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Idaho: No Good Site for Dangerous Uranium Enrichment Plant
Published May 8, 2008 - 10:42:44 AM
Tuesday's announcement by French-controlled Areva, Inc., that it selected Idaho for its proposed uranium enrichment plant puts Idaho in the unenviable position of contributing to an industry that's both dangerously risky and bad energy policy, the Snake River Alliance said.
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First-Ever Comprehensive Global Map of Freshwater Systems
Published May 8, 2008 - 10:40:43 AM
Over a decade of work and contributions by more than 200 leading conservation scientists have produced a first-ever comprehensive map and database of the diversity of life in the world's freshwater ecosystems. The map and associated fish data - a collaborative project between World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy -- are featured in the May issue of the journal BioScience.
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Destruction of Mangrove Forests Increased Devastating Impact of Cyclone Nagris
Published May 8, 2008 - 10:14:36 AM
In the wake of the destruction and rising death toll caused by Cyclone Nagris, Mangove Action Project (MAP) is calling for the re-establishment of mangrove buffer zones and coastal greenbelts along affected coastal zones to avert future such disasters.
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Keeping yields, profits and water quality high
Published May 8, 2008 - 9:41:11 AM
One of the key questions facing agriculturalists in the 21st century is how to produce adequate amounts of food and farm income while protecting environmental quality. Diversified, low-external-input (LEI) farming systems offer one possible approach for maintaining adequate productivity and profitability while reducing pollution by agrichemicals and still improving water quality. LEI systems rely heavily on ecological processes for soil fertility and pest management, but can include some use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
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University research contributes to global warming
Published May 8, 2008 - 9:37:17 AM
Add university research to the long list of human activities contributing to global warming.
Herve Philippe, a Universite de Montreal professor of biochemistry, is a committed environmentalist who found that his own research produces 44 tonnes of CO2 per year. The average American citizen produces 20 tonnes.
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Unpublished report forecasts huge increase in aviation's global environmental impacts
Published May 8, 2008 - 8:47:18 AM
Climate change emissions, airport noise and local air pollution all head alarmingly upwards: suppressed report uses US, European and UK Government-linked regulator databases.
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Government Again Spurns the Wolverine
Published May 8, 2008 - 8:41:43 AM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a court-ordered decision denying protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the wolverine. Despite important new evidence that the wolverine is in desperate straits, the agency declared for the second time that it will do nothing to assist the rare creature.
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Countdown for World Migratory Bird Day
Published May 8, 2008 - 7:56:06 AM
The Secretariat of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) are glad to announce the countdown for World Migratory Bird Day 2008. This two-day awareness raising campaign will take place globally for the third consecutive year from 10 to 11 of May 2008. The theme for this year's celebration is Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity.
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Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner
Published May 8, 2008 - 7:30:44 AM
Activists encountered the longliner, Ho Tsai Fa 18, while it was hauling in miles of fishing line. The captain was asked to release all of the live catch back to the ocean. When he refused, our activists freed everything, including several oceanic sharks and a massive Pacific blue marlin that leapt into the air like a rocket as soon as it was freed and quickly swam away.
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Southwest Idaho company making millions by storing toxic waste in dump at Grand View
Full story: Idaho Statesman
Pepsi's New Labels Hit Shelves, Raise New Concerns
Published May 7, 2008 - 9:39:24 AM
Today, at Pepsi's annual shareholders' meeting, North America's leading bottled water brand is coming under new scrutiny. Corporate Accountability International and its allies are calling on the corporation to publicly report water quality information as is required of public water systems.
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Plight of the Puerto Rican parrots
Published May 7, 2008 - 7:40:23 AM
The population of wild Puerto Rican parrots, among the most endangered birds in the world, has languished for decades, with several dozen remaining birds unable to break through the bottleneck that prevents their numbers from growing. A new study by an international team led by a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on the factors influencing the stalled growth of this parrot's population and, in turn, provides an analytical tool that could help pinpoint the biggest factors hindering the recovery of other endangered species.
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Study Shows Mercury Levels from Products Decreasing, Though Still at Dangerous Levels
Published May 7, 2008 - 7:38:47 AM
A recent study shows that mercury releases from products in the U.S. declined dramatically between 1990 and 2005, but that they continue to be a significant source of environmental contamination. Mercury released from products contributes nearly one-third of total mercury emissions to the air in the U.S. The findings offer a new view into the relative magnitudes of the different sources of mercury release.
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Mystic, Conn. Beavers to be Humanely 'Baffled' by The HSUS and Groton Parks Department
Published May 7, 2008 - 7:37:56 AM
Pequot Woods Park beavers will be saved now that the Groton Parks and Recreation Department and The HSUS plan to install an innovative beaver-baffling pipe device in a dam on Sandy Hollow Road on May 7 at 10:30 a.m.
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Greenpeace confiscates 'wall of death' fishing net in the Mediterranean Sea
Published May 7, 2008 - 7:19:55 AM
Activists onboard the Greenpeace vessel, Artic Sunrise, confronted Italian fishing "pirates" in the Mediterranean Sea and confiscated almost two kilometers of illegal driftnet containing dead undersized bluefin tunas and a small sea turtle, that was later released alive.
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Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone Activity in Cell Studies
Published May 7, 2008 - 7:18:56 AM
A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report.
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Brazil's Rainforests: Is Cheap Meat Bigger Threat to Amazon than Biofuels?
Full story: Der Spiegel Germany
Alaska hydropower project stirs dissent over fears for Little Su salmon's food source, insects
Full story: Anchorage Daily News
Depleted Longfin Smelt Moves Toward Federal Endangered Species Status
Published May 6, 2008 - 9:45:11 AM
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today made a positive initial finding on a petition to list the San Francisco Bay population of the longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys), a native fish species related to the Delta smelt, under the federal Endangered Species Act. This is the first step toward a formal listing for the longfin, which has dropped to record low numbers in the San Francisco Bay-Delta and is nearing extinction in other northern California estuaries.
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Trouble in Paradise: Warming a Greater Danger to Tropical Species
Published May 6, 2008 - 7:43:02 AM
Polar bears fighting for survival in the face of a rapid decline of polar ice have made the Arctic a poster child for the negative effects of climate change. But new research shows that species living in the tropics likely face the greatest peril in a warmer world.
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