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Experts Predict Polar Bear Decline: Global Warming Is Melting Their Ice Pack Habitat (Washington Post; 7/7/05)

An Endangered Act (NY Times; 7/5/05)

Supreme Court Justice O'Connor: 'She Never Knew it Would Come to This' (Common Dreams; 7/5/05)

Bush the melting (PHX News; 7/5/05)

Pandering on abortion (Louisville Courier-Journal; 7/5/05)

Put away the flags (Pittsburgh Live; 7/4/05)

GOP pretends to give what it's taking away (Louisville Courier-Journal; 7/4/05)

Bill Would Reduce Government's Role in Protecting Species (NY Times; 7/4/05)

The biggest of big lies (Madison Capital Times; 7/3/05)

Pliant American Press Behaving Like Pravda in Coverage of the U.S. President (Common Dreams; 7/3/05)

Unhealthy haze over Northeast's wilderness (Boston Globe; 7/3/05)

Face to face with the absurd (Dissident Voice; 7/3/05)

Mourn on the Fourth of July (Common Dreams; 7/2/05)

Climate Change: One in Six Countries Facing Food Shortage (Common Dreams; 7/1/05)

British Scientists Say Carbon Dioxide Is Turning the Oceans Acidic (NY Times; 7/1/05)

Bush flops in primetime (Dissident Voice; 6/29/05)

South America's Mining Wars Heat Up (AlterNet; 6/28/05)

Super Senate Sweep? The drumbeat of this administration's giveaways to big corporations continues: tax breaks for the undeserving and more green lights for the exploitation of the environment. (AlterNet; 6/28/05)

Drowning in filth (Scoop; 6/27/05)

Bush eases land use for ranchers: New federal regulations loosen restraints on ranchers who use public lands, raising environmental concerns (Christian Science Monitor; 6/27/05)

Global Warming in Africa: The Hottest Issue of All (Common Dreams; 6/27/05)

Why the America Press Remains Paralyzed (OpEdNews; 6/27/05)

Northup: so out of touch with her district (Louisville Courier-Journal; 6/26/05)

Endangered Species Act Faces Broad New Challenges (NY Times; 6/26/05)

Concerns arise over Bush's pick for EPA job: Lawyer works for firm that represents W.R. Grace, others (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 6/26/05)

Big Media Interlocks with Corporate America (Common Dreams; 6/26/05)

Bush's pre-emptive war pre-empted Congress (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 6/26/05)

The Race to Alaska Before It Melts (NY Times; 6/26/05)

This presidency ended my pride in America (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel; 6/26/05)

Super Senate sweep? Graft runs rampant on Capitol Hill (WorkingForChange; 6/24/05)

President Self-centered (Consortium News; 6/24/05)

A war waged by liars and morons (CounterPunch; 6/24/05)

Global warming rider shot down by Senate (Contra Costa Times; 6/24/05)

Proof is in the memo: Soldiers died for a lie (Times Herald-Record; 6/13/05)

Administration's Offenses Impeachable (Lew Rockwell; 6/13/05)

This summer's plan for imperiled salmon: A judge orders spillover in five dams in the Northwest. But will the current approach reverse the steep decline? (Christian Science Monitor; 6/13/05)

Ranchers, environmentalists differ on wolf reintroduction program (NewMexican; 6/13/05)

Since regime change in Iraq was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal (Times Online; 6/12/05)

The American people have been had (SP Times; 6/12/05)

Esprit de Gore: Gore is transforming into fiery climate evangelist (Grist Magazine; 6/12/05)

Don't follow the money (NY Times; 6/12/05)

Face facts, cats are bad for the environment (NZ Herald; 6/12/05)

First NAFTA, now CAFTA: two nafkas (Online Journal; 6/12/05)

Selling Washington (NY Review of Books; 6/11/05)

Bush lied - people died (Sierra Times; 6/11/05)

How dense can we be?: Living the good life in the ’exurbs’ is draining our tax coffers and devouring the West’s open spaces, but large-lot development continues to explode (High Country News; 6/11/05)

After Downing Street: The Minutes now stand as irrefutable proof that the road to war in Iraq was paved, with absolute intent, with lies and deceit and misdirection and fraud. (AlterNet; 6/10/05)

