Search OCA:
State & Local News:
OCA News Sections:
Take Action:
OCA Campaigns:
Resources:
OCA Publications:
email address:
(Your email won't be shared)
Privacy
policy
OCA News Archives:
Environment & Climate
2006 Environment & Climate News
- 12/28 - Jeremy Rifkin: The Risks of Too Much City in a Crowded World
- 12/27 - Global Warming Parenting--What Do We Tell the Children
- 12/26 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Dec 24, 2006)
- 12/26 - Bio-Intensive Mini-Gardens--Recipe for Survival
- 12/20 - Global Warming: Crisis & Opportunity
- 12/20 - The Climate Change Tipping Point?
- 12/20 - EPA Allowing Companies to Withhold Information on Toxic Chemicals
- 12/18 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Dec 17, 2006)
- 12/14 - Europe Passes Watered-Down Version of 'Precautionary Principle' That Could Drive Thousands of Toxic Chemicals off the Market
- 12/14 - E.U. Parliament Passes New Chemical Standard, Businesses Brace for Impact
- 12/14 - Climate Change of Increasing Concern to Voters All Over the World
- 12/13 - Report Says Group Under Thumb of Perchlorate Manufacturers
- 12/13 - New Federal Regulations Will Speed Up Industry Destruction of Public Lands & Forests
- 12/13 - Green Revolution Sweeping the US Construction Industry
- 12/12 - American Chemical Society Admits to Widespread Contamination of U.S. Water & Fish
- 12/11 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Dec 10, 2006)
- 12/11 - Global Warming Threatens Basis of Marine Life in the World's Oceans
- 12/11 - Livestock Over-Production & Over-Consumption Generating 18% of All Greenhouse Gases
- 12/10 - Here's the Plan: For fast and effective action on climate change
- 12/09 - How Green is Your Cell Phone or PC?
- 12/07 - Plumb Crazy: U.S. EPA Considers Delisting Lead as an Air Pollutant
- 12/06 - Ross Gelbspan on Solutions to Climate Crisis
- 12/06 - Organic Lawn Care: Three New Educational Videos at SafeLawns.org
- 12/06 - Pesticide Makers Take Aim at Organic Upstarts
- 12/06 - Report Calls for Closing Mississippi River Channel that Was Major Cause of Katrina Damage
- 12/04 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Dec 3, 2006)
- 11/30 - U.N. Report States that Pollution from Farm Animals Responsible for a Fifth of Global Warming.
- 11/28 - EPA OKs Spraying Pesticides over Waters without Obtaining Special Permits
- 11/28 - World's Largest Science Teacher's Organization Ignoring Climate Change Education
- 11/27 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Nov 26, 2006)
- 11/24 - Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Global Warming Case
- 11/21 - California to Impose Sweeping Limits on Ocean Fishing
- 11/20 - If Global Warming is an Emergency, Then Let's Act Like It
- 11/16 - Public Interest Groups Condemn False 'Solutions' to Global Warming
- 11/14 - Wal-Mart Issues a Progress Report on its Experimental Eco-store
- 11/14 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Nov 12, 2006)
- 11/09 - Take Action to Ban the Toxic Pesticide Paraquat
- 11/08 - Conscientious Seafood Buyers May Be Greatest Hope to Save Fisheries
- 11/06 - Fed Up with Breast-Milk Contamination, Mothers Form a National Activist Group
- 11/06 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Nov 5, 2006)
- 11/05 - Mobilizing Americans to Deal with the Environment & Climate Crisis
- 11/05 - USA Keeps Pushing Deadly Methyl Bromide Despite Global Threat to Ozone Layer
- 11/02 - The Real Scoop on Biofuels
- 11/02 - Biofuels: A Disaster in the Making
- 10/31 - Environmental Working Group: Thyroid Threat: CDC Study Shows Proposed Rocket Fuel Standards Inadequate to Protect Baby
- 10/31 - Billie Karel, Advocate for Pesticide Alternatives, Answers Grist's Questions
- 10/30 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Oct 29, 2006)
- 10/28 - New Report on Biofuels: The Promise is Overrated
- 10/26 - Senators Press EPA for Action on Perchlorate
- 10/25 - Study Says Overweight Americans Consume Extra Gasoline
