Teen Girls Smoking Today will have Larger Waistlines Tomorrow (Links)

This entry was posted by harry s truman on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 11:43 am.

How can we stop ’stop the coal rush,’ what’s to come of the Tennesee toxic sludge spill, and what exactly the sludge made of, anyway? ‘Hundreds of coal ash dumps’ are just as problematic as the one in Tennesee. When mistakes stop happening at nuclear power plants, I’ll let proponents get away with calling it ’safe.’ Edward Abbey would be proud: in the rush to sell Utah public lands before Obama’s inauguration, the Bush administration inadvertently allowed an activist to fuck up an auction in Utah. Mark Rey, the former timber lobbyist who heads the U.S. Forest Service, is rushing to develop Forest Service land before he’s out of a job. The Interior Department is looking to increase logging in Oregon–despite objections from the governor, two federal agencies, and the imperiled spotted owl. CSM looks at the threats facing America’s old-growth forests. Californians will be a major force in shaping environmental policy in the years to come. Also, you can add the world’s eighth-largest economy to the list of groups suing over Bush’s effort to destroy the Endangered Species Act. Asia’s appetite for imported turtle cuisine is decimating Florida’s softshell populations. Captive breeding in fisheries preserves species but ‘plunders’ genetic diversity. Cutting toxic pollution is a two-fer in the fight against climate change. Exxon Mobil will pay over $6 million for hazardous pollution at its refineries. Destroying San Diego’s Friendship Park to construct a border wall will be one of George W. Bush’s final accomplishments. With a black man in America’s highest office, many wonder if the environmental justice movement will finally achieve some of its major goals. According to a new study, unpasteurized milk poses health risks without benefits. Eating less in middle age will keep you trim. Even ‘healthy’ cooking oil contributes to rainforest destruction. Teen girls smoking today will have larger waistlines tomorrow. Can’t we at least try to keep the spite out of public smoking concerns? L.A. may soon restrict outside smoking. Radiologists who see photos of patients are more likely to provide comprehensive health assessments.