TOP STORY
Greenbacks Trump Green
Polls find Americans more concerned about energy prices than environment
Many voters say climate change matters to them this election, but how much does it matter? Grist's Kate Sheppard trolls through the polls to get a picture of what Americans think about energy and environmental issues.
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new in Gristmill: Greenbacks Trump Green
New Ask Umbra video: vote the environment!
Democrat or Republican, independent or Libertarian, Umbra reminds us that it's time for every citizen to do his or her civic duty and vote on Nov. 4. Watch now.
TODAY'S NEWS
Where the Wild Places Were
BLM proposes opening wilderness-y areas in Utah to oil and gas drilling
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed opening up relatively pristine natural areas in eastern Utah to oil and gas drilling, including Nine-Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon, despite the agency's own determination in 1999 that the areas have "wilderness character" and thus are good candidates for wilderness designation. "BLM is condemning these lands to a future of oil rigs and gas pipelines and almost certain disqualification from future wilderness designation," said Stephen Bloch of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
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source: The Washington Post
Hey, Look, We're Uppin' the Poles
Polar warming directly attributed to humans, study says
Warming at both the Earth's poles has, for the first time, been directly attributed to humans, according to a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience. "[Y]ou see a clear human fingerprint in the observed data," said researcher Peter Stott. "We really can't claim anymore that it's natural variations that are driving these very large changes that we are seeing in the climate system."
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To the Bats Immobile!
Fungus associated with mass bat die-off identified
A cold-weather-loving white fungus associated with huge bat die-offs in the U.S. Northeast has been identified by scientists, but its role in over 100,000 bat deaths in the region is still poorly understood. "Essentially, hibernating bats are getting moldy as they hang from their cave ceiling," said lead author David Blehert. "It's decimating the cave-bat populations." Happy Halloween!
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sources: Reuters, Boston Globe
Mobil Mentality
ExxonMobil announces record quarterly profit, again
Exxon Mobil on Thursday announced that it raked in $14.83 billion in its third quarter, breaking its previous record for the highest quarterly profit ever for a U.S. company. John McCain, campaigning in Ohio, declared that "we're not gonna let that happen" again if he's president, neglecting to mention that his tax plan would afford Exxon $1.2 billion in savings.
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sources: CNNMoney, Think Progress
Harper Image
Canada PM reshuffles cabinet, lumps environment and economy together
Recently reelected Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reshuffled his cabinet Thursday, lumping the economy, environment, and energy security together into an environment ministry headed by former Industry Minister Jim Prentice. Harper also declared, "We want to work with the Americans on regulatory systems relating to greenhouse-gas emissions in order that we can work toward the same goals."
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sources: Agence France-Presse, Canadian Press, Agence France-Presse, CBC News
Feeling Defensive?
GOP senators say green group is 'abusing' tax-exempt status
The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, which has spent big bucks this campaign season on ads against anti-environmental candidates who happen to be Republican, is "abusing" its 501(c)4 status, say the GOP members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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source: The Coloradoan
GRIST COLUMNS AND FEATURES
Quick Thoughts on Slow Food
Impressions from Terra Madre in Turin, Italy
Tom Philpott feasted for days on the intellectual, social, and culinary delights Terra Madre had to offer. But the Slow Food conference in Italy wasn't just odes to the perfect peach, he says -- there were also powerful calls for social justice through the food system. Read his notes from Italy in today's Victual Reality.
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new in Grist: Quick Thoughts on Slow Food
Green Intentions
A guide to environmental ballot measures
In addition to electing George W. Bush's successor, voters in many states will sound off on a diverse range of environment-related ballot measures on Nov. 4. We gathered up info on the most notable of the bunch -- check it out.
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new in Gristmill: Green Intentions
Coming Monday: Advice columnist Umbra Fisk on composting with worms
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