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Seabim Blog Blog Archive Damaged Oil Well gets new BOP
www.seabim.com via @FloridaLive &bull 3 Hours AgoTonight the old blowout preventer (BOP) shall be removed by BP. Its failing had caused this summer's big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A new BOP will be installed. This shall prevent another spill, in case the final… Full Story »
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Most Penguin Populations Continue to Decline
www.newswise.com via @galapa_gal &bull YesterdayNewswise - Penguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet's eighteeen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines. The effects of climate change, overfishing, chronic oil pollution and predation by introduced mammals are among the major factors cited repeatedly by penguin scientists as contributing to these population drops. Prior to the conference, thirteen of these penguin species were already classified as endangered or threatened. Some penguin species may face extinction in this century. More than 180 penguin biologists, government officials,… Full Story »
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Millions of endangered sockeye crowd into Fraser River
blogfish &bull Yesterday
Huh? Wait a minute, this doesn't make sense. Just when we were ready to close the book on Fraser River sockeye salmon. Just when the judicial inquiry into their disappearance is getting underway. The darn fish won't stop coming home… Full Story »
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Feral cats wiping out endangered bush species - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
www.abc.net.au via @bio2010aus &bull YesterdayA new report from the Nature Conservancy has found that mammal species in northern Australia are in rapid decline and many are at risk of becoming extinct within the next decade. The head of biodiversity for the Northern Territory Environment Department,… Full Story »
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Have your say today on the future of Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay marine parks
ymlp.com via @ourlastsharks &bull YesterdayThe Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay marine parks are under attack and urgently need your support. The protective zonings for both the Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay marine parks are under review and anti-marine park lobbyists are fighting hard to… Full Story »
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Kenya asks celebrities to save its endangered wildlife
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Sep 2, 2010Kenyan conservationists ask celebrities to adopt local endangered animals in order to provide much-needed wildlife preservation funding. World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt holds a cheetah cub at the headquarters of the Kenyan Wildlife Service in Nairobi on November… Full Story »
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Endangered: Biodiversity on the Brink, By Mitch Tobin
www.facebook.com via @savingspecies &bull Sep 1, 2010Endangered: Biodiversity on the Brink, By Mitch TobinExcerpts from a great review in Santa Fe New Mexican: "the author pulls the Endangered Species Act out of the political catfight that often impedes its enforcement and sheds light on the act's… Full Story »
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QA: HELP! I'm writing an article about global warming but i don't know where to start!?
www.4-u-all.com via @4uall_com &bull Sep 1, 2010Question by nikigrl777: HELP! I'm writing an article about global warming but i don't know where to start!? I'm writing an article for my school newspaper.. This entry was posted by All4U on September 1, 2010 at 6:23 pm, and is filed under Article Writing. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your… Full Story »
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Oceana & Greenpeace Send Research Ships to the Gulf
Solve Climate Chronicles &bull Sep 1, 2010
GULFPORT, MS. -- Mike Hirshfield, the chief scientist aboard the ship Oceana Latitude, is a lean, white-bearded man with keen brown eyes. Currently, those eyes are trained on the Gulf of Mexico as he and a crew of 12 scientists conduct independent research on the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We've never had a circumstance where so much oil has come up from so deep," he said during the launching party for the boat's research mission to the gulf. During their mission,… Full Story »
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WWF South Africa - Endangered Cape Leopard roams BWI Champion estate
www.wwf.org.za via @esgarchitect &bull Sep 1, 2010A pregnant Juliet wonders pass one of the cameras set up on Lourensford Estate to determine if there are leopards roaming the area at night. An alpha male Romeo, a pregnant female Juliet and a young female Susan have been… Full Story »
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Celluloid Blue and Green: How Bullfrog Films is Bringing Together Environmental and Working-Class Concerns
workingclassstudies.wordpress.com via @alischinsky &bull Sep 1, 2010In 2009 Emagazine represented the coming together of labor and environmental activists as the marriage of "blue" and "green." Environmental journalist Ethan Goffman chronicled the new alliances being made between the two (previously opposed) camps, such as the United Steelworkers and the Sierra… Full Story »
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Philippe Cousteau Talks On Sea Turtles' Fate In The Gulf
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) &bull Aug 31, 2010
We've all heard about the sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico being in real trouble since the oil spill: of the five species that live there, four were already on the endangered list (officially) and the other is considered… Full Story »
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Odd chill kills florida corals
blogfish &bull Aug 31, 2010
Cold water burbling up from the depths has stunned and killed some of Florida's endangered coral. Nobody knows why, but a spate of cold water squirted up from the deep ocean--where it's always cold--and gave corals and fish an icy… Full Story »
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50,000 Minks Loose In Greece After Fur Farm Raid
TreeHugger &bull Aug 31, 2010Nothing like a flood of minks loose in a country's already fragile ecosystem to put environmentalists in a tough spot. Two fur farms in northern Greece were raided, the results of which saw 50,000 minks running for the hills. Fortunately… Full Story »
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Russia and China Set Up First Ever Transboundary Protected Area for Endangered Amur Tigers
World WIldlife Fund &bull Aug 31, 2010
Listen to the story of how WWF helped a masked bandit return to the prairie, in the newest edition of WWF's podcast series "The Wild Things." Learn more. Make a symbolic Amur Leopard adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's… Full Story »
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HQ Prince George
hqprincegeorge.com via @Greengamma &bull Aug 31, 2010Prince George, B.C. - Seven young adults from across the province are returning to their communities inspired after a trip of life time along the Fraser River. During the following three weeks, participants in the Sustainable Living Leadership Program learned… Full Story »
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Lynx kittens documented in Summit County Summit County Citizens Voice
summitcountyvoice.com via @bberwyn &bull Aug 30, 2010Front Range animal shelters are caring for more than half the 157 cats taken last week from a home in Powell, Wyo., where feces and dried urine clung to floors. A controversy over payday-lending regulations has escalated after the two Democratic lawmakers behind the industry overhaul said the Republican attorney general's staff has favored lenders when… Full Story »
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Finance Site Lists Most Expensive Invasive Species
TreeHugger &bull Aug 30, 2010Asian carp aren't the only invasive species causing trouble in the United States. While the monster fish captures headlines as it inches toward the Great Lakes, other species have already colonized other parts of the country, and are costing plenty… Full Story »
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"Noah's Ark" gives rare plants seeds of survival
news.xinhuanet.com via @EKaysia &bull Aug 30, 2010Davidia involucrata is an endangered species growing in Southwest China. The seed bank at the Kunming Institute of Botany is aiming to protect China's most rare plants. BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Intrepid scientists protect China's wealth of plant life.… Full Story »
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A slow comeback for the endangered Eurasian otter in France
Monga Bay &bull Aug 29, 2010
In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter ( Lutra lutra ) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter's range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions… Full Story »
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