- 10/25 - Rachel's Democracy & Health News #877
- 10/24 - Saving the Planet Will Require Community Effort
- 10/24 - Protesters Occupy Federal Agency to Demand Action on Global Warming
- 10/23 - Climate Crisis Newsfeed ( October 22, 2006)
- 10/21 - Industry & Agribusiness Create Massive 'Dead Zones' in the Oceans
- 10/21 - Climate Chaos: Scientists Predict Future of Weather Extremes
- 10/20 - Scientists Worry About Declining Numbers of Honeybees and Other Pollinators
- 10/19 - Climate Crisis Newsfeed (October 18, 2006)
- 10/18 - Climate Crisis Newsfeed (October 17, 2006)
- 10/17 - Leftovers from Harvest are Potential Fuel Source
- 10/17 - Nanoforestry--The Next Dangerous Stage of Industrial Forestry
- 10/15 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed
- 10/15 - Climate Crisis Activists Mobilize for Pre-Election Nov. 4 Actions Across the US
- 10/15 - Climate Change Inaction Will Cost Trillions & Possibly Lead to Human Extinction
- 10/14 - Forest Activists Call for an End to Deforestation & a Ban on GE Trees
- 10/11 - Is it Time for A Tax on Dairy & Meat?
- 10/10 - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Bioeconomy Needs Sustainability Safeguards, Survey Finds
- 10/09 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Oct 9, 2006)
- 10/08 - Public Interest Groups Call for Phase-Out of Nuclear Power & Conversion to Renewable Energy
- 10/08 - Marine Scientists Report Massive 'Dead Zones'
- 10/08 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Oct 6, 2006)
- 10/05 - Drugs Found in Treated Sludge Sold for Lawns, Gardens
- 10/05 - Wells Fargo Becomes Biggest Corporate Buyer of Clean Energy
- 10/05 - Can Industrial Agriculture Withstand Climate Change?
- 10/04 - Lead Still Bad For You, and at Lower Levels Than Previously Thought
- 10/04 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Oct 4, 2006)
- 10/03 - Climate Crisis Daily Newsfeed (Oct 3, 2006)
- 10/03 - Study Finds Wild Salmon Imperiled by Farmed Salmon
- 10/03 - Product Plunders: Why Recycling Alone Will Not Protect the Environment
- 10/02 - Jeremy Rifkin on Nuclear Energy: Still a Bad Idea
- 09/28 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 28, 2006)
- 09/27 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 27, 2006)
- 09/26 - Wal-Mart Will Push Suppliers to Reduce Packaging by 5 Percent
- 09/26 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 26, 2006)
- 09/26 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 25, 2006)
- 09/25 - Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott!
- 09/24 - Climate Crisis Weekend Newsfeed (Sept 24, 2006)
- 09/22 - EPA Chief Spurns Scientific Advice, Rejects Stricter Particulate Controls
- 09/22 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 22, 2006)
- 09/21 - Why Are There Still Phosphates in Conventional Dishwashing Detergents
- 09/21 - Roadless Rule Wins in Court
- 09/20 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 20, 2006)
- 09/20 - U.S. Missing Renewable Energy Opportunities
- 09/19 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 19, 2006)
- 09/16 - Philanthropy & Tackling the Greenhouse Crisis--Google's Way: Not the Usual
- 09/14 - Activists Hope Florida Gubernatorial Candidates will Prioritize Oceans
- 09/14 - BP Spills in California, Wants to Open Alaska Pipelines
- 09/14 - Latino Gathering Focuses on the Environment
- 09/14 - Bush Administration Plans Even Bigger EPA Cuts for '08
- 09/14 - Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed (Sept 13, 2006)
More Headlines....
- 2/27 - This
Week's Biggest Enviroment, Health and Consumer News Tidbits (Organic
Bytes #76)
- 2/27 - Conservation Refugees:
When Conservation Means Kicking the Native People Out
- 2/27 - London to Reduce Greenhouse
Gas Emissions with "Buy Local & Organic" Food Project
- 2/27 - Chromium Industry Spawns
Lung Cancer While Suppressing Data
- 2/27 - Grist Magazine: Is Corn-Based
Ethanol Mere Greenwashing?
