Endangered-Species Condoms: Celebrate Earth Day All Night Long
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010When I first read the headline in the LA Times, I thought maybe sheep had suddenly become an endangered species or that some wild but oddly safe new fetish was on the rise. But it turns out (and I have to quote-unquote this) “endangered species condoms” are only an Earth Day ploy by the Center for Biological Diversity to spread awareness of the effect of human overpopulation on animal species around the globe.
The very active animal protection organization has been handing out these special condoms in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico over the last few months. Thousands of volunteers have been stationed at concerts, bars, rallies, meetings, farmer’s markets and local events handing out the prophylactic, um, pamphlets? They’ve stepped up their efforts this week in honor of Earth Day 2010 hoping that bringing a polar bear to bed with us would encourage safe sex. (more…)
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has 31 projects in “fast track” review, and if they’re even a portion of the size of the two in California, they are still massive plots of land. Also, three quarters of U.S. states have adopted some form of renewable energy standard, most of them with aggressive timelines, which means increased size and scope of landmass covered in 