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U.S. Swaps Guatemalan Debt for Forest Protection (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| The United States will forgive about 20 percent of the $122 million debt owed by Guatemala so the money can be used to protect threatened plants and wildlife, the government said Monday. |
U.S. Population to Top 300 Million This Month (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| Some time this month, the number of Americans will surpass 300 million, a milestone that raises environmental impact questions for the only major industrial nation whose population is increasing substantially. |
Ozone Hole Matches Record Size (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| The "ozone hole" over Antarctica this year has matched the record size of 11.4 million square miles, the U.N. weather agency has said. |
Nicaragua Seeks New Canal to Link Atlantic, Pacific (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| Nicaragua wants to build a waterway like the Panama Canal that would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at a cost of $18 billion, President Enrique Bolanos said Monday. |
Alaskan Storm Cracks Iceberg in Antarctica (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| A bad storm in Alaska last October generated an ocean swell that broke apart a giant iceberg near Antarctica six days later, U.S. researchers reported Monday. |
Agency Takes Species Off Endangered List (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulled two species be pulled from the endangered list on Monday and recommended that four be downlisted from endangered to threatened on Monday, saying there's been much progress toward wildlife recovery in California.
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Ameren to Pay Largest Fine in FERC History for Missouri Reservoir Collapse (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| Ameren Corp. agreed to pay federal regulators a $15 million fine for the reservoir collapse that unleashed more than a billion gallons of water, destroying a state park and injuring a family last year, officials said Monday. |
Potomac Sees Increase in Snakehead Fish (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:44
| Scientists say the northern snakehead fish seems to be expanding in the Potomac River, which runs along West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. |
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