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Poisoning the Well: atrazine is scary, and it’s everywhere

August 23, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

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atrazine, drinkingwater, endocrinedisrupter, EPA, midwest, watershed

Years ago, when I first moved to the Midwest (Columbus, Ohio, to be more precise) from California one of the first things I noticed was the corn.  Not corn fields, mind you, although there were plenty of those, but corn...

Bush Administration Considers the Possibility of Future Climate Regulation—As an Excuse for Not Protecting Wildlife

January 6, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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arctic, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, globalwarming, ribbonseal, seaice

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently made an interesting, and little noted, move that speaks volumes about this Administration's attitude towards climate change legislation.  Last year the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list the ribbon seal, which like...

Global Warming--Now, With Mercury!

March 1, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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arctic, beakedwhale, globalwarming, mercury, seaice, wildlife

For years, scientists have been concerned about the substantial increase of mercury concentrations in Arctic marine mammals such as polar bears, beluga whales, and seals.  In some places in Canada, for example, levels of mercury in the tissue of...

Hooray for Westerville

October 24, 2007

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming

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AMP, coal, ohio, powerplant

As I've talked about here before, NRDC's Midwest Office is fighting a proposal by the American Municipal Power company to build a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Meigs County, Ohio.  Before AMP can move forward with its plant, however,...

Ballast Badness

October 5, 2007

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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ballastwater, cleanwateract, invasivespecies

One of the biggest threats to aquatic ecosystems in the United States--and to the Great Lake's in particular--is the introduction of foreign species (everything ranging from plants, to fish, to microscopic organisms) into our waters by transoceanic ships.  These vessels take on...

Andrew Wetzler
Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
Chicago
I grew up in New York City but spent my summers canoeing and hiking in...
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