<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href='/style/ggRss.xsl' type='text/xsl' media='screen'?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Environment (Stories)]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/discovered/environment</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><language>en-us</language><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><item id="37900"><title><![CDATA[Bush Proud That America is 'World's Biggest Polluter']]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/37900/Bush-Proud-That-America-is-Worlds-Biggest-Polluter</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=37900&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/danielleabreu' title='Danielle Abreu'>Danielle Abreu</a> George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/37900/Bush-Proud-That-America-is-Worlds-Biggest-Polluter?sc=1#social</comments><author>Danielle Abreu</author><pubDate>7/14/2008 4:14:55 PM</pubDate></item><item id="36718"><title><![CDATA[VP Cheney Deleted & Revised Environmental Testimonies]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/36718/VP-Cheney-Deleted-Revised-Environmental-Testimonies</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=36718&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/xfactor213' title='xfactor213'>xfactor213</a> Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding saw her testimony last October on the health impacts of climate change revised. A former EPA official says Vice President Dick Cheney's office was illegally involved in that process.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/36718/VP-Cheney-Deleted-Revised-Environmental-Testimonies?sc=1#social</comments><author>xfactor213</author><pubDate>7/8/2008 3:03:36 PM</pubDate></item><item id="36496"><title><![CDATA[Gov't Plan to Exterminate Wild Horses Is Reigned For Now]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/36496/Govt-Plan-to-Exterminate-Wild-Horses-Is-Reigned-For-Now</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=36496&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/craigredman' title='Craig Redman'>Craig Redman</a> Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers. Horse advocates will mount a campaign against the proposal announced late last month by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said Chris Heyde, deputy director of government and legal affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute based in Washington, D.C.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/36496/Govt-Plan-to-Exterminate-Wild-Horses-Is-Reigned-For-Now?sc=1#social</comments><author>Craig Redman</author><pubDate>7/11/2008 3:45:51 PM</pubDate></item><item id="35422"><title><![CDATA[50% chance North Pole will be Ice-free This Year]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/35422/50-chance-North-Pole-will-be-Icefree-This-Year</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=35422&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/craigredman' title='Craig Redman'>Craig Redman</a> This year the North Pole has a 50-50 chance of experiencing the first ice-free summer in recorded history, say scientists. 
The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He's a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/35422/50-chance-North-Pole-will-be-Icefree-This-Year?sc=1#social</comments><author>Craig Redman</author><pubDate>6/30/2008 4:47:00 PM</pubDate></item><item id="35331"><title><![CDATA[Critics Fear Collider Could Destroy Earth In Aug. 08]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/35331/Critics-Fear-Collider-Could-Destroy-Earth-In-Aug-08</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=35331&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/lance77' title='Lance D'>Lance D</a> The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.
But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump?]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/35331/Critics-Fear-Collider-Could-Destroy-Earth-In-Aug-08?sc=1#social</comments><author>Lance D</author><pubDate>7/1/2008 2:58:41 PM</pubDate></item><item id="33656"><title><![CDATA[Oceans Are Warming Faster Than Scientists Thought!!!]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/33656/Oceans-Are-Warming-Faster-Than-Scientists-Thought</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=33656&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/craigredman' title='Craig Redman'>Craig Redman</a> The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and U.S. climate researchers reported Wednesday.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/33656/Oceans-Are-Warming-Faster-Than-Scientists-Thought?sc=1#social</comments><author>Craig Redman</author><pubDate>6/19/2008 11:14:59 AM</pubDate></item><item id="33084"><title><![CDATA[We're Getting Help With Oil!]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/33084/Were-Getting-Help-With-Oil</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=33084&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/ImGlobalNow' title='ImGlobalNow'>ImGlobalNow</a> Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day next month, the kingdom's oil minister told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday, according to Ban's spokesman.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/33084/Were-Getting-Help-With-Oil?sc=1#social</comments><author>ImGlobalNow</author><pubDate>6/16/2008 4:53:26 PM</pubDate></item><item id="32289"><title><![CDATA[Mexico Making A Killing Off Cheap Gas]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/32289/Mexico-Making-A-Killing-Off-Cheap-Gas</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=32289&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/bigdeezoo' title='Big Deez'>Big Deez</a> Americans are flocking to Tiajuana for low priced gasolina charging as low as $2.75 a gallon. Anyone know how much Canada is charging?]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/32289/Mexico-Making-A-Killing-Off-Cheap-Gas?sc=1#social</comments><author>Big Deez</author><pubDate>6/11/2008 3:16:03 PM</pubDate></item><item id="29782"><title><![CDATA[Is America Still That Fly?]