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Ethiopia’s forest cover triples: ministry
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 18th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: The total forest cover of Ethiopia has tripled in size since 2000 as a result of large-scale reforestation campaigns, the authorities announced on Thursday. The impoverished Horn of Africa nation, which suffered from chronic droughts and famine in the past, has in recent years undertaken massive tree-planting campaigns to help reduce land degradation and improve its biodiversity. "Ethiopia was able to increase its forest coverage to nine percent now from only three percent ...
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10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 18th, 2010
Guardian: If we really want to reduce the human impact on the environment, the simplest and cheapest thing anyone can do is to eat less meat. Behind most of the joints of beef or chicken on our plates is a phenomenally wasteful, land- and energy-hungry system of farming that devastates forests, pollutes oceans, rivers, seas and air, depends on oil and coal, and is significantly responsible for climate change. The way we breed animals is now recognised by the UN, scientists, economists and politicians ...
Poachers kill last female rhino in South Africa’s Kruger park for prized horn
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 18th, 2010
Guardian: Fears are growing for the survival of the rhinoceros as the last female in the popular Krugersdorp game reserve near Johannesburg was killed, bleeding to death after having its horn hacked off by poachers. Wildlife officials say poaching for the prized horns has now reached an all-time high. "Last year, 129 rhinos were killed for their horns in South Africa. This year, we have already had 136 deaths," said chief game ranger Japie Mostert. The gang used tranquilliser guns and a ...
The well is capped. But what else lurks below the surface for BP?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 18th, 2010
Guardian: On Friday afternoon, BP senior vice-president Kent Wells was trying hard to contain his elation. The well in the Gulf of Mexico, which had been leaking oil for 88 days, was holding up. The cap, lowered onto the well on Thursday, remained in place. And after numerous failed attempts, the torrent of oil had finally stopped. "It felt very good to see no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico," Wells told reporters on the daily conference call he hosts from Houston on BP's attempts to stop the ...