AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.?— The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter requirements Wednesday for cleaning ballast water that keeps ships upright in rolling seas but enables invasive species to reach U.S. waters, where they have ravaged ecosystems and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. The Waldorf [...]
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Experts: Thawing permafrost ‘speeding’ up warming
December 3rd, 2011 
admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota WASHINGTON?— Massive amounts of greenhouse gases trapped below thawing permafrost will likely seep into the air over the next several decades, accelerating and amplifying global warming, scientists warn. Those heat-trapping gases under the frozen Arctic ground may be a bigger factor in global warming than [...]
Ringling circus paying big fine over animal case
December 3rd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota David T. Foster III / Charlotte Observer via APRingling Bros. elephants are escorted through Charlotte, N.C., on Jan. 25 as a promotion for the circus coming to town.The parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said Monday that?it had agreed to settle [...]
Wandering wolf now too famous to be shot?
December 3rd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, fileThis June 19, 2010 trail camera image provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a wolf from the Imnaha pack in northestern Oregon. A young male from this pack fitted with a collar transmitting [...]
Climate talks open over dying Kyoto Protocol
December 3rd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota DURBAN, South Africa?— Countries will make a last-ditch effort to save a dying Kyoto Protocol at global climate talks starting on Monday aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions blamed by scientists for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures. Kyoto, which was adopted [...]
Time running out for deal at climate talks
December 2nd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota JOHANNESBURG?— Time is quickly running out to strike a deal at global climate talks to save a Kyoto Protocol in its death throes and make major cuts in the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for rising temperatures, wilder weather and crop failures. The Waldorf [...]
World-traveling sea turtle comes home
December 2nd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota When Johnny Vasco de Gama showed up in the Netherlands three years ago, he was a nameless, frigid sea turtle with little chance of surviving much longer in the icy waters of the North Sea. But now, this accidental world traveler is back in the [...]
Drought kills thousands of Christmas trees
December 2nd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Pat Sullivan / APDavid Barfield checks one of his saplings at his Christmas tree farm in New Caney, Texas, on Nov. 8. Only a handful of the 500 saplings planted have survived the drought this year. By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated PressNEW CANEY, Texas — Dry, [...]
Feds bag idea of limiting target practice on public lands
December 2nd, 2011 admin AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota The Obama administration on Wednesday backed off a draft policy to restrict target shooting on federal land near residential areas.In a memo, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he would direct his agency to “take no further action to develop or implement” the draft. U.S. News [...]
