Today marks the 40th anniversary of passage of the Clean Water Act, one of the most remarkable, far-reaching and contentious ... For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. You should expect to see a ton of stories this week about the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on Thursday. These days Earth Day seems like just a marketing campaign than an actual day for thinking about the environment. The first one, though, was far different. It had to be. ...

The song is known for its environmental concern – "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot" and "Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now" – and sentimental sound. The line "They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum / And charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em" refers to Foster Botanical Garden in downtown Honolulu, which is a living museum of tropical plants, some rare and endangered. [4] [5] The Environmental Protection Agency this month launched the field sampling for its first-ever nationwide assessment of the condition of America's wetlands. The ambitious project is supposed "to provide regional and national estimates of wetland ecological integrity and rank the stressors most commonly associated with poor conditions." It begins with a ... I call the myths about DDT "anti-human" because environmental policies such as the policy of banning effective insecticides like DDT, which reduces malaria, actually constitute the oppression and murder of many of the world's poor. Big news, folks. The Florida Historical Society has notified our publisher that "Paving Paradise" has been named the winner of its annual Stetson Kennedy Award. The award, which is for "books which cast light on historic Florida events in a manner which is supportive of human rights, traditional cultures, or ... This song is sampled by Labrinth in the song "Sundown," from his debut 2012 album Electronic Earth. [80]The U.S. Interior Department issued its latest report on the status and trends of the nation's wetlands last week, and officials declared their concern over its findings of a continuing decline in the number of swamps, bogs and marshes. “Wetlands are at a tipping point,” said Secretary of the Interior ...

Last week the Environmental Law Institute released an extensive new study on the state of the nation's wetlands in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Rapanos case. The Rapanos case, as we've written about previously, ran counter to the intention of the original sponsors of the ... One of the most well-known early songs about the environment is ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (1970) by Joni Mitchell.The White House delighted environmental and civic groups in Louisiana and Mississippi last week with an announcement about a new plan for restoring coastal wetlands. The road map comes from a working group that combines the forces of most of the federal agencies that deal with environmental and wetland issues. ... New Releases – For Week Starting 3 February 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. February 1, 2003. p.20 . Retrieved September 2, 2021. Colvin, Shawn with Mary Chapin Carpenter & James Taylor(from "An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell (TV Broadcast)"-2000)

In 1995, to coincide with the song's inclusion in the American sitcom Friends, the song was rereleased as a maxi-single with new remixes in a variety of styles. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp1010001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54910 Madelena Gonzalez (2005). Fiction After the Fatwa: Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe. Rodopi. p.191. ISBN 90-420-1962-X. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976954.00016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56603

Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.12, no.27. July 8, 1995. p.12 . Retrieved May 30, 2020. An animated music video of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" was produced by John Wilson of Fine Arts Films as an animated short for the Sonny and Cher television show in the mid-1970s. The only commercial release of this full-length music video was in the Video Gems home video release on VHS titled John Wilson's Mini Musicals, also released as The Fantastic All-Electric Music Movie. The home video also contains an animated music video of Mitchell's song " Both Sides, Now". https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.2016778, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59007 In the song's final verse, the political gives way to the personal. Mitchell recounts the departure of her "old man" in the eponymous "big yellow taxi", which may refer to the old Metro Toronto Police patrol cars, which until 1986 were painted yellow. [6] In many covers the departed one may be interpreted as variously a boyfriend, a husband or a father. The literal interpretation is that he is walking out on the singer by taking a taxi; otherwise it is assumed he is being taken away by the authorities.

Suzanne M. Sheridan & And the Suzanne Sheridan Band(from "Suzanne Sheridan Sings the Music of Joni Mitchell & Leonard Cohen"-2012) Two modern commercial buildings, One Chamberlain Square and Two Chamberlain Square, totalling 350,000 sq ft of space, now face onto the square and form the commercial part of Phase One of Paradise. Left to right – Rob Groves, Cllr Ian Ward, Chris Darroch, Tim Pile Every year the Society of Environmental Journalists gives out an award for the best environmental book of the year. The award, named for "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson, is a coveted honor. This year the top prize went to"Heart of Dryness" by James G. Workman. Second place was another book ... Big Yellow Taxi — Joni Mitchell’s environmental anthem has been recycled many times (Financial Times, 2019)https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.2010673, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58700 The U.S. Interior Department issued its latest report on the status and trends of the nation's wetlands last week, and ... With its 2 million square feet of development, new infrastructure improvements and new public realm like the revitalised Chamberlain Square, it is already making a difference to promoting jobs and skills for the city and will continue to do so in the years to come.’