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Wolf recovery chief Ed Bangs talks about the species’ delisting
The gray wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains is being dropped from the federal endangered species list on Friday, and on Thursday I just happened to run smack into […]
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• Chemical manufacturer Dupont is being sued for noncompliance with pollution laws. • New England is not on track to meet greenhouse-gas reduction targets, says a report. • Denmark is […]
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New online game illustrates the impacts of overfishing
Following in the footsteps of other web-based enviro games such as Whale's Revenge, Planet Green, and, uh, Catstration (okay, maybe that one is a stretch) comes Ocean Survivor. The game has no relation to a certain CBS reality show; players swim through the sea as a bluefin tuna and avoid obstacles like death-by-bottom-trawler:
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Feds to consider endangered-species protections for four species of Arctic seals
Photo: noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it’s considering whether to list four species of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act due in part to climate change. […]
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Bush admin appeals ruling on mercury cap-and-trade plan
The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that struck down the U.S. EPA’s controversial mercury cap-and-trade plan. The earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court […]
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A roundup of news snippets
• Americans cut back on driving in 2007 for the first time in 20 years. • Merrill Lynch launches a global carbon index. • London Mayor Ken Livingstone gets jiggy […]
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Water problem? What water problem?
There’s no water problem. Dean Kamen solved it: More details here.
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A roundup of news snippets
• Washington State is poised to set the nation’s toughest restrictions on toxics in toys. • Nearly 20,000 South Africans have been displaced by a heavily polluting platinum mine. • […]
