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Economic woes could curtail action on warming (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-12-2008 at 12:00:55
 The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming.
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Mexican pot cartels sully U.S. forests, parks (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-11-2008 at 10:00:55
 National forests and parks ? long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels ? have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America.
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Scientists confirm shark's ?virgin birth? (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-10-2008 at 09:00:40
 In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.
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South Africa will sell ivory to Japan, China (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-09-2008 at 02:00:45
| The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. |
Canada faces suit over killer whales (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-08-2008 at 09:00:36
| Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country's Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. |
Court wrangles over Navy sonar, whales (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-08-2008 at 04:00:40
 The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over judges' authority to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales.
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Geothermal energy backers expect rebirth (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-07-2008 at 04:00:38
| Economic and environmental forces have created a "perfect storm" that could help geothermal shed its back-seat renewable status, proponents said at an international conference. |
Deadlines set for polar bear habitat (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-07-2008 at 04:00:38
| The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling. |
Study: Arctic stormier as Earth warms (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-07-2008 at 04:00:38
| The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. |
N.J. to 'race to the sea' for wind power (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-07-2008 at 04:00:38
 New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy.
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Orphaned rhino adopted by park rangers (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-07-2008 at 12:01:26
 Kenyan park ranger Patrick Muriithi has some common parenting concerns, but his child is unique: a teenage, two-ton rhino.
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Cleaner way to drink from the seas? (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-06-2008 at 06:00:34
| David Kreamer's vision is to return old ships to the seas where they belong. But he'd like to see them fulfill a new purpose: turning seawater into drinking water through desalination facilities. |
99 percent of Alaska glaciers melting (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-06-2008 at 06:00:34
| Most of Alaska's glaciers are retreating or thinning or both, a new book by the U.S. Geological Survey reports. |
Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-06-2008 at 06:00:34
 Researchers attempting to make the production of corn-based ethanol more efficient may not have needed to leave the farm.
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Flight of the penguins to freedom (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-06-2008 at 06:00:34
 Hundreds of juvenile Magellanic penguins were flown 1,500 miles to the south of Brazil where they were released back into the wild.
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Experts: Half of mammals in decline (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-06-2008 at 12:00:40
 One in two mammal species on Earth are in decline and at least one in four are at risk of disappearing, according to a survey released Monday.
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Venus flytraps face loss of habitat (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-05-2008 at 09:00:51
 The venus flytrap's ability to snatch living prey makes it a favorite of elementary school science classes everywhere. But these days, the tiny plant is vulnerable.
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Rare turtles fail to produce offspring (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-05-2008 at 12:00:42
 She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated.
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Environmental damage heavy after Ike (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-05-2008 at 12:00:42
 Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines.
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Birds no longer flock to Ike-ravaged beach (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-03-2008 at 06:00:49
 One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. The reason: Hurricane Ike.
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'Petit Le Mans' adds green competition (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-03-2008 at 03:00:39
 Everyone in the field of Saturday's Petit Le Mans will be competing in the first Green Challenge, a competition to highlight fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
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Study: Tuna travel across the Atlantic (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-03-2008 at 12:01:12
| Bluefin tuna from both sides of the Atlantic get together as juveniles, a discovery that could affect how the tuna fishery is managed. |
Ike debris threatens Texas wildlife (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-03-2008 at 12:01:12
 Tons of debris swept up by Hurricane Ike last month still litter miles of Texas beaches.
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Houston joins L.A. in severe-smog club (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-02-2008 at 09:00:55
 Houston has joined Los Angeles to become the second place in the U.S. classified as having a severe smog problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
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Are 'microplastics' marine pollutants? (View Original Story)
Source: msnbc.msn.com Posted: 10-02-2008 at 04:00:47
| Tiny plastic particles called "microplastics" and which concentrate pollutants might be ingestible by the ocean's tiny denizens and then move up the food chain. |
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