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Investor’s Business Daily Misleads on Polar Bears

October 27, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
biogems, criticalhabitat, investorsbusinessdaily, polarbears

Investor’s Business Daily just published a foolish editorial about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent proposal to designate over 200,000 square miles of Alaskan coast and sea ice as “critical habitat” for the State’s beleaguered polar bear population.  The...

We're way beyond foxes and henhouses here...

September 11, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, mineralsmanagementservice

I’m sitting in an airport on my way to Montana, but couldn’t resist noting the unfolding scandal a the U.S. Minerals Management Service.  Remember, these are the guys that the Bush Administration wants to let decide, without any independent scientific...

Those New Subaru Ads

August 7, 2007

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleancars, fueleconomy, greenmanufacturing, hybridvehicles, subaru, wildlife, wildlifehabitat

Anybody catch the new Subaru ad? You know, the one with the rugged environmentalist standing in front of a Subaru plant and talking about how green it is? You can find Subaru's summary of its green manufacturing process here. Now...

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