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Summer Nights Heating Up, Scientists Say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| America in recent years has been sweltering through three times more than its normal share of extra-hot summer nights, government weather records show. And that is a particularly dangerous trend. |
Chinese Consumer Key to Saving World's Sharks (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| In recent years, shark numbers have fallen drastically, threatening the existence of some species, and while exact scientific data is lacking, figures show imports of shark fin rocketing in China. |
Key Facts about Asia's Endangered Animals (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| San Francisco-based WildAid launched a campaign on Wednesday to convince people in China to be more aware of conservation issues and to stop eating shark fin. Here are some facts on four of Asia's endangered animals. |
New Group to Try to Solve Aspen Mystery (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| A working group has been formed in southeastern Idaho to find out why aspen trees are disappearing. According to Fish and Game, aspen numbers in eastern Idaho have declined 65 percent in the past century. |
Oil Plant Leak Damages Third of Lebanon's Coast (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| Leaking oil from a bombed power station in Lebanon has damaged about a third of the country's coastline, the world's top maritime body said on Wednesday. |
Energy Department to Spend $250 Million on Fuel Study (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| The federal government will spend $250 million to help create two research centers that will focus on finding more efficient ways to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. |
Pesticides Still Found in Coke, Pepsi, Indian Study Shows (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| An environmental group said on Wednesday bottles of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. soft drinks in India still contained traces of pesticide, highlighting weak food safety laws in the country. |
Michigan Island Steeps in Sewage Dispute (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| The beaches of northern Michigan's Sugar Island are suddenly not so sweet. Residents of the normally pristine retreat are confronting an unexpected crisis: a surge of raw sewage, including human waste, condoms and used syringes. |
South Africa Whale Burning Draws Crowds of Spectators (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| South African officials set fire to a 34-tonne whale carcass on Wednesday, sending white smoke into the air near Cape Town as spectators clambered over blubber-strewn rocks for a closer look. |
Israelis Work to Save Pets Abandoned Because of Hezbollah Attacks (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 06:00:33
| A government official says up to a few thousand pets may need to be fed or rescued, in part because hundreds of thousands of Israelis have fled northern Israel over the past three weeks. |
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