Gray Wolves Lose Federal Protection
as States Take Over |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the western Great Lakes population of gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species and is proposing to remove the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves from the list. Idaho and Wyoming have state management plans that are geared toward wolf eradication, not wolf conservation. Idaho's governor has said he wants to kill more than 80% of the state's wolves and the state has begun planning wolf eradication by hunting and aerial gunning. full story |
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Global Warming: The Vicious Circle |
The effects of man-made emissions of CO2 are being felt on every inhabited continent in the world with very different parts of the climate now visibly responding to human activity. These are among the main findings of the most intensive study of climate change by 2,000 of the world's leading climate scientists. They conclude that there is now little doubt that human activity is changing the face of the planet. full story |
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We're Ruining Earth, Scientists Warn |
Droughts will be longer, flooding rains will be rarer but heavier. Cyclones will hit harder. Violent storms and extreme heatwaves will strike more frequently. Evaporation will suck up scarce inland water. Sea levels will creep up half a metre. Oceans will be so acidic that in some places shells and reefs will dissolve. And humanity, not nature, will be to blame. full story |
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Endangered Whales Hunted, Stockpiled
And Left to Rot on A Rubbish Dump |
The Icelandic government's claims of sustainable whaling were harpooned this morning, after Greenpeace activists revealed that around 200 tonnes of meat and blubber from endangered fin whales are still in storage, waiting to be tested for chemical contamination and a further 179 tonnes of bones and entrails have been dumped in a landfill site. full story |
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World's Waterbirds in Decline, Study Warns |
A deadly mixture of rampant habitat destruction and global warming is having a catastrophic effect on the world's waterbird population, says a new study. Researchers from Wetlands International, a Netherlands-based coalition of conservationists tasked with monitoring the state of the world's wetlands, released the report yesterday which reveals that nearly half the world's waterbird species are in decline and that their numbers have fallen across all five continents. full story |
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Bloggers Who Criticize Government
May Face Prison |
You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was some new restriction on free speech in Communist China. But it isn't. The U.S. Government wants to force bloggers and online grassroots activists to register and regularly report their activities to Congress in the latest astounding attack on the internet and the First Amendment. full story |
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Illegal Sumatran Coffee Growers
Squeeze Out Tigers, Rhinos |
Coffee illegally grown in an Indonesian national park inhabited by endangered tigers, elephants and rhinos fills the cups of unsuspecting coffee drinkers around the world. WWF-Indonesia's field investigation of the coffee trade routes from within remote Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park to the international market led to some of the largest coffee companies and most famous household brands in the world, such as Kraft and Nestle. full story |
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Imagine No Home Heating Or Cooling Bills |
“You never know what the market will do next. Nobody wants to be at its mercy,“ Bolden said as he stood outside Wayne’s Water ‘N’ Wells at the former site of Mason’s Barn off Interstate 68 Friday afternoon. “This covers the base.“ Bolden was referring to his company’s geothermal well system, a heating and cooling system that replaces the need for a separate furnace and air conditioner. full story |
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Emotional Anti-Whaling Battle
Escalates in Southern Ocean |
Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell says Japanese whalers will not be allowed to dock in Australia as long as he is minister. Japan is about to begin its annual hunt of whales in the Southern Ocean under a provision in the International Whaling Commission regulations that allows for scientific research. This year Japan plans to kill up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and 10 endangered fin whales. full story |
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Evangelicals, Scientists Join Forces
to Combat Global Warming |
Leading scientists and evangelical Christian leaders have agreed to put aside passionate differences over the origin of life and work together to curb alarming levels of global warming that threaten the survival of life on Earth. Representatives met recently in Georgia and agreed on the need for urgent action to drive down growing environmental degradation. Details on the talks will be unveiled in Washington on Wednesday, according to a joint statement. full story |
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Large Amazon Forest Reserves
Crucial for Species Survival |
Conservation of extensive Amazon forest reserves is even more important than previously thought, according to a new study by an international scientific team. The research, to be published in tomorrow's issue of the journal "Science," spotlights the importance of protecting the Amazon from fragmentation. Between 5/02 and 8/06, Brazil lost nearly 57,915 square miles of forest, an area larger than Greece. Across the entire Amazon since 1970, an area four times that size has been destroyed. full story |
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Doctor Alleges Plans Underway To
"Microchip" Newborns in U.S. And Europe |
Are you prepared to live in a world in which every newborn baby is micro-chipped? And finally are you ready to have your every move tracked, recorded and placed in Big Brother's data bank? According to the Finnish article, distributed to doctors and medical students, time is running out for changing the direction of military medicine and mind control technology, ensuring the future of human freedom. full story |
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Electric, Hydrogen, Hybrid Cars
Star at Detroit Auto Show |
At the 2007 North American International Auto Show Sunday, General Motors' head Rick Wagoner unveiled the Chevrolet Volt concept sedan and announced that production work has begun on a new generation of electric vehicles that could eliminate gas stations for Americans who live close to their workplaces full story |
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Nevada Wild Horse
Condemnation Upheld by Court |
Activists’ emergency effort to save over 1,000 wild horses and burros near Las Vegas was shot down by a judge who last week ruled the government could round the animals up and remove them. The groups America’s Wild Horse Advocates and Wild Horses 4 Ever had asked the court to temporarily stop the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from commencing with the removal before a legal challenge is heard. full story |
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Oil Giant Accused of Funding
Global Warming Disinformation |
Accusing ExxonMobil of funding a "disinformation campaign" against global warming, UCS said the oil giant has been paying advocacy groups to create confusion about climate change. UCS charged that ExxonMobil "doesn't want you to know the facts about global warming" and that it "vehemently opposes any govt. regulation that would require significantly expanded investments in clean energy technologies or reductions in global warming emissions." full story |
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2006: The Year America Died |
2006 was the year that the United States died. Over the course of a year, just a few seconds in the span of a country, it's civilization and their way of life, we have witnessed the premature death of America. The underpinnings, the basic canons and the tenets of the United States, as well as it's physical borders, are gone. But they can be brought back. full story |
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Polar Bears May Be Listed
as Threatened in the USA |
"Polar bears are one of nature’s ultimate survivors, able to live and thrive in one of the world’s harshest environments. But we are concerned the polar bears’ habitat may literally be melting," Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said last week, proposing to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. A listing would mean that any activities undertaken by federal government agencies could not undermine the survival of the species. full story |
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World Faces Hottest Year Ever,
as El Niño Combines with Global Warming |
A combination of global warming and the El Niño weather system is set to make 2007 the warmest year on record with far-reaching consequences for the planet, one of Britain's leading climate experts has warned. As the new year was ushered in with stormy conditions across the UK, the forecast for the next 12 months is of extreme global weather patterns which could bring drought to Indonesia and leave California under a deluge. full story |
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