- 2/24 - Pet Poop: Experts Explore
Its Energy Potential
- 2/24 - The Gulf Coast Six Months
After The Storm
- 2/23 - Global Climate Chaos:
Hotter, Faster, Worser
- 2/23 - Bush Claims Renewable
Energy Technologies Have Grabbed His Attention
- 2/23 - "Guilt-Free" Fish
Farming Arrives?
- 2/22 - Ronnie Cummins: Organics &
Climate Chaos: Can the Organic Community Save the World?
- 2/22 - EPA Replacing Ozone-depleting
Pesticide with Cancer-Causing Methyl Iodide
- 2/22 - Six Months After Katrina:
Who Was Left Behind - Then and Now
- 2/22 - Finger-Lickin' Bad: How Poultry
Producers Are Ravaging the Rural South
- 2/22 - Eco-Entrepreneurs Pay
People to Recycle
- 2/21 - Bushies Trying to
Muzzle Scientists Who Speak Out on Climate & Environment
- 2/21 - CBS News' "Sixty
Minutes" Covers the Climate Crisis
- 2/21 - Summary of Recent News
Articles on Climate Crisis
- 2/19 - Approving Genetically Modified
Crops: A Bureaucratic Ecology
- 2/19 - Green Guerillas: Community Garden
Movement Spreads Across the USA
- 2/19 - Organic Home Gardening Movement
Takes Root in the UK
- 2/19 - Climate Change: On the
Edge
- 2/19 - Sea Levels Likely to
Rise Much Faster Than Was Predicted
- 2/18 - Food & Environment Update
Feb. 2006--Union of Concerned Scientists
- 2/18 - An Outbreak of Censorship:
When Talk of Warming Becomes Absolutely Chilling-- By Ross Gelbspan
- 2/17 - Ronnie Cummins: Organics,
Health, & Climate Chaos - What Will We Tell the Children?
- 2/17 - Farms More Dangerous than
Coal Mines
- 2/16 - Farmer Wants to Plant Trees,
Is Blocked By Zoning Board
- 2/16 - Korean Soldiers & Vietnamese
Civilians Sue Dow & Monsanto for Poisoning Them with Herbicide
Agent Orange
- 2/16 - Can Home Carpets Be Healthy
for You & the Environment?
- 2/15 - Achieving Energy Independence:
The Austrian Model
- 2/15 - A Major Reason Why Organic
Food is Better: Healthy Soils & Animals Mean a Healthy Diet
- 2/14 - U.S. Evangelical Leaders
Say "Creation Care" Requires Action on Climate Crisis
- 2/14 - Can Energy Intensive
Corn
& Ethanol Really Become Part of the Solution to the Energy Crisis?
- 2/14 - France Debates GMO Contamination
Law
- 2/13 - Citizens of the World
Wake Up! - We Are Passing the "Tipping Point" on Global
Warming
- 2/12 - Michael T. Klare: The
Permanent Energy Crisis
- 2/10 - This Week's Environmental, Health
& Consumer News Tidbits (Organic Bytes #75)
- 2/10 - Fish Eaters Beware:
High Levels of Mercury Detected in Americans
- 2/9 - Sweden Plans to Be World's
First Oil-Free Economy
- 2/8 - Ronnie Cummins: America's
Fatal Harvest--Sixty Years of Industrial Agriculture
- 2/8 - Corn Pesticides in Combination
Kill Frogs & Threaten Public Health
- 2/7 - Is it Possible to Ski Without
Ruining the Environment?