Losing Our Country (NY Times; 6/10/05)

The Disassembler in Chief and the War of Error (Common Dreams; 6/10/05)

Offshoring the Aquaculture Industry: Proposed federal legislation aims to move enormous fish farms up to 200 miles from the coast -- and, some fear, far away from public oversight. (AlterNet; 6/10/05)

Horseshoe Crabs' Decline Further Imperils Shorebirds (Washington Post; 6/10/05)

The Downing Street Memo Reveals Blood on the Hands of Our Complicit Corporate Media and the Hijacking of Our Collective Fear (OpEdNews; 6/10/05)

The Fix Was In: Did Bush Deliberately Deceive America About Iraq? (CounterPunch; 6/9/05)

Evidence shows clear path of premeditated war (Winchester Star; 6/9/05)

The Bush Economy (NY Times; 6/9/05)

Outlook Dim for Climate Change Action as Energy Bill Nears Senate Floor (Bush Greenwatch; 6/9/05)

US Scientists Pile on Pressure Over Climate Change (Common Dreams; 6/9/05)

A (White) House Party for Lobbyists (NY Times; 6/9/05)

How oil giant influenced Bush: White House sought advice from Exxon on Kyoto stance (Guardian; 6/8/05)

Downing Street Memo: the smoking gun which proves that the gravest possible crime was committed by the Bush administration, and among its victims were the American people (Common Dreams; 6/8/05)

The Downing Street Memo Story Won't Die (Washington Post; 6/8/05)

World Military Spending Topped $1 Trillion in 2004 (Common Dreams; 6/8/05)

It's Not Just Eskimos in Bikinis: Close-to-home global warming effects that we hear little about (Mother Jones; 6/7/05)

Bush willfully misled the United States into invading Iraq, in part, by eliminating the possibility of the peaceful solution that he pretended to want (Consortium News; 6/7/05)

A Lie of Historic Proportions (Common Dreams; 6/7/05)

Traditional Models Underestimate Extinction Rates (RedNova; 6/7/05)

The Mugging of the American Dream: Washington is a divided city -- not between north and south as in Lincoln's time, but between those who can buy all the government they want and those who can't even afford a seat in the bleachers. (AlterNet; 6/6/05)

Our Patient Planet: Then and Now (RedNova; 6/6/05)

The Mobility Myth (NY Times; 6/6/05)

What’s Up With the Downing Street Memo? (Common Dreams; 6/5/05)

Private money pays for lawmakers' trips (Louisville Courier-Journal; 6/5/05)

George Bush Is An Idiot: Amnesty International Report Upsetting Only Because It’s True (OfficialWire; 6/5/05)

Un-American by any name (NY Times; 6/5/05)

Bush, The Spoiled Man-Child: What causes the fall of empires? Why, stubborn leaders who speak like toddlers and never admit mistakes (SF Gate; 6/4/05)

Waiting for a scandal: Watergate story might never have broken in today's media climate (WorkingForChange; 6/4/05)

NRDC Sues to Obtain Records of Sonar Harm to Whales (ENS; 6/4/05)

Arctic lakes are disappearing (PhysOrg.com; 6/3/05)

Why Is Bush Getting Away With Murder? (Dissident Voice; 6/3/05)

Fifth of all bird species are on extinction path (MSNBC; 6/3/05)

Iraq War: Drafting the dead (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 6/1/05)

Paying to play (part 1): Privatization of America's public lands is 'common sense' environmentalism for the Bush Administration (WorkingForChange; 6/1/05)

Keeping Alert to the Threats of Environmental Changes (Common Dreams; 6/1/05)

America, a Symbol of . . . (NY Times; 5/30/05)

Illegally financing the WMD hoax (Dissident Voice; 5/30/05)

Dirty Money: As coal plants win the right to burn dirtier and dirtier, the administration is subsidizing coal as the “clean fuel” of the future. (Mother Jones; 5/29/05)

Life is Seen as Precious, Depending on the Issue (Common Dreams; 5/29/05)

Old Plains ranching, farming traditions disappearing (Kansas City Star; 5/29/05)

Protecting the Plutocrats (Dissident Voice; 5/29/05)

Freedom's just another word for dodging tough questions (Chicago Sun-Times; 5/28/05)

