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Gorilla census finds 125,000 more western lowland gorillas than expected
A new gorilla census in the Republic of the Congo has found about 125,000 more western lowland gorillas than expected living in the northern part of the Montana-sized country, effectively […]
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Snippets from the news
• San Francisco mayor signs nation’s toughest green-building law, proposes fines for unsorted trash. • British energy companies told to reallocate funding from cutting emissions to helping the fuel poor. […]
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House, car of animal researchers bombed; animal-rights groups suspected
This weekend, two University of California-Santa Cruz scientists who use animals in their experiments were the target of two separate bombings. One scientist who uses mice in his research on […]
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Notable quotable
"Listen, I'm skinny but I'm tough."
-- Barack Obama as quoted in a Wall Street Journal article that questions if he is too fit to be president.
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Snippets from the news
• U.K. is delusional that it’s cutting emissions. • Canada releases climate change report, denies playing it down. • Lawsuit brought in Everglades, sugar deal. • Brazil launches fund to […]
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Gray skies loom over Beijing as Chinese officials announce emergency air-pollution measures
A haze descended on Beijing for four consecutive days earlier this week and made a fitting backdrop for state environmental regulators to announce emergency measures that they'll put in place if air pollution remains a problem. More power plants and manufacturing facilities could be shut down, and more cars pulled from the roads, according to a news release from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
This second wave of shut-downs would affect small solvent factories that had previously been overlooked because of their relatively low pollutant emissions as compared to iron factories or coal plants. As The New York Times reports:
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Snippets from the news
• Most Californians now favor offshore drilling. • SoCal judge rules against natural-gas plants. • Researchers demonstrate improved fuel cell. • San Francisco may require businesses to help workers commute. […]
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens indicted on corruption charges, McCain cancels trip to offshore oil rig, and
Read the news items highlighted in this week’s podcast: Duck! Be a Dolly and Cancel My Trip, Will You? Are You Just Toying With Us? U.S. Geological Survey Says … […]
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Snippets from the news
• U.S. passes Germany as world’s top wind power producer. • U.N. turns down the AC and encourages less clothing. • McCain talks energy in Nevada. • South Africa outlines […]
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Groups sue Navy over underwater explosions
Environmental groups are up in arms about training exercises conducted by the U.S. Navy — not sonar this time, but underwater explosives. The Wild Fish Conservancy and Public Employees for […]
