Japan tsunami: Thousands of seabirds killed near Hawaii
Cross-posted from BBC News Thousands of albatrosses and other endangered species at a wildlife sanctuary north-west of Hawaii have been killed by the tsunami which devastated Japan, US officials say....
View ArticleLooking for love as the climate heats up
By Sharon Oosthoek, February 14, 2013. Source: The Daily Climate In the hush of a snowy Ontario winter woods Jeff Bowman’s radio wave tracker beeps insistently, pointing him toward a nearby tree...
View ArticleMile long protest in Utah opposes new freeways
By Antone Clark,February 24, 2013. Source: Standard-Examiner Christina Roskelley loves to see the eagles nest in trees in her backyard near Farmington Bay but is afraid plans for the West Davis...
View ArticleExxon’s duck-killing pipeline won’t pay taxes to oil spill clean-up fund
By Ryan Koronowski, April 2, 2013. Source: Think Progress A technicality has spared Exxon from having to pay any money into the fund that will be covering most of the clean up costs of its Arkansas...
View Article‘Deer don’t vote’: Quebec island quietly cleared for fracking
By Nicolas Van Praet, June 5, 2013. Source: The Province An opposition party says the Quebec government has quietly approved hydraulic fracturing on Anticosti, warning that the picturesque island...
View ArticleArctic melt spurs global spread of disease
By Kieran Cooke, June 10, 2013. Source: Common Dreams A cow grazing on the lush pasturelands of Cornwall in southwest England and a seal swimming in the ice cold waters of the Arctic might not appear...
View ArticleNew Report Assesses Threats to Southeast US Wildlife from Biomass Energy
Note: The proposed development of vast plantations of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees across the US South for biomass energy production poses another major threat to Southern forests and...
View ArticleDrought threatens California wildlife
By Hashem Said, February 18, 2014. Source: Al Jazeera The future of some of California’s wildlife is under threat as the state suffers from its worst drought in 100 years. Because of record low levels...
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