100,000 Signatures Needed on Downing Street Letter (Common Dreams; 5/28/05)

Timber subsidies/GOP bends rules to shield them (Minneapolis Star-Tribune; 5/28/05)

Bush Plans to Block G8 Climate Change Action (Scotsman; 5/28/05)

How to lose a country in seven easy steps (MSNBC; 5/27/05)

Government Shirked Its Duty to Wild Fish, a Judge Rules (NY Times; 5/27/05)

Energy company policy (Progressive Magazine; 5/27/05)

With the Gloves Off (NY Times; 5/26/05)

US Selling More Weapons to Undemocratic Regimes That Support 'War on Terror' (Common Dreams; 5/26/05)

Predator in the crosshairs (Boise Weekly; 5/26/05)

Buffalo Soldiers: Activists and government agents battle over where America's last wild buffalo will roam (AlterNet; 5/25/05)

84,000 acres of Fla. wetlands disappeared over 15 years (Gainesville Sun; 5/25/05)

Group fights salvage logging in Oregon (ESPN Outdoors; 5/25/05)

McConnell's pink elephants (Louisville Courier-Journal; 5/24/05)

New Rule on Endangered Species in the Southwest (NY Times; 5/24/05)

Earth's species feel the squeeze (BBC News; 5/23/05)

Bolivia Epitomizes Fight for Natural Resources (NY Times; 5/23/05)

Indian vulture population crashes: The cause of the 99 per cent drop in the Indian vulture population has been identified. But can this essential element of the ecosystem ever recover? (Independent; 5/23/05)

For Bush, Iraq Lies Are Fundamental (Consortium News; 5/22/05)

Dirty Secret: Coal Plants Could Be Much Cleaner (NY Times; 5/22/05)

Lowered Biodiversity a Threat to Humans (AScribe; 5/22/05)

Bush Lied, and Press Can't be Bothered to Report on it (Common Dreams; 5/22/05)

Social Health and Spiritual Death: Empire, Inequality, and the Costs of War (Z Net; 5/21/05)

Human Activities Cause of Current Extinction Crisis (ENS; 5/21/05)

Earth's species are declining faster than ever (Canoe; 5/21/05)

The rape of the rainforest... and the man behind it (Independent; 5/20/05)

Amazon destruction accelerating: The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed at near record levels (BBC News; 5/20/05)

Lying for a Living (And the Money's Not Even That Good): The White House Comments on the Downing Street Memo (Common Dreams; 5/20/05)

Bush opens forests to corporate plunder (PWW; 5/20/05)

A steeper ladder for the have-nots: Americans have been seduced by simplistic notions of rugged individualism to vote more to punish people (welfare mothers, prison booms, and affirmative action in the 1990s, and gay marriage in 2004) than for programs and policies that might lead to healing the gaps (national healthcare and revamped public schools). (Boston Globe; 5/19/05)

Bush EPA Official Admits Helping Developer Destroy Wetlands (Pensito Review; 5/19/05)

Media Coverage of Intelligence Manipulation Reflects Public Acceptance of Imperial Presidency (Common Dreams; 5/18/05)

Spring's Start Coming Earlier (Common Dreams; 5/18/05)

Hersh Sees Democracy in Peril in US (Common Dreams; 5/18/05)

Secret way to war (WorkingForChange; 5/17/05)

The Last Straw: The Press's Failure to Cover the Rycroft Memo (Common Dreams; 5/17/05)

Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott! (Common Dreams; 5/17/05)

Iraq is a bloody no man's land. America has failed to win the war. But has it lost it? (Independent; 5/16/05)

Do we care about lies? (Common Dreams; 5/16/05)

Increase in 'Dead Zones' Starving the World's Seas: 'Dead zones', where pollution has starved the sea of life-giving oxygen, are increasing at a devastating rate (Common Dreams; 5/16/05)

America's News Media: Nothing but the sound of crickets on a late summer's night (PDB; 5/14/05)

Power plants' 'dirty secret': Group lists 8 in Kentucky as top polluters(Lexington Herald-Leader; 5/12/05)

Browse coal industry Web site for trip though the looking glass (Lexington Herald-Leader; 5/12/05)

