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Rebranding the Rebranding…tar sands are dirty whatever you call them

November 13, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alberta, canada, encana, financialpost, oilsands, tarsands

Ahh, the Canadian tar sands industry. Unhappy that the dirty oil criticisms of their industry are sticking they are to once again change the name of their product rather than fix it. If it wasn't so irritating, it would be...continued

Whitebark Pine: An unlikely tree in the spotlight

September 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climatechange, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, globalwarming, grizzlybears, northernrockies, whitebarkpine, wyoming

Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued

Fair Wolf Hunt? Good questions in Idaho...

August 21, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
butchotter, idaho, idahostatesman, northernrockies, rockybarker, wolf, wolfhunt, wolves

I really enjoy reading Rocky Barker's columns and blog at the Idaho Statesman. I don't always agree with what he says, but he is a thoughtful and genuine voice that helps me cut through the shouting on both sides of...continued

Show-Me State Skeptics: Convention Clouds Missouri Energy Advances

August 13, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climatechange, climatechangedeniers, greenincblog, kansascity, missouri, renewableenergy, springfield,missouri, st.louis, st.louispost-dispatch, wind

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted that a "veritable who's who of climate change skeptics and contrarians" will be gathering at a convention in Springfield, MO today. Speaking as a one-time resident of the Show-Me State, that news is disappointing enough---but...continued

Two Views of Tar Sands: Dirty and Dirtiest

July 23, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alberta, andrewnikiforuk, canada, globalwarming, oil, oilsands, societyofenvironmentaljournalists, tarsands

In an odd quirk of timing, two competing visions of the Canadian tar sands hit the media today. I was pleased to see the announcement that the Society for Environmental Journalists had chosen Andrew Nikiforuk's "Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and...continued

Of Sinkholes and Zombies: Tar sands pipeline projects are a looming horror story

June 19, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
canada, enbridge, illinois, keystonepipeline, midwest, milwaukeejournalsentinel, minnesota, pipeline, pollution, tarsands, wisconsin, zombies

"They're coming to get you Barbara..." Those are some of the last words we hear from an unfortunate victim early in "Night of the Living Dead." With creeping doom and danger sprouting up all around them, a pair of siblings...continued

Honey Laundering: mystery bee malady may broaden an international crime wave

May 26, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bees, ccd, colonycollapsedisorder, honeybees, honeylaundering, japan

Like millions of Americans, I spent a chunk of my holiday weekend in front of a barbecue grill. And I might have unintentionally opened myself up to a growing international crime spree in the process... Swine flu has been...continued

Running from a Lie: Halt Horse Butte Hazing of Bison

May 15, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bison, brucellosis, buffalo, helicopter, horsebutte, montana, northernrockies, wildlife, yellowstone

We got word that state and federal wildlife officials were unnecessarily hazing America's last genetically wild buffalo off of a peninsula west of Yellowstone National Park in Montana yesterday. I started pulling together a blog posting and about halfway...continued

Canadian Author Gets a Look at Expanding Canadian Mess: Tar Sands in Indiana and Illinois

May 4, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
andrewnikiforuk, aquatorium, bp, gary, indiana, tarsands

Last week I had the opportunity to take a road trip to northwest Indiana. Riding shotgun was Canadian journalist and author, Andrew Nikiforuk, whose book Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent is selling like hotcakes in...continued

An Arbor Day Tradeoff: new acacia and declining whitebark pine

April 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
acacia, arborday, climatechange, globalwarming, grizzlybear, mattbrown, northernrockies, tree, whitebarkpine

Earth Day gets all the pub, but I've always been kinda partial to Arbor Day. I mean, really, how often do you even think about trees? This Arbor Day, features a couple of interesting tree stories: In the journal...continued

The Money Boat: Coins, Climate Change and the Caribbean

April 20, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bunkerfuel, caribbean, coins, island, money, pennies, shipping

A friend who works for the monetary authority of a Caribbean island nation was in Chicago for an international money conference recently. Representatives from banking centers around the world had converged to discuss a crushing array of concerns---but these folks...continued

Snotty Tunnels of Love: Tidewater gobies deserve protected territory

April 15, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
california, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, fish, fishandwildlifeservice, losangeles, sandiego, sanfranciso, tidewatergoby

Sometimes the little critters we overlook are also some of the most amazing... This week NRDC renews a long-standing fight over a somewhat blah-looking little fish called the tidewater goby. Despite its drab appearance, the quirky swimmer exemplifies why the...continued

Wyoming Wolves: frustration on all sides…and one guy with serious guts

March 30, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
casperstartribune, delisting, dicksadler, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, wolf, wolves, wyoming

It takes some serious guts for a public figure to challenge the anti-wolf lobby in Wyoming. And with the imminent release of the Department of Interior's new wolf rules that remove endangered species protections from the packs in Montana and...continued

Dam Those Mussels: Great Lakes invasive species now threatening Lake Mead

February 26, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
ballastwater, EPA, greatlakes, invasivespecies, newyork, quaggamussel, wisconsin, zebramussel

One of America's most iconic engineering marvels is being threatened by an advancing army. This is not a military threat---though it is foreign.  Quagga and zebra mussels, the twin scourges of the Great Lakes are marching west...well, actually hitchhiking. ...continued

Beaver Tails and Tar Sands: climate security talks are not going to stay this sweet

February 19, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
alberta, beavertail, canada, dirtyfuels, obama, obamatocanada, tarsands

It was a sweet day for President Obama in Canada. As he savored a "beaver tail" in Ottawa, security seemed the farthest issue from his mind. No, this is not an endangered species post...apparently there is a rockin' bakery...continued

Josh Mogerman
Josh Mogerman
Senior Media Associate
Chicago
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