- 2/7 - A 12-Step Program to
Break U.S. Oil Addiction
- 2/7 - World Cancer Day 2006:
Focus on Avoidable Causes of Cancer
- 2/6 - Global Warming Experts
Warn Cataclysmic "Tipping Point" Is Fast Approaching
- 2/3 - The Only Solution to Climate
Chaos and Peak Oil is Fundamental Social, Political, & Economic
Change
- 2/1 - This Week's Biggest Environment &
Health News Tidbits (Organic Bytes #74)
- 2/1 - The Food Industry Versus
Mother Nature
- 2/1 - Bush Makes Hollow Promises
of Achieving "Energy Independence"
- 2/1 - Orion Magazine: The High
Cost of Progress
- 1/31 - Despite Public Opposition,
Bush's EPA Will Allow Factory Farms to Pollute
- 1/31 - How Cell Phones Are a Threat
to the Environment
- 1/31 - "Green-Cleaning" Products
Increasing in Popularity
- 1/31 - Controversial Irradiation
Facility Proposed for Honolulu International Airport
- 1/31 - Climate Expert Says NASA
Tried to Silence Him
- 1/30 - Julia Butterfly Speaks Out
on the Future of Grassroots Activism
- 1/30 - Eco-Elite Hobnob in the Big
Apple: Sustainability Becomes Chic
- 1/27 - 2005 Edges out 1998
as Warmest Year on Record
- 1/27 - Half of Breast Cancers
Directly Related to Environmental Toxins
- 1/27 - New Study Shows Pesticide's
Role in Endangering Frogs
- 1/25 - Environmental
& Conservation Groups Nix Alito for Supreme Court
- 1/25 - Two More Articles on EPA
Plans to Test Pesticides on Kids
- 1/25 - Boston Diner Gets its
Heat from Used Cooking Oil
- 1/25 - Economic Costs of Environmental
Diseases and Disabilities
- 1/24 - Reports Show Cutting
Greenhouse Gases Will Benefit California Economy
- 1/24 - Fiddling While the World
Burns: Global Economic Elite Party in Davos, Switzerland
- 1/24 - Popular Sushi Fish
Loaded With Mercury
- 1/23 - Global Weather: Cloudy
with Increasing Climate Chaos
- 1/23 - Report: Dropping U.S. Corporate
Ag Subsidies Key to Greener Future
- 1/23 - EPA Seeks to Exempt
Rural Factory Farms & Mines from Air Quality Standards
- 1/20 - Household Chemicals Could
Double Child Leukaemia Risk
- 1/20 - The Corporate Killers:
Burning Up the Planet for Profit
- 1/20 - Bechtel Drops $50 Million
Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute
- 1/19 - Union of Concerned
Scientists: Food & Environment Newsletter Jan 2006
- 1/19 - Global Warming: Mass Denial
& Hyper-Capitalism Are Apparently Leading Us to Disaster
- 1/18 - With GE Soybean Food Safety
in Doubt, Biotech Turns to Biodiesel
- 1/17 - This Week's Biggest Food, Health
and Environment News Tidbits (Organic Bytes #73)
- 1/17 - Study: Pesticide May
Reduce Fertility
- 1/16 - Bill McKibben: No More
Nice Guy on Global Warming
- 1/16 - California Launchess
$3.2 Billion Solar Energy Subsidy Program
- 1/16 - Study Hits EPA Plan To
Censor Community Pollution Reports
- 1/13 - World's Largest Polluters
Still in Denial That They Are Moving Us to Catastrophic Climate Change
- 1/13 - Algae Being Harnessed
to Combat Climate Change and Other Eco-Woes
- 1/12 - Minnesota State Forests
Certified as "Sustainable"
- 1/12 - Federal Judge Undercuts
Bush Administration Assault on National Forests
- 1/12 - China & India Can
Steer the War Toward Sustainability or Environmental Disaster
- 1/12 - Rapidly Shrinking Arctic
Ice Could Spell Trouble for the Rest of the World
- 1/12 - Whole Foods Chain Switches
to Wind Power
- 1/11 - Supreme Court Rejects
Appeal of Pesticide Ban Around Salmon Streams
- 1/10 - Court Guns Down State
Plan to Poison Pest of Wine Grapes
- 1/9 - Banning Fishing Around Endangered
Coral Reefs Can Save Them
- 1/9 - More & More Consumers
Turning to Eco-Friendly Building Supplies
- 1/6 - General Electric Workers in Schenectady,
NY Suing Monsanto for Poisoning Them with PCBs
- 1/6 - Ancient Global Warming Flipped Ocean
Circulation, May Do So Again
- 1/5 - New Year's Resolutions: Better
Your Health and the Planet's
- 1/5 - Will U.S. Environmentalists Find Their
Voice?
- 1/4 - New Mexico Environment
Board Delays Aspartame Hearing
- 1/4 - Twenty Years After Global
Moratorium, Whales Threatened Again
Noticias
y campañas de la OCA en español