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Northern Fur Seal Pup Estimates Decline (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| America's northern fur seal pup population continues a marked decline this decade, federal biologists reported Friday. The number of pups born between 2004 and 2006 in Alaska's Pribilof Islands, home of the world's largest rookeries, fell by 9 percent from the previous two year estimate. |
Professor Wins One Million Dollars for Arsenic Filter (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| A professor who developed an inexpensive, easy-to-make system for filtering arsenic from well water has won a $1 million engineering prize -- and he plans to use most of the money to distribute the filters to needy communities around the world. |
Oil-Rich Venezuela's Leader Takes Up the Energy Conservation Cause (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| His ambitious social programs are built on Venezuela's petroleum wealth, but President Hugo Chavez is increasingly talking up environmental causes and urging the world to cut back on oil use to fight global warming. |
Defying Mark Twain, World Seeks to Fix Weather (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it," according to a complaint widely attributed to Mark Twain.
But now the quip faces its strongest test after dire scientific and economic warnings about the risks of failing to address ever more extreme weather blamed on global warming. |
PM Says Australia Must Put Price on Carbon Emissions (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| Australia must place a price on carbon emissions to fight climate change, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday in an apparent softening on his refusal to join in global carbon trading. |
Britain Culls Turkeys to Quell Bird Flu Outbreak (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| Britain gassed tens of thousands of turkeys and extended restrictions on the movement of poultry on Sunday to try to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu from a farm in eastern England. |
Beech Bark Disease on Eco-Invader List (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| Beech bark disease has taken hold in Michigan's Seney National Wildlife Refuge, a dagger aimed at the heart of a stalwart native hardwood. The American beech has relatively little economic value for people but plays a starring role in the natural drama acted out daily in Michigan's northern forests. |
Forty-Six Nations Call for Tougher U.N. Environment Role (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| Forty-six nations called for the creation of a more powerful U.N. environment agency on Saturday, saying the survival of humanity was at risk, but the United States, China and Russia did not sign up. |
Greens Say Russia 2014 Winter Olympics Bid Threatens Ecology (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:33
| Leading environmental groups said on Friday Russia's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics would involve tearing down forest that is home to rare wildlife including brown bears and red deer. |
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