn by Red Cross workers and, before you knock the sample size, consider the hefty $10,000 price tag on each full analysis. The blood was tested for 413 known chemicals and 69% - or 287 actual chemicals - were found. While the range in chemical presence spanned from 154 to 231, 101 chemicals were present in all cord blood samples. Further, all of the possible nine classes of chemicals were represented, providing a diverse range of exposure.
Now, Ft Chipewyan can also boast the dubious distinction of having one of the world's highest rates of cholangiocarcinoma - a rare cancer of the bile duct. Along with cholangiocarcinoma, Ft Chipewyan is home to elevated levels of endocrine cancers like testicular and uterine, lymphatic cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, and cervical and colon cancers. Immunodeficiency disorders like lupus and Grave's disease are also prevalent. With only 915 residents, this litany of ailments is particularly shocking.
The good news is since the early 90’s, after realizing how much pollution these floating cities were dumping, many were brought to court. Nearly 200 foreign flagged cruise ships were charged in from 1993-1998. Since 2000, top cruise lines such as Norwegian Cruise Lines, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean were fined nearly 50 million. In 2004 Royal Caribbean agreed to install advanced waste water system treatment technology on all of its ships and any future ones. The bad news is the laws that cruise ships have to follow are still extremely weak. The only federal laws in the states for ship sewage discharges is that it they have to use approved marine sanitation devices within 3 miles of shore. Canada has no standards for gray water or sewage waste, allowing them to become a dumping ground for American cruise ships traveling to Alaska.
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Exxon Mobil employee and former lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute Philip A. Cooney testified this week that, while employed by the White House (until 2005), he altered government climate change reports on hundreds of occasions. Speaking in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Cooney said that the changes he made were consistent with a 2001 report written for Mr. Bush by the National Academy of Sciences, and that he believed his changes reflected the most authoritative and current views of the state of scientific knowledge. The committee, which is investigating charges that the Bush Administration interfered in global warming science, has also heard testimony from officials at NASA. Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman of California said in a memo that the documents reviewed by the committee, and released to the press on Monday, appear to portray a systematic White House effort to minimize the significance of climate change."