Failures of the News Media: Tax cuts were never about "your money." They were – and are – part of a stealth attempt to "drown the beast", to shrink government by starvation. The Clear Skies Initiative isn’t about protecting the environment, it’s about protecting energy companies. The Healthy Forest Initiative isn’t about healthy forests, it’s about cutting down trees in pristine wilderness areas. Social Security privatization is not about rescuing Social Security, it’s about killing it.  (Common Dreams; 5/11/05)

Destructive logging cuts birds' survival (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 5/11/05)

Pentagon Is Asking Congress to Loosen Environmental Laws (NY Times; 5/11/05)

Our Energy-Stretched Planet (TomDispatch; 5/10/05)

Numerous Republican Senators, including McConnell and Bunning, have blocked judicial nominees (Raw Story; 5/10/05)

Bush decided by summer 2002 to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and ensured that U.S. intelligence data supported his policy (Seattle Times; 5/7/05)

Environmental Groups Blast New Bush Forest Rule (Planet Ark; 5/7/05)

Climate change is a bigger threat to elephants, tigers and the rhinoceroses than poaching (BBC News; 5/7/05)

So stupid, it's painful: Who on earth is writing this country's energy policy? (WorkingForChange; 5/6/05)

New Rule to Open National Forest to Roads: New Federal Rules Will Open Up to 58.5 Million Acres of National Forestland to Road Building (Common Dreams; 5/6/05)

How long can Bush spin big lies into truth on Iraq war? (Chicago Sun-Times; 5/6/05)

Flaws in habitat conservation plans threaten scores of species (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 5/5/05)

Mitch McConnell Filibuster Fibs Unfettered on FOX (News Hounds; 5/2/05)

Rape of the Earth: Decapitated mountains are monuments to nation's wasteful fuel consumption (Lexington Herald-Leader; 5/1/05)

Devastating view from the mountaintop: Strip-mining method wrecks land, lives of its people (Lexington Herald-Leader; 5/1/05)

Discovery Vindicates Politician Who Used the Bird to Save a Swamp (Common Dreams; 4/30/05)

Earth absorbing more heat than it radiates (New Scientist; 4/29/05)

'Extinct' Bird Gets Second Chance: The sighting of the ivory-billed woodpecker is a spot of wonderful news amid increasing concern about the state of birds in North America and across the globe. (AlterNet; 4/29/05)

Let's Talk About Climate Change: To address global warming, we must harness rationality, good science, and enlightened globalization (Grist Magazine; 4/28/05)

Minding the Mountains (Louisville Courier-Journal; 4/28/05)

State gives big to help DeLay: Kentuckians donate $113,800 to congressman's legal fund (Louisville Courier-Journal; 4/27/05)

House, including Northup, Whitfield, Rogers, Davis, and Lewis, OKs Energy Bill Loaded With Subsidies, Arctic Drilling (ENS; 4/25/05)

The House, including Whitfield, Northup, Rogers, Lewis, and Davis, is moving quickly and with sad predictability toward approval of yet another energy bill heavily weighted in favor of the oil, gas and coal industries. (NY Times; 4/19/05)

Unethical Tom Delay: Still strongly supported by Ron Lewis, Geoff Davis, Mitch McConnell, Anne Northup, Hal Rogers & Ed Whitfield (Louisville Courier-Journal; 4/17/05)

The killing of Appalachia: there's a huge crime taking place, the effects of which will be felt by our grandchildren, and theirs. Ecosystems are being wiped out, and vulnerable communities along with them (Grist Magazine; 4/16/05)

Republicans in Congress: These people will say anything, and use anyone as a pawn, no matter how gross or disrespectful or hypocritical or flatly illegal it may be. They do this, ultimately, because they want everything their own way, with no room for compromise whatsoever. It is their greatest strength. It may also come to be their greatest weakness. (Truthout; 3/23/05)

Ethically-challenged Tom DeLay raises money for Anne Northup (The Hill; 3/22/05)

Senate, including McConnell and Bunning, Rejects 2 Proposals to Raise Minimum Wage (NY Times; 3/9/05)

NASA photo expert's analysis makes it clear: Bush is lying -- he wore some kind of device in each of the three debates. So why won't the media go near this story? (Mother Jones; 11/1/04)

None Dare Call It Treason (The Nation; 2/5/01)

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