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/29782/Is-America-Still-That-Fly</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=29782&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/chachacha' title='chachacha'>chachacha</a> While there has been much debate in this campaign about which of our enemies the next U.S. president should talk to, the real story, the next president may discover is how few countries are waiting around for us to call. China, India and Brazil are slowing moving up to America's level of economic clout AND Bush is still traveling to Saudi Arabia begging for oil price breaks. Will the U.S. ever get over this administrations foreign policy failure?]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/29782/Is-America-Still-That-Fly?sc=1#social</comments><author>chachacha</author><pubDate>5/21/2008 4:01:09 PM</pubDate></item><item id="29269"><title><![CDATA[China to mourn quake victims as toll mounts]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/29269/China-to-mourn-quake-victims-as-toll-mounts</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=29269&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/ggtabeditor' title='GG Content'>GG Content</a> China has announced three days of national mourning as the death toll from last week's devastating earthquake mounted and rescue workers continued to search for survivors among the rubble.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/29269/China-to-mourn-quake-victims-as-toll-mounts?sc=1#social</comments><author>GG Content</author><pubDate>5/18/2008 3:30:51 PM</pubDate></item><item id="28660"><title><![CDATA[The Devils Swimming Pool]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/28660/The-Devils-Swimming-Pool</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=28660&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/ggtabeditor' title='GG Content'>GG Content</a> In Zimbabwe, Africa, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls at a height of 128m. The location is known as "The Devil's Swimming Pool". During the
months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over! These falls are becoming well known amongst the "radical tourist" industry as more and more people search for the ultimate experience. Would you dare?]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Odd News]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/28660/The-Devils-Swimming-Pool?sc=1#social</comments><author>GG Content</author><pubDate>5/14/2008 3:28:24 PM</pubDate></item><item id="26832"><title><![CDATA[South Africa lifts 13-year ban on elephant killing]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/26832/South-Africa-lifts-13year-ban-on-elephant-killing</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=26832&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/kaboom' title='Kaboom'>Kaboom</a> South Africa lifted a 13-year ban on killing elephants Thursday, a move conservationists warn could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten dwindling populations elsewhere on the continent.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/26832/South-Africa-lifts-13year-ban-on-elephant-killing?sc=1#social</comments><author>Kaboom</author><pubDate>5/5/2008 5:20:53 PM</pubDate></item><item id="26545"><title><![CDATA[350 feared dead in Myanmar cyclone]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/26545/350-feared-dead-in-Myanmar-cyclone</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=26545&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/kaboom' title='Kaboom'>Kaboom</a> As many as 350 people are feared dead after a tropical cyclone with winds up to 150 miles per hour slammed into Myanmar over the weekend, according to local media reports.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/26545/350-feared-dead-in-Myanmar-cyclone?sc=1#social</comments><author>Kaboom</author><pubDate>5/4/2008 4:18:51 PM</pubDate></item><item id="25878"><title><![CDATA[Cooler Climate May Hit Europe, N. America Next Decade]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/25878/Cooler-Climate-May-Hit-Europe-N-America-Next-Decade</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=25878&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/billrob' title='Bill'>Bill</a> Shifting ocean currents could throw some cold water on global warming over the next decade, a new study suggests.

Europe and North America may soon experience chillier temperatures, thanks to natural North Atlantic variations that could temporarily mask the effects of human-driven, or anthropogenic, climate change.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/25878/Cooler-Climate-May-Hit-Europe-N-America-Next-Decade?sc=1#social</comments><author>Bill</author><pubDate>5/2/2008 2:41:55 PM</pubDate></item><item id="25740"><title><![CDATA[New green collar workers as white and slightly racist as their blue-collar ancestors]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/25740/New-green-collar-workers-as-white-and-slightly-racist-as-their-bluecollar-ancestors</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=25740&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/kboogie' title='SaschasMom'>SaschasMom</a> Hillary Clinton has promised to create green-collar jobs.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/25740/New-green-collar-workers-as-white-and-slightly-racist-as-their-bluecollar-ancestors?sc=1#social</comments><author>SaschasMom</author><pubDate>5/1/2008 9:09:48 AM</pubDate></item><item id="24051"><title><![CDATA[ExxonMobile To Blame For Global Warming]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/24051/ExxonMobile-To-Blame-For-Global-Warming</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=24051&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/danielleabreu' title='Danielle Abreu'>Danielle Abreu</a> ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/24051/ExxonMobile-To-Blame-For-Global-Warming?sc=1#social</comments><author>Danielle Abreu</author><pubDate>4/27/2008 9:53:10 PM</pubDate></item><item id="23466"><title><![CDATA[Maybe You Shouldn't Own a Home - Newser]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/23466/Maybe-You-Shouldnt-Own-a-Home-Newser</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=23466&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/stansmillions' title='Stan1748'>Stan1748</a> Wake up, America: Not everyone can afford the white picket fence]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/23466/Maybe-You-Shouldnt-Own-a-Home-Newser?sc=1#social</comments><author>Stan1748</author><pubDate>4/20/2008 6:50:33 PM</pubDate></item><item id="23463"><title><![CDATA[Composting turns food waste into rich soil.]