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House Chairman Pushes Tougher Regulation for Wind Industry (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| Rep. Nick Rahall, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pushing legislation that would more strictly regulate wind energy to protect birds, bats and other wildlife killed when they fly into the giant turbines. |
Indonesia's Forests Threatened by Logging, Palm Oil (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| Indonesia's rainforests -- especially those on Borneo island -- are being stripped so rapidly because of illegal logging and palm oil plantations for bio-fuels, they could be wiped out altogether within the next 15 years, some environmentalists say. |
India Uses 'Mooing' Ringtones To Catch Leopards (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday. |
UN Urges Protection of Animals from Climate Change (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| A senior United Nations official urged a 171-nation U.N. wildlife forum on Sunday to take action to help protect animals from climate change.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) will also discuss measures at its two week-week meeting to help commercially valuable animal and tree species threatened by over-use. |
Public Loses Access to California's Famous Beaches as State Agency Struggles (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| While California's Coastal Act of 1976 ensures beach access, the rich and famous who want to keep the state's dramatic coast exclusive have been posting bogus "no parking" and "private beach" signs here and elsewhere. |
Wildlife Conference Agrees to Ivory Sale (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| The agency that oversees international trade involving rare animals approved on Saturday the sale of 60 tons of ivory to Japan despite fears it could lead to increased poaching of endangered elephants. |
China Says Climate Policy Must Make Room for Growth (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution. |
Melting Ice, Snow To Hit Livelihoods Worldwide, UN Says (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-04-2007 at 09:00:43
| Global warming that is melting ice and snow will affect hundreds of millions of people around the globe by disrupting rivers in Asia, thawing Arctic ice and raising ocean levels, a U.N. report said on Monday. |
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