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BP gives proceeds from leaked Gulf oil to charity
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 22nd, 2010
Associated Press: Energy giant BP PLC will donate proceeds raised by selling oil from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The British energy firm said Tuesday the foundation will use the money on projects that help wildlife along the Gulf Coast. BP is providing an initial $5 million to get the fund running. BP CEO Tony Hayward said in a written statement that the foundation has a record of finding solutions to America's "toughest conservation ...
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Uruguay: Small change in forest cover can double malaria rate
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 22nd, 2010
SciDev.Net: A small reduction in tropical rainforest cover can increase malaria incidence by nearly 50 per cent, a study in the Brazilian Amazon has found. Open spaces and partially sunlit pools of water, typical conditions of deforested landscapes, provide an ideal habitat in which the Anopheles darlingi mosquito-- the main vector of the malaria parasite in the Amazon -- can live and lay its eggs, according to the study, published online early in Emerging Infectious Diseases. The authors, ...