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ENVIROMENTALITY
A topical index of environmental news, research, speculation, and invective April 15,
2007
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Biodiversity
Tradable Biodiversity Credits System Proposed Ecuador Considers Limiting Galapagos Tourism The Fish and
Wildlife Service--the federal agency charged with administering the
Endangered Species Act--is quietly working to accomplish regulatory
changes that would lessen the protection of imperiled organisms and
undercut their chances of recovery:
go to
US: Feds To Look at Climate
Impact on Animals
The Bush administration will examine whether a growing
number of species, including polar bears affected by thinning sea ice,
are at risk from global warming and need federal protection: go
to
US: Ranchers and Army Are at Odds in Old West Twenty Grouper Species Now Threatened Battle To Save Tasmanian Devil Sea Lion Decline Linked to Climate Change New Leopard Species in Borneo and Sumatra Shark Losses Spell Bad News for Oysters and Clams Mekong Dolphin Makes Comeback Extinct Arabian Oryx Re-introduced to UAE Desert Snapper Species Discovered In Brazil Reed Warbler Found After 139 Years American Croc No Longer Near Extinction Pygmy Rabbits Raised in Captivity Freed 65,000 Indian Monkeys To Be Sterilized 2 New Eyeless Albino Millipede Species in Arizona India’s Lions to Get More Armed Guards Annually 10-25% of All Florida Panthers Are Road Kill Search for Maine Cougar Evidence Business Corporations and Finance
Mitsubishi Nuclear Reactor Chosen for Dallas by TXU Kaiser Will Study Environmental Disease Causes
The Utah-based corporation obtained a
50 year license to develop eco-tourism in the Conkouati-Douli National
Park, the central African country's most diverse reserve: go
togo to
Pioneer International To Develop Eco-Tourism in Congo IA Developm't Bank
Funding Small Rural Biodiesel in LA
Climate
Powerful New Tool to Track CO2 by Source Scientists
from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory have unveiled a new tool
to monitor changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases by region and source. The tool, called CarbonTracker, will enable
its users to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce or
store carbon emission: go
to
US: Warming Joins Terror Atop List of Concerns Time for the US to Consider a National Drought Policy? go to Panoply of Wacky Global Warming Remedies go to Scientists Uncover Prehistoric Hurricane Activity A team from LSU publishes results of a new methodology that allows us to view storm severity and frequency far into the past: go to Energy
and
Transportation
Global Environment Fund Investing in Coal Generation The world's biggest fund for environmental projects is investing for the first time in a non-renewable, polluting fuel -- coal -- in what it says is a new pragmatic approach to the energy needs of the developing world: go to Cape Wind Wins State Approval in Massachusetts, US go to How Green is Nuclear Power? go to US: 963 Buildings Receive Energy Star go to Understanding and Informing the Policy Environment: US State Level Renewable Fuels Standards go to (pdf) UN & WB Insuring Geothermal Exploration in Kenya The United Nations and World Bank have launched a fund to help insure energy explorers hunting geothermal power sources under Africa's volcanic Great Rift Valley: go to Biofuels Watch EPA: Ethanol Plant Controls May be Lifted Argentina to Produce Biodiesel with Algae (Span) Cellulosic Ethanol Research Update Brazil and Jamaica in Biofuels Pact (Span) Biomass Process to Meet All US Transport Needs Centia™ Applicable to Cold Weather Biodiesel Fuels Forests and
Agriculture
Newly Elected Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo Cancels Illegal Logging Contracts 20
illegally granted logging contracts which covered nearly three million
hectares (7.4 million acres) of forest have
been declared void by the new administration: go to
Is
Recycled Paper in Trouble?
Judge
Rejects Bush Forest Rules
Brazil
to Give Amazonian Tribes Internet Access to Fight DeforestationThe plan aims to help reduce illegal logging by enabling natives to monitor and report on illicit activities: go to Deer Overgrazing Denigrates PA, US Forests Pennsylvania natural resources officials
say the state's forests aren't showing any new growth: go
to
Agriculture & GMO Watch 15 West African States Join Food Biotech Mission Membrane Reduces Dry Soil Irrigation 30-50% Elevated Arsenic In Rice From South Central US Transgenic Hen's Eggs Rich in Therapeutic Proteins Multi System, Multi Species 21st Century Farming Unlawful GMO Rice from BASF Surfaces in Arkansas Brazilian Cacao To Receive Sustainability Advisors Nutrition, Health,
and Wealth
Food Enhanced With Isotopes Prolongs Life Charles Cantor, a professor of biomechanical engineering at Boston University, said: 'Preliminary data indicates that this approach can potentially increase life span without adverse side effects. If this is borne out by further experiments the implications are profound.': go to go to Breakthrough In Production of Universal Red Blood A multi-national team reports that two bacterial glycosidase gene families can provide enzymes capable of efficient removal of A and B antigens at neutral pH with low consumption of recombinant enzymes, a process that would improve the blood supply while enhancing the safety of clinical transfusions: go to |
 This photo provided by Columbia University shows a prototype of an air capture device built by Columbia University researchers Klaus Lackner and Frank Zeman. It would suck carbon dioxide from the free-flowing air, perhaps near wind turbines, to help lessen global warming. The carbon dioxide would flow into the bowl at lower left, be separated with absorbent chemicals, then liquid carbon dioxide mix would flow into the bucket in the picture, bottom center, and air without carbon dioxide would flow out the top right corner container. (AP Photo/Columbia University, Federico Barrai) Nutrition,
Health, and Wealth, cont'd
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