World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years, says US report: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to the latest figures, renewing fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control. [Guardian]
Peregrine falcons in California’s urban areas are contaminated with toxic chemicals: The birds were endangered by DDT in the ’70s. Now, scientists have found that falcons in cities including Los Angeles contain record-high levels of flame retardant. [LA Times]
Environmental Amnesia: In need of positive messages and deliverable results, they focus on individual solutions. Don’t microwave in plastic. Buy organic. There is no place in that discussion for the barrels of waste buried atop the aquifer. The very mention of them fills a room with paralyzing despair. [Orion]
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