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/23463/Composting-turns-food-waste-into-rich-soil</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=23463&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/EcoInsomniac' title='EcoInsomniac'>EcoInsomniac</a> People waste tons and tons of food every year tossing away left overs and table scraps into trash bins. While that's the easiest way to get rid of food waste]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/23463/Composting-turns-food-waste-into-rich-soil?sc=1#social</comments><author>EcoInsomniac</author><pubDate>4/20/2008 6:48:18 PM</pubDate></item><item id="23462"><title><![CDATA[Major automotive manufacturers have gone zero landfill.]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/23462/Major-automotive-manufacturers-have-gone-zero-landfill</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=23462&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/EcoInsomniac' title='EcoInsomniac'>EcoInsomniac</a> GM’s Flint Engine South Plant has become one of the first zero landfill manufacturing facilities in the United States with the help of Goodwill and others]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finance & Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/23462/Major-automotive-manufacturers-have-gone-zero-landfill?sc=1#social</comments><author>EcoInsomniac</author><pubDate>4/20/2008 6:48:18 PM</pubDate></item><item id="23461"><title><![CDATA[One-of-a-kind reusable SIGG water bottles being auctioned off.]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/23461/Oneofakind-reusable-SIGG-water-bottles-being-auctioned-off</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=23461&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/EcoInsomniac' title='EcoInsomniac'>EcoInsomniac</a> Elle magazine has teamed up with Laurie David and some of the biggest names in the fashion industry to raise money to help fight global warming]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call to Action]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/23461/Oneofakind-reusable-SIGG-water-bottles-being-auctioned-off?sc=1#social</comments><author>EcoInsomniac</author><pubDate>4/20/2008 6:48:08 PM</pubDate></item><item id="21723"><title><![CDATA[Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter' - Newser]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/21723/Obama-Slammed-for-Calling-Small-Towners-Bitter-Newser</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=21723&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/stansmillions' title='Stan1748'>Stan1748</a> Candidate described small towners as 'bitter']]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/21723/Obama-Slammed-for-Calling-Small-Towners-Bitter-Newser?sc=1#social</comments><author>Stan1748</author><pubDate>4/12/2008 2:20:23 PM</pubDate></item><item id="20878"><title><![CDATA[Crawling Fish Discovered]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/20878/Crawling-Fish-Discovered</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=20878&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/cheezit' title='champion83'>champion83</a> It has a face like a plate and eyes like a human's. And it may signal a whole new family of fishes, one expert suggests.]]></description><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/20878/Crawling-Fish-Discovered?sc=1#social</comments><author>champion83</author><pubDate>4/9/2008 11:25:03 AM</pubDate></item><item id="16415"><title><![CDATA[Top 30 Skylines of The World]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/16415/Top-30-Skylines-of-The-World</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=16415&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/realerthanlife' title='realerthanlife'>realerthanlife</a> Chicago, USA Chicago is the birthplace of the modern skyscraper. When Chicago built its first steel high-rise in 1885, it was not the tallest structure in the world but]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/16415/Top-30-Skylines-of-The-World?sc=1#social</comments><author>realerthanlife</author><pubDate>3/25/2008 4:34:22 PM</pubDate></item><item id="12665"><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Surge Among US Consumers]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/12665/Bankruptcy-Filings-Surge-Among-US-Consumers</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=12665&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/xout' title='shrimp'>shrimp</a> Consumer bankruptcy filings jumped 15 percent in February, while a steeper rise is looming because of the subprime crisis, the American Bankruptcy Institute said.]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finance & Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/12665/Bankruptcy-Filings-Surge-Among-US-Consumers?sc=1#social</comments><author>shrimp</author><pubDate>3/5/2008 3:21:27 PM</pubDate></item><item id="12180"><title><![CDATA[Some Basics About Investing In This Kind of Market]]></title><link>http://globalgrind.com/content/12180/Some-Basics-About-Investing-In-This-Kind-of-Market</link><description><![CDATA[<img src='http://globalgrind.com/Services/Handlers/ThumbnailImage.ashx?cid=12180&t=1' /> <a href='http://globalgrind.com/user/xout' title='shrimp'>shrimp</a> The market is going down, up, down again ... and maybe sideways for a little while. What should you do? It depends on who you are.]]></description><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finance & Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><comments>http://globalgrind.com/content/12180/Some-Basics-About-Investing-In-This-Kind-of-Market?sc=1#social</comments><author>shrimp</author><pubDate>2/29/2008 6:27:02 PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>