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ENN Weekly: November 27th - December 1st (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news November 27th - December 1st: Forest fragmentation, a poultry kill, flood-tolerant rice, Great Lakes and sewage, the e-waste menace, and much more. |
U.S. Opposes European Global Warming Cuts Scheme for Airliners (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| The Bush administration opposes European plans to require airlines to curb greenhouse gases on grounds it would unfairly disadvantage U.S. carriers. |
Sun Valley Gets Low Grade on Environment (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| The annual Ski Area Citizens' Coalition report rates 77 Western ski areas on a matrix of environmental policies, such as preservation of undeveloped areas, so-called "green building" practices and energy and water use. |
Environment Agency Drops Part of Its Plan to Ease Pollution Reporting Rules (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks. |
Lake Sturgeon Risks Extinction, Canada Researchers Say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| A fish whose ancestors date back 400 million years could be just 150 years from extinction, a group of Canadian researchers said this week. |
Piranha Among 13 New Species of Venezuelan Fish (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| Scientists have found a new type of piranha and a ray among 13 new species of freshwater fish in an area of Venezuela where pollution from gold mines is emerging as a threat, a conservationist said on Thursday. |
South Korea in Huge Poultry Cull to Halt Bird Flu (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| South Korea will cull more than half a million fowl in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, having already killed 150,000 chickens near farms where the virus was found, officials said on Thursday. |
Uruguay to Have Troops Guard Disputed Pulp Mill (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| Uruguay said Wednesday it would send troops to guard a disputed pulp mill on the border with Argentina and asked a world court to force Argentina to end roadblocks by anti-mill protesters. |
Gulf Stream Slowed Ten Percent in Little Ice Age (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-01-2006 at 09:00:40
| The Gulf Stream carrying warm water to the North Atlantic slowed about 10 percent in the Little Ice Age from 1200 to 1850, said a U.S. study published on Wednesday that may give clues to the effects of modern global warming. |
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