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United States: Panel stresses action by hunters, anglers
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Miami Herald: One of the largest impacts of global climate change will be to fresh- and saltwater fish and game animals in Florida, making the need of outdoors enthusiasts to get involved in their protection. That was the gist of remarks by a panel of local experts at the recent Florida Outdoor Writers Association meeting in Tallahassee. ``Climate change is going to be a big, big issue for Florida,'' said Nick Wiley, executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
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BP permanently “killed” Gulf Macondo well: U.S. officials
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Reuters: With a final shot of cement, BP Plc permanently "killed" the runaway Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico that had unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the top U.S. spill official said on Sunday. The well flowed unchecked for 87 days after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of oil that marred the coasts of four Gulf Coast states and spurred a moratorium on all new U.S. offshore drilling. BP engineers sealed ...
BP finally seals leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
BBC: The ruptured well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has finally been sealed, US officials say. A pressure test showed a cement plug put in place by BP to permanently "kill" the well was holding. President Obama hailed the news, vowing to continue to help those affected. The worst offshore oil spill in US history began after the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up on 20 April, killing 11 workers and later sinking. 'Important ...
Indonesia: Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDM
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Mongabay: Plantations on peatlands will no longer be supported by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a framework for industrialized countries to reduce their emissions via projects in developing countries, reports Wetlands International. The decision, which came last Friday during the executive board meeting, will bar biofuel plantations established on peatlands from earning carbon credits that could then be sold to industrialized countries to "offset" emissions. The concern is that under ...
Report suggests increase in severe weather
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Ames Tribune: Severe flooding, heat waves and storms could become increasingly common in Iowa due to the effects of global warming, according to a recent report. The report, titled "Global Warming and Extreme Weather: The Science, the Forecast and the Impacts on America,' was released by Environment Iowa, a citizen-based environmental advocacy group. The report highlights several recent extreme weather incidences, including the 2008 floods that caused between $8 billion and $10 billion in ...
China a beacon for foreign clean tech firms
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
AFP: In a laboratory in northern China, technicians are breeding billions of micro-organisms in test tubes to create enzymes -- proteins that can turn plant waste into clean-burning biofuels. The facility near the port city of Tianjin belongs to Novozymes, a Danish biotechnology company and one of a growing number of foreign firms in China benefiting from Beijing's massive investment in green energy. "The situation has never been better," Michael Christiansen, president of Novozymes ...
Deep within a French glacier, a melted menace
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Washington Post: IN SAINT-GERVAIS, FRANCE From time immemorial, the Tete Rousse Glacier has sparkled majestically on the slopes of Aiguille de Bionnassay, an icy symbol of the Alpine heritage that molded the culture and produced the prosperity of this mountaineering town in the shadow of Mont Blanc. But the glacier, a 20-acre mass lying within a bowl-shaped rock formation at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, has suddenly turned menacing. Partly because of global warming, a giant pocket of ...
Nile Mystery: Just Whose River Is It?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
National Public Radio: All great mysteries begin at the end and end at the very beginning. And for thousands of years, the Nile River was perhaps the world's greatest mystery. Anyone can see where it ends, pouring northward through Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea. But locating the origins of this magnificent river befuddled nearly everybody. Not until the Victorian Age did Western explorers find what had eluded so many. The 19th century explorers who helped solve the mystery of the Nile's source ...
ALERT! Tanzania’s Proposed Serengeti Highway Threatens Greatest Wildlife Migration on Earth
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on September 19th, 2010
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The government of Tanzania has approved a major commercial highway across Serengeti National Park. The northern Serengeti located near the Kenya border is the most remote and pristine area in the Parks entire ecosystem. Serengeti National Park's locally and globally significant ecosystem is driven by migration of wildebeest, elephant and zebra; and will be utterly devastated by the plan, as will be local livelihoods and well-being. There is a growing local and international support network protesting the project, and together we should be able to ensure it never commences.
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