As promised, my smackdown of the LA Times blogger I faved a week ago.

Quoted: Seattle Article: Should you reconsider getting a cat to help birds? by local Seattle Cats Examiner expert, Melissa Kruse.

Excellent NYT editorial how ultimately people must be held responsible for the demise of some bird populations.

Quoted: The trouble with humans is that even the smallest changes in our behavior require an epiphany. And yet compared to the fixity of other species, the narrowness of their habitats, the strictness of their diets, the precision of the niches they occupy, we are flexibility itself. We look around us, expecting the rest of the world’s occupants to adapt to the changes that we have caused, when, in fact, we have the right to expect adaptation only from ourselves.

This must be satire. Cats come in at about number 539 on the list of threats to wildlife and water pollution. It's_on_, LAT blogger. It's ON.

Quoted: Cats come in many colors, but they are not very green.
Fluffy, it turns out, is a serious threat to birds and other wildlife.

Interesting article on the environmental hazards of various types of birth control. While a valid concern, it pales immensely in comparison with what it aims to prevent ... Given the rate at which Americans are reproducing and the Earth's certain inability to support us all in our current lifestyles down the road (about 50 years), daily pill swallowers such as myself should be praised, if not rewarded, instead of brow-beaten over effeminate fish.
How about green tax credits for everyone who gets themselves fixed? Or, free tubal ligations and vasectomies for everyone who wants one after age 25?

Quoted: All this being said, the Green Lantern has a single piece of advice when it comes to contraception: Use it. No matter what type you choose, it's guaranteed to have less of an impact on the environment than the unwitting creation of a fossil-fuel burning, diaper-wearing copy of yourself. (For that matter, if you're absolutely sure you don't want children, you might opt for a permanent method of birth control like tubal ligation or vasectomy.)

Alright! This makes me proud to live here. I'd love to see more laws like this. Oh wait, this is just Seattle proper ... we still live on the lame East Side ... we are working on leaving though!

Quoted: Seattle is now one of the few major American cities to impose a fee on the use of disposable bags. ... In a related action, the City Council also banned plastic foam food and drink containers.

What global warming?

Quoted: Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting.
... It will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases, several leading scientists say. And it will reshape the nation.

Quoted: There is a clear connection between population growth and virtually every challenge facing our planet. As the leading grassroots population organization, ZPG has been the “population connection” for 34 years. By changing our name to Population Connection, we hope to rally even more support for the kind of education and action that can - and must - change the world.

Yay! Damien Rice is eco-friendly.