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ENVIROMENTALITY
A Topical Index of Environmental News, Research, Speculation, and Invective
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December 15,
2006
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Biodiversity
Congo Rangers Document Crimes Against
Nature
Blogging from the front lines of the