Early in 2004, a
National Guardsman from Connecticut arrived in Iraq for a year’s
posting. Sergeant First Class Jon Trouern-Trend had been a birder since
age 12. So naturally he looked for birds–and found them in surprising
number and variety around Anaconda Base in the Sunni Triangle, where he
was stationed. He started a blog that led to the book of the same name: Birding Babylon
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Author Archives: Philippe Boucher
Birding Babylon: A Soldier’s Journal From Iraq
- Thursday, 19 October 2006 18:18
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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TreeHugger Thursday
- Thursday, 19 October 2006 18:16
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi delivers this week’s eco-stories
to an Afro-Cuban beat in this edition of Treehugger Thursday.
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Basel Action Network (BAN): It’s Easy To Poison The Poor For Profit
- Thursday, 19 October 2006 18:13
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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Jim Puckett of Basel Action Network and Earth Economics talks about the recent dumping of toxic wastes in Ivory Coast.
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China Power: How To Bring Clean Energy To 1.25 Billion People?
- Thursday, 19 October 2006 18:10
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld interviews Barbara Finamore, director of NRDC’s China Clean Energy Program about the situation in China and its implications:"China’s staggering economic growth is an environmental time bomb that,
unless defused, threatens to convulse the entire planet regardless of
progress in all other nations."
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Frank O’Donnell: Science Ignored Again About Deadly Air Pollution
- Wednesday, 18 October 2006 18:32
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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Frank O’Donnell, President of Clear Air Watch explains how the Bush’s EPA ignores the science about the soot particles.
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