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| News of Note OSLO (Reuters) - Half a kg of salmon; two kg of potatoes; a tonne of greenhouse gas reductions -- shoppers at one Norwegian mall can now buy cuts in their carbon footprint as they pick up their weekly groceries. Top Stories
The Whole Foods grocery chain plans to stop offering customers plastic grocery bags, and instead use only recycled paper or reusable bags. A rising number of governments and retailers are banning plastic bags, or discouraging their use, due to concerns about their environmental impact.
| ENN Spotlight HANOI (Reuters) - Dead poultry have been found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam, a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold spell, officials said on Tuesday. The Agriculture Ministry said in a report that callers to an animal health department hotline reported large numbers of dead birds in five provinces, but was not specific. More Top Stories
Porsche said on Tuesday the 25 pound ($48.74) daily charge was unfair, would not cut emissions of climate warming carbon dioxide and would deter businesses from moving to the city. HANOI (Reuters) - Dead poultry have been found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam, a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold spell, officials said on Tuesday. The Agriculture Ministry said in a report that callers to an animal health department hotline reported large numbers of dead birds in five provinces, but was not specific. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scientists studying Antarctic waters have filmed and captured giant sea creatures, like sea spiders the size of dinner plates and jelly fish with six meter (18 feet) tentacles. A fleet of three Antarctic marine research ships returned to Australia this week ending a summer expedition to the Southern Ocean where they carried out a census of life in the icy ocean and on its floor, more than 1,000 meters (yards) below the surface. | |        | ||
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| Member Press Releases By: the Center for Biological Diversity Citing a threat to bats from a new disease that is widespread, severe, and imminent, conservation organizations Monday petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for immediate action to prevent further harm to endangered bats. By: the Center for Biological Diversity Conservation groups from Panama, Costa Rica, and the United States are preparing to meet with a delegation from the World Heritage Centre and World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Panama to discuss threats to La Amistad International Park. La Amistad is a World Heritage site shared by Panama and Costa Rica that protects the largest, most diverse virgin rainforest remaining in Central America. It is one of the last refuges for such endangered species as the jaguar, ocelot, Central American tapir, resplendent quetzal, and harpy eagle. According to IUCN, the floral diversity of La Amistad is "perhaps unequaled in any other reserve of equivalent size in the world." By: Energy & Environmental Research Center BBI International and the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) anticipate nearly 700 attendees at the first International Biomass '08 Conference & Trade Show April 15-17, 2008, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By: African Wildlife Foundation International bans on the ivory trade and efforts to control poaching have helped Kenya's elephant population rebound, wildlife authorities say. In the Tsavo/Mkomazi area -- a conservancy in the larger Tsavo area in southern Kenya -- the elephant population grew from 10,397 in 2005 to 11,696 in 2008, according the Kenya Wildlife Service. By: the Center for Biological Diversity The Bush administration Thursday issued a new final critical habitat for the federally and state-protected Peirson's milk-vetch, as mandated by federal law. The new determination identifies a meager 12,105 acres of land in the Algodones Dunes as habitat necessary for the survival and recovery of the rare plant, representing a 33-percent reduction from last year's proposal. The new designation also fragments the area that would be enforced for conservation of the plant and fails to protect areas where the rare plant is currently growing. By: the Center for Biological Diversity Perpetuating a profoundly anti-environment legacy, the Bush administration Wednesday reduced the amount of land that is critical to the survival and recovery of the Nevin's barberry, an endangered plant, to only six acres. Only 3 percent of the plants in Riverside County are included in the critical habitat designation. Plants occurring in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties are completely ignored. By: the San Diego Zoo North America's largest flying bird was nearly lost to extinction, but thanks to a collaborative effort the California condor's future is flying high and news abounds. The recently launched Website, "California Condor Conservation," was created with new technology to provide the latest information from all of the organizations involved in this species' recovery. By: Essential Environment Products International The Fields of Green Team and Darrell Evans, former MLB baseball All-Star, have just completed the first part of his mission to bring about awareness and solutions to the environmental crisis we all face that has become a functioning reality. His website is alive and well, open to teach and inspire all things, green. Editor's Note : 'Network News' features press releases submitted directly by organizations in ENN's member network. This content is not specifically endorsed or supported by ENN and is not subject to ENN's editorial process. | |||||
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Buying greenhouse gas credits at the mall, bird flu alarm, lessons from cod and much more....
BOSTON, MA – Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in the symposium “Last Best Chance for Tuna: Learning from the Cod Collapse” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston on February 18.
The cultivating of fish and shellfish in artificial ponds has increased dramatically in the last few decades, apace with the ever greater depletion of fish stocks in the oceans. International aid organizations, working with local governments, have made major commitments to expanding aquaculture in the hope that such activities would alleviate poverty and spur economic growth in these areas.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - As many as 30 million people are tipped to switch off lights and televisions around the world to help fight climate change with 24 cities joining Earth Hour on March 29, environment group WWF said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Porsche may legally challenge London mayor Ken Livingstone's decision to tax gas guzzling cars driving in the city centre to help fight global warming.
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