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Brown: Calif. comes back but challenged by drought
Posted by Associated Press: Juliet Williams on January 23rd, 2014
Associated Press: Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday delivered dual messages in his annual address to the Legislature: California's resurgence is well underway but is threatened by economic and environmental uncertainties.
Chief among those uncertainties is that the severe drought gripping the nation's most populous state and already forcing water cutbacks among farms and cities eventually could exact a financial toll on the state's improving finances.
In the State of the State address, Brown said it was not clear...
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New river dolphin species discovered in Amazon for first time in 100 years
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2014
Independent: Scientists have discovered a new species of dolphin in the Amazon River system for the first time in almost 100 years – and say it should immediately be given endangered status.
Experts from the Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil found that a small group of river dolphins, also known as botos, in the Araguaia basin were separated from other populations by only a narrow canal and series of rapids.
Upon closer inspection and after DNA testing, Tomas Hrbek and his team discovered...
Texas Landowners Keep Watchful Eye On Keystone KL Pipeline
Posted by National Public Radio: Mose Buchele on January 23rd, 2014
National Public Radio: Oil is now running through the southern part of the keystone XL pipeline. Supporters and opponents will be watching carefully to see what that could mean for the northern section of the project, that still awaits approval from the Obama administration.
Kenya Burns Indigenous People Out of Ancestral Lands
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on January 23rd, 2014
Environment News Service: The Kenyan government has sent Kenya Forest Service guards, with police support, to Embobut Forest in the Cherangany Hills to forcibly and illegally evict thousands of Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral forest lands and burn their homes and belongings.
Cherangany Hills, rolling slopes in Kenya`s western highlands, are one of the country`s five main forests. In their forest glades high in the Cherangany Hills, Sengwer homes have been being torched for the last 10 days. Today the Administrative...