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Liu, a University Distinguished Professor of fisheries and wildlife and Rachel Carson Chair in Ecological Sustainability at MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, has spent more than two decades integrating ecology with social sciences to understand the complex interrelationships between nature and humans and how those interactions affect the environment and biodiversity. Liu and Yu began to discuss this research project when Yu was a high school student. (Science Daily)
Malaria Making a Comeback Dec 6, 2007
" DDT has never been proved to be toxic to human beings. For years DDT had been sprayed in small amounts in homes, factories and buses of a number of countries around the world with no toxic effect on the population. This was the very method that was used in the United States during the 1940s when the spread of malaria was stopped. Environmental activists, no doubt seeing the amazing results of the use of the "miracle" insecticide, began clamoring for government regulation of DDT. The New York... (Newsmax)
The Lobby Strikes Back Dec 4, 2007
Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery has already compared the work to Uncle Tom s Cabin, Philip Weiss to Rachel Carson s Silent Spring. To build upon Tony Karon s analogy that glasnost is breaking out in the American Jewish community, and that younger Jews are questioning Israel like never before, The Gulag Archipelago didn t receive good reviews in Russia when it came out either. (The American Conservative)
3 friends on the road, urging America to jump on green bandwagon Nov 29, 2007
" On July Fourth, Dixon, Evans and Evans' wife, Julie Dingman Evans, packed up their Ford Escape Hybrid and headed west, eager to edify the ignorant. Since their departure from the home of famed environmentalist Rachel Carson, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the road trippers have spent hours educating themselves and the American public about environmental issues, traveling nearly 15,000 miles by car and filling four one-terabyte hard drives with documentary footage. The three greens began with the idea... (San Francisco Chronicle)
DISCUSS: Fort Rock Farm Should Be Preserved Nov 28, 2007
The opponents are like the progeny of a Walt Disney, Helen Caldicott, and Rachel Carson union. As for the Phillips Exeter students joining the opposition. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Endangered Species Act: It’s the law Nov 25, 2007
Rachel Carson must be rolling over in her grave. As a dedicated conserva- tionist, author of Silent Spring, and employee of the U. S. Fish ife Service, what would she think of her agency s refusal to uphold the Endangered Species Act. (Montana Standard, MT)
Adults seek to restore bond between kids and nature Nov 24, 2007
His book quotes ecologist Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring": "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, the excitement and the mystery of the world we live in.". The ideas are gaining momentum. (The Daily Reflector)
"I sent you forth my brightest world, now it's nearly gone" Nov 21, 2007
Just two years later the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson highlighted to the impact of chemicals on the natural environment. In 1967 the Torrey Canyon oil tanker went aground off the southwest coast of England, and in 1969 oil spilled from an offshore well in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (AlertNet)
There are many posts about Bush, religion, the war, illegal aliens, all with differing opinions. We can take some simple facts and leave out the hateful rhetoric. 1--Bush is the most ignorant President in our history. 2--Religion should keep out of the state. It is a private personal belief. 3--The illegal alien invasion is real. It is against the law to sneak across the border. Illegals should be deported. More... Nov 8, 2007
DD Wiz wrote on Nov 6, 2007 8:14 AM:" The posted response from "theWolf" (6:54am) criticizes those who called attention to various threats from the 1950's to the present. He includes nuclear weapons, DDT, and heterosexual AIDS. I am proud to have been a part of the resistance to nuclear weapons, which remain a very grave threat. DDT caused extraordinarily catastrophic damage to the environment and resulted in the extinction of numerous bird species, and came very close to eliminating several... (North County Times)
Anthropogenically driven Global Warming (AGW): Some pro and con comments Nov 3, 2007
Diseases will spread no, they are mostly decreasing, thanks to modern medicine, except where ignorance and poverty rule, and DDT is still proscribed because of the deception that Rachel Carson promulgated in her fable, Silent Spring (see junkscience. com, and in the side lines, DDT FAQ). (Energy Pulse, CO)
Fire and Rain Nov 3, 2007
About that time, environmentalist Rachel Carson wrote a book entitled Silent Spring which became overnight fact ... Remarkably, there is a recently built middle school in Virginia named after Rachel Carson ... Rachel Carson was dead wrong and her out of control emotions and errors have cost many lives. (Townhall.com)
Legendary Naturalist Helps Aton Forest in Norfolk Celebrate Oct 20, 2007
" Mr. Clement seems to know almost all of the important ecologists of the last century. In conversation, he mentioned the late Rachel Carson and S. Dillon Ripley and work he did with them during his career. Of his exciting professional life he said, modestly, "I knew a lot of people that were much more famous than me. I've just been around a long time. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Believe not in Cassandra, but in Al Gore Oct 19, 2007
Since Malthus, there have been many Cassandras who have warned of the heavy costs of economic development, including climate change and depletion of natural resources: William Vogt, author of Road to Survival; Fairfield Osborn, author of Our Plundered Planet; and Rachel Carson author of Silent Spring. A peace award for work on climate change is overdue. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Al Gore, provocateur Oct 18, 2007
In the 1960s, it was the naturalist Rachel Carson, whose landmark book Silent Spring is credited with launching the global environmental movement and halting the indiscriminate use of pesticides in the U.S. Then there was another Nobel Peace Prize winner, Norman Borlaug, who punctured predictions that population growth would outstrip the food supply and create a humanitarian disaster. In short, he showed us one path to combating hunger. (Montana Standard, MT)
Comment is free: Martin Kettle Oct 13, 2007
Ever since he read Rachel Carson as a young man, the environmental cause has shaped Gore's life. For this, like Carson, he has been regularly smeared as a dangerous subversive. (Guardian Unlimited)
When nature turns colors Oct 11, 2007
Forget you car and grab a kayak or a canoe at Wells Harbor and paddle back into the Rachel Carson at high tide. The marsh itself is turning gorgeous colors and the trees that border it will soon be spectacular. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Breast Cancer Linked To Pesticide DDT, Study Suggests Oct 10, 2007
The harmful impact of DDT on wildlife was the subject of "Silent Spring" (1962) by Rachel Carson. In 1972, DDT was banned for almost all uses in the United States. (Science Daily)
For Pitt scientist, unpleasant truths Oct 10, 2007
And if anyone should know how to scour a makeup label for toxins, it's this woman sometimes likened to Rachel Carson. And she's not thrilled to have to inspect labels, something she does because of the lack of government regulations on chemicals in many household products. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Letters, Oct. 4: Big Tobacco clutches constitutional straw Oct 5, 2007
Liberals, incited by Rachel Carson, led the effort to ban DDT in Africa without looking for a phased approach or other alternatives, and that led to the death of millions. " Name:Comments: Copyright ? 2007. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Take care to secure the future Oct 4, 2007 Climate Summer Initiative draws on community to rally for change Sep 26, 2007 City Calendar Sep 24, 2007 Combining classifiers to predict gene function in Arabidopsis thaliana using large-scale gene expression measurements Sep 22, 2007 A preview of "Heroes" Sep 21, 2007 * Prevention of cancer beats cures Sep 18, 2007 Lakehead University's 2007-2008 Awareness Campaign Urges Students to Do Something Sep 12, 2007 Limits to Kittery beaches proposed Sep 3, 2007 Hundreds more British species are placed on 'at risk' register Aug 29, 2007 Rachel Carson Defended Nature Aug 28, 2007 More of this story Aug 24, 2007 Plants that make the birds feel at home Aug 23, 2007 York County habitat benefits from federal landowner program Aug 19, 2007 President Bush Signs Legislation to Rename Postal Facilities Aug 10, 2007 Newt to the Future Aug 10, 2007 A shore thing Aug 8, 2007 Letters to the Editor Jul 31, 2007 A nice outlet Jul 26, 2007 Parents object to boundary process Jul 25, 2007 No DDT, not even for bed bugs Jul 22, 2007 New on DVD: Miller pops in 'Factory Girl' Jul 20, 2007 Birds and Pesticides Jul 11, 2007 Cutting CO2 or a Sneak Attack on Porsche, Ferrari?: Doron Levin Jul 11, 2007 Bald Eagles, Back From Brink, Hang Out at Gates's Old Seattle Swim Club Jul 3, 2007 Bald eagles heighten their presence in Pennsylvania Jul 1, 2007 Rachel Carson's birthday bashing Jun 30, 2007 Complete Story Jun 18, 2007 Ithaca Festival helps to tell city's story Jun 14, 2007 Quick to talk, slow to act Jun 12, 2007 Up Next And Recaps Jun 11, 2007 EPA sued for harming endangered species Jun 7, 2007 Carson's "Silent Spring" fails test of time Jun 6, 2007 Bald eagle may no longer be endangered Jun 5, 2007 H.E. Readers Sound Off Against Nobel for Gore Jun 5, 2007 Honoring the first environmentalist Jun 5, 2007 Ignorance on global warming Jun 2, 2007 EPA celebrates Rachel Carson by protecting New England wetlands Jun 2, 2007 Rachel Carson's Alarmist Legacy Jun 1, 2007 Rachel Carson's deadly legacy (Angela Logomasini) May 31, 2007 GREENS' AFRICAN DEATH TOLL May 30, 2007 Rush Limbaugh For The Nobel Peace Prize May 30, 2007 Dying woman exposes a terrible truth that changes world May 28, 2007 Spring is not silent anymore May 28, 2007 Maine to mark 100th anniversary of environmental pioneer's birth May 28, 2007 Remembering Rachel Carson May 27, 2007 Defending The Earth May 27, 2007 Spring's joyous, loud song May 27, 2007 Senator blocks honor for environmental icon May 26, 2007 Coburn: 'Silent Spring' author's 'hysteria' led to deaths of millions May 26, 2007 Why dont they value human life? May 26, 2007 Dinner celebrates Rachel Carson's 100th birthday May 24, 2007 GOP senator blocks Rachel Carson honor May 23, 2007 Rachel Carson's persistence recalled May 20, 2007 WP: An environmental icon remembered May 19, 2007 Silent Silver Spring May 19, 2007 Go wild during Great Outdoors Week May 17, 2007 The Final Word May 16, 2007 'Green' industry on rise May 14, 2007 Travel: Refuge preserved from development May 12, 2007 Children's artwork being displayed May 12, 2007 Gardening Keeps Kids Healthy May 10, 2007 Magazine's equipment picks don't ... (Gene Mueller) May 9, 2007 Pins Found In Virginia School Cafeteria Food May 8, 2007 Maryland takes steps to protect Blackwater Refuge from development May 8, 2007 Rachel Carson-Her Book, Silent Spring, Kept the Birds Singing May 3, 2007
I kept remembering a friend of many years, the head of the University of Montana's Ecology Department, whose single complaint -- after teaching hundreds of students the importance and interrelationship of man and nature -- was that schools generously grant scholarships for athletes, but it was almost impossible to get grants for research students, such as Rachel Carson and others, who stood to make major contributions to the well-being of our world. He reminded me that it has been the hunters... (News & Observer -- Sports)
Reintroducing dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT) in Ghana? Sep 26, 2007
The crux, the fulcrum over which the argument [for the control in the use of insecticide DDT] chiefly rests, is that Miss Rachel Carson [the proponent for the control in the use of DDT pesticide] maintains that the balance of nature is a major force in the survival of man, whereas the modern chemist, the modern biologist and scientist, believes that man is steadily controlling nature ... Environment activist Rachel Carson commenting on why she investigated the use of chemical pesticides said:... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
By uniting on "Mount Washington, Mount Abe, the birth place of Rachel Carson Mount Rushmore in South Dakota," explained McKibben, Americans can "inspire some of these politicians to stop being politicians and become leaders for a while." Page 1 of 1. Article Tools. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
UPTOWN: Duquesne University's Bayer School for Natural and Environmental Sciences sponsors a free Rachel Carson Centennial Lecture, "Current Trends in Biodiversity: Should We Be Concerned?" by professor Helmut Hillebrand, of the University of Cologne, at 7 p.m. in the Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center, 600 Forbes Ave. The talk concerns how our everyday lives could be affected by the destruction of wetlands and other habitats. A reception follows. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hui Lan , Rachel Carson , Nicholas J Provart and Anthony J Bonner. BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8:358doi:10. (BioMed Central)
The late environmentalist Rachel Carson will be profiled tonight on PBS's "Bill Moyers Journal" (9 p.m., WQED). "Good Morning America Weekend" anchors Bill Weir and Kate Snow were in town Tuesday to tape a segment at the Market Square Primanti Bros. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
This strange conflict of interest brings to mind Rachel Carson, the American pioneer of environmental protection ... This year marks the 100th anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
The high school level contest offers three grand prizes of a start-up library comprising approximately 35 books, some titles of which include An Inconvenient Truth by All Gore, Blue Gold by Maude Barlow, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, and Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis. As a grand prize, the individual level contest offers a one-year meal plan through Lakehead University's food service provider. (Canada Newswire)
Earlier reports have detailed complaints about confrontations arising between residents and out-of-area users over the parking restrictions, and increases in traffic impacting the quality of the fragile natural environment at the beaches and sensitive natural areas nearby such as the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. "If the parking restriction takes effect, there is still Fort Foster, which is a beautiful beach that will still be available for nonresidents," Grinnell said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
"- Cree Indian Prophecy Saoghal Beag / 9:32pm 28 Aug 2007 over 30 years ago Rachel Carson said "To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feelthe breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life... (Scotsman)
Rachel Carson was a scientist and writer ahead of her time and had the courage to speak out on the dangers and long term effects of pesticides on the environment. Rachel Carson, writer, ecologist and biologist was either hated or hailed ... (April 3, 1963 CBS series, The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson). (Suite101.com)
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962). Autism linked to pesticide sprays. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
This suggests the same scenario that alarmed conservationists so much back when Rachel Carson published her seminal work, "Silent Spring," in 1962. Carson primarily indicted over-use of pesticides as a cause (especially DDT), in her prediction of precipitant loss of birds. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
That land abuts conserved marshland and forestland in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge conveyed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the Hosmers' parents. In total, 150 acres of land have been committed to conservation by the Hosmer family. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
H.R. 1434, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Rachel Carson Post Office Building. H.R. 1617, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building. (White House News Releases)
Those honors go to Rachel Carson. "Born on May 27, 1907, Carson is considered the founder of the contemporary environmental movement through her landmark book, Silent Spring," according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which recently selected the winners of its annual Rachel Carson essay, photography and poetry contest ... Those honors go to Rachel Carson. (Townhall.com)
In addition to two floors of displays on the Cape's indigenous plants and animals, there's a poignant special exhibit of personal artifacts chronicling the life and work of naturalist Rachel Carson in honor of the centennial of her birth. Rest. (Boston Globe)
In Africa, up until the 1970s, the killer disease malaria was being well controlled with the use of DDT. Progressives used Rachel Carson s book, Silent Spring, as a tool to collude with some African political forces to ban DDT. In the years since, it has been widely reported in all the media that millions of Africans have died from malaria since that time, who would not have if the disease-bearing mosquitoes had been controlled. Progressives say that there are now other ways to control the... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
To get a taste of Kittery's natural beauty, visit the Cutts Island Trail in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (just off Route 103 at a curve in the road along the water where Chauncey Creek Road turns into Seapoint Road ), a wetlands preserve of several hundred acres that offers walking trails. Spend. (Boston Globe)
The petition has been publicized by word of mouth, said Pat Higgins, also a co-founder of the site and mother of a Rachel Carson Middle School student and an Oakton High School student. Although the school board always gets parents involved in these studies, "they pretty much go ahead and do what they want," Higgins said. (Clarke Times Courier, VA)
So after Rachel Carson s well-timed and influential book, Silent Spring, woke people up to the damage that DDT caused by thinning eggshells, bird populations began to rebound. So it s an ironic coincidence that just about the time we trumpet the return of from the brink of our national symbol, the bald eagle, which has flown off the endangered species list, people are calling for the return of DDT.. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (* * * 1/2, 1993, WGBH, unrated, $20): Wait till you see newsreel footage here of DDT being sprayed in cities and on children who are eating ... Showgirls: Fully Exposed Edition (* * 1/2, 1995, MGM/Fox, NC-17, $20): So much for Rachel Carson. (USA Today -- Life)
In 1962, Rachel Carson s Silent Spring, highlighted the harmful effects of DDT and other pesticides on birds. The hardest hit species included birds of prey: Peregrine Falcons, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper s Hawks, Eurasian Sparrowhawks, Osprey, Bald Eagles, and White-tailed Eagles. (Suite101.com)
A half-century ago Rachel Carson popularized the modern environmental movement with ``The Silent Spring,'' a book claiming that the pesticide DDT was destroying America's wildlife. The book's impact was reduced use of the pesticide DDT, thereby leading to the unintended consequence of more mosquitoes and more malaria deaths in developing countries. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Biologist Rachel Carson took up the birds' cause in her 1962 book ``Silent Spring,'' and DDT was banned in 1972. The number of nesting pairs in the Lower 48 states, which had plummeted to 417 in 1963, reached 9,789 in April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. (Bloomberg)
Rachel Carson wrote in Silent Spring, he history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. She referred to the interdependencies - that often aren't easy to identify or interpret - of organisms on each other and the environment. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Beside a grim photo gallery of malaria victims, the site claims "millions of people around the world suffer the painful and often deadly effects of malaria because one person sounded a false alarm. That person is Rachel Carson." ... In his New York Times Science column this month, John Tierney thrashed Carson's warnings about insecticides and argued that her voice still "drowns out real science." Over at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Bill Steigerwald blamed "environmentalists spooked by Rachel... (Salon)
I have always reveled in observing the wildlife around me, but this year, the thoughts of Rachel Carson s book comes back to haunt me. Each spring, we eagerly wait to see a doe with her fawns emerge from our woods. (Bradstown Kentucky Standard, KY)
The "Reflections of the way we want to be" group, with images and expressions from inspired leaders such as Mahatma Ghandi, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rachel Carson, lifted my heart and gave me hope for our future. And, the image of so many people of all ages dancing and singing in the torrential downpour, was refreshing and cathartic at so many levels. (Ithaca Times, NY)
But the modern "awakening" is often attributed to the American biologist Rachel Carson, and her influential book Silent Spring. Published in 1962, Silent Spring documented the disastrous battle to eradicate the red imported fire ant using a range of chemicals, toxic pesticides that ended up poisoning virtually everything they came into contact with - birds, fish, people - while leaving the ants largely untroubled. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
COVER STORY: Silent Spring -- Rachel Carson Anyone observing Earth Day this Sunday, April 22, has to give one person credit: Rachel Carson ... Correspondent Thalia Assuras talks with those who knew and were most affected by the life of Rachel Carson. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Center officials pointed to the recent May 27 date that would have marked Rachel Carson's centennial ... "Ending the use of known poisons in habitat for our most endangered wildlife is an appropriate 100th birthday tribute to Rachel Carson, who alerted us to the hazards of exposure to toxic chemicals almost half a century ago," said Jeff Miller, a conservation advocate with the center. (Daily Triplicate)
For Rachel Carson admirers, it has not been a silent spring. They have been celebrating the centennial of her birthday with paeans to her saintliness. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Scientist and writer Rachel Carson spotlighted the problem in her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," leading the U.S. government to ban the chemical a decade later. But its residue remained and the eagle marked one of the first animals to garner protection under the Endangered Species Act with the law's creation in 1973. (Daily Triplicate)
The letter written by John Berlau, an associate of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and author of , praised Limbaugh s advocacy of the life-saving insecticide DDT and contrasted it to Gore s demonization of DDT based on sensational, unscientific tracts like Rachel Carson s Silent Spring. Over the past decade and a half, Mr. Limbaugh has been at times almost a lone media voice correcting misinformation about DDT and also pointing out its life-saving benefits against diseases like malaria. (Human Events Online)
Her hero is Rachel Carson, who combined writing and biology on the way to changing the course of American culture. "She was the first true environmentalist," Youngblood says. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
IF RACHEL CARSON were alive and writing 45 years after "Silent Spring," her new book would be "Stagnant Summer.". Among her subjects would be NASA administrator Michael Griffin. (Boston Globe)
She was Rachel Carson ... Congress and the state of Maine helped recognize her lasting contributions in New England by establishing the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in 1966 ... As we commemorate Rachel Carson. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Despite Industry Backlash, Rachel Carson's Warning About Chemicals Helped Found The Green Movement ... Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring," the 1962 book that launched the modern environmental movement, was born a century ago this week, and it is no wonder that green activists are celebrating her legacy ... Now people need to wake up to the harm caused to the political process by Rachel Carson's other legacy, the paradigm of alarmism. (CBS News)
Rachel Carson's deadly legacy - Editorials/Op-Ed - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper ... Rachel Carson's deadly legacy ... This week, the world celebrates the 100th birthday of environmental icon Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 book, "Silent Spring." To mark the event, a Senate resolution offered by Sen. (Washington Times, DC)
also apply to nonprofit advocacy groups, corporate social (New York Post -- Opinions)
The main person responsible for DDT s vilification was American author Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring spurred the modern environmental movement ... Rachel Carson was one of the reasons why I became so conscious of the environment, Mr. Gore wrote in the introduction to Silent Spring s 30th anniversary edition in 1994 ... Even after the turnabout by the New York Times and other liberal venues, Mr. Gore has never once said that Rachel Carson was wrong. (Human Events Online)
Alone at her typewriter, Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring," today regarded as one of the most important books of the 20th century ... Rachel Carson saw the world not through the prism of her pride. (Anchorage Daily News)
And it used just two words to explain the dramatic shift in public opinion: Rachel Carson. was a formal federal biologist and a gifted writer who spent summers in a cottage on Dogfish Head on West Southport Island. (MaineToday.com)
PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine is among at least a dozen states that plan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, best-known for her landmark book, "Silent Spring.". A centennial celebration will be held early next month at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Rachel Carson in Southport, Maine, in 1962 ... STUDIOUS AND solitary, the marine biologist Rachel Carson didn't compare well to Carrie Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance firebrand of the 19th century ... Rachel Carson's popular demonization of what she called the "elixirs of death" remains controversial. (Boston Globe)
" "Silent Spring" struck like a thunderbolt 45 years ago, when the country was still conducting atmospheric nuclear tests and controlling insects with a toxic arsenal of synthetic compounds without fully understanding the long-term consequences. The book's message about manipulation of nature, the dangers of chemicals and the delicate balance of ecosystems continues to shape our environmental world view, says Jack Davis, a professor of environmental history at the University of Florida in... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Credit Rachel Carson, a pioneering environmentalist with a vast legacy ... This spring has been far from silent, and for that we have to thank Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, the mother of modern environmentalism, a daughter of Pennsylvania, and - agree with her or not - a legend whose shadow still looms large over the American landscape more than 40 years after her 1964 death ... Every marketing department labels its writer "the next Rachel Carson" and his or her book "the next Silent... (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Senator blocks honor for Rachel Carson ... WASHINGTON - A plan to honor environmental pioneer and "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson on her centennial Sunday was blocked by a U.S. senator who believes Carson created a climate of "hysteria and misinformation." ... "Rachel Carson's work both directly and indirectly created a climate of hysteria and misinformation about the impact of DDT on the human populations," said John Hart, a spokesman for Coburn, in explaining why the Oklahoma Republican... (MSNBC -- Environment)
WorldNetDaily: GOP senator thwarts Rachel Carson tribute ... ENVIRONETDAILY GOP senator thwarts Rachel Carson tribute Coburn: 'Silent Spring' author's 'hysteria,' 'misinformation' led to deaths of millions ... A Democrat senator's resolution to honor the centennial of famed environmentalist and "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson unexpectedly was blocked by Republican Sen. (WorldNetDaily)
The 2007 World Health Assembly is wrapping up and people are commemorating the birthday of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson ... The environmental movement became a powerful political force, by embracing Rachel Carsons erroneous claims ... Praise Rachel Carson, if you wish but support DDT spraying, to reduce disease and save lives. (Townhall.com)
Nibbles: Dinner celebrates Rachel Carson's 100th birthday ... Nibbles: Dinner celebrates Rachel Carson's 100th birthday ... To celebrate noted environmentalist Rachel Carson's 100th birthday on Sunday, Pittsburgh chefs are teaming up with Slow Food Pittsburgh and Farmers@Firehouse vendors to put on a Rachel Carson Sustainable Feast at her homestead in Springdale. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Tom Coburn has effectively blocked a resolution to honor environmental author Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth, saying that her warnings about environmental damage have put a stigma on potentially lifesaving pesticides, congressional staffers said Tuesday. Sen. (FOX59, IN)
WASHINGTON -- Here, in a study that faces the garden, is where Rachel Carson would sit and write on days when she felt well ... "She could not live with herself if she didn't speak out," said Post, president of an educational group, the Rachel Carson Council Inc., now run out of the Silver Spring house ... This weekend, events honoring Carson will include a 23-mile hike on the route of the planned Rachel Carson Greenway in Montgomery County, Md. (Boston Globe)
A new focus on Rachel Carson 100 years after her birth. An exterior view from the yard of the Rachel Carson home ... "She could not live with herself if she didn't speak out," said Post, president of an educational group, the Rachel Carson Council Inc., now run out of the Silver Spring house. (MSNBC -- Environment)
We challenge real environmentalists to find a better icon than Rachel Carson ... A celebration by the Rachel Carson Council is planned for today at her former Silver Spring home, as well as nature hikes through Montgomery County's Rachel Carson Conservation Park ... The Rachel Carson Greenway in northern and eastern Montgomery County will soon be a reality. (Washington Times, DC)
Coordinated through a core partnership that includes Sustainable Pittsburgh, Bike Pittsburgh, Rachel Carson Homestead, Community Design Center of Pittsburgh, Port Authority of Allegheny County, REI Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Rowing Association and Venture Outdoors, it's a multi-organizational effort to rekindle Pittsburghers' connection with the region's green and wild places. The 10-day schedule of participatory outdoor activities begins Friday with National Bike to Work Day and ends May 27 with... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Who knows what Rachel Carson or Al Gore would think of all this, but who am I to pass judgment. The block never looked better. (USA Today -- Life)
What in the name of Rachel Carson, the godmother of U.S. environmentalism, has prompted companies to portray themselves as save-the-planet souls. Twenty years after Gordon Gekko infamously proclaimed "greed is good" in the movie "Wall Street," here's the current mantra in marketing circles: Green is good. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
On May 27, the refuge will throw a party to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, who lived in Maryland and is credited with helping to start the modern environmental movement with her book Silent Spring, which detailed the effects of pesticides on birds including bald eagles. GETTING OUTSIDE: Canoe, kayak and bike rentals are available in Cambridge. (MSNBC -- Environment)
The Sierra Club celebrates the writings of the late Rachel Carson, scientist and defender of wildlife, at its next meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 2001 University Blvd. W. Celebrating what would have been her 100th birthday, the club's Northeast Florida group will view a documentary on her life and have some birthday cake. The meeting is free. (Florida Times-Union)
Rachel Carson described this best in her book, The Sense of Wonder. A child s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement, wrote Carson. (Suite101.com)
Rachel Carson celebration -- A centennial celebration of the birth of Rachel Carson, the famed author and environmental movement pioneer, will be held May 19 at the Patuxent Research Refuge's National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel ... The special guest is Jim Fowler, who gained fame in the long-running TV program "Wild Kingdom." The same visitor center also will have a dramatic depiction of Rachel Carson's life at 1:30 p.m. on May 24. (Washington Times, DC)
School officials have increased security at the Rachel Carson Middle School cafeteria. Police are investigating and warn that food tampering is a serious crime, punishable by up to 20 years in proson. (WTKR.com, VA)
On May 27, the refuge will throw a party to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, who lived in Maryland and is credited with helping to start the modern environmental movement with her book "Silent Spring," which detailed the effects of pesticides on birds including bald eagles. In April, the state purchased more than 700 acres near the Little Blackwater River to prevent a large development near the preserve. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rachel Carson, author of the book Silent Spring, which brought a whole new way of thinking to a generation of environmentalists ... On May 27, Rachel Carson would have celebrated her 100th birthday ... As if Rachel Carson's fight against corporate and government naysayers wasn't tough enough, she fought a personal battle with cancer at the same time. (South County Chronicle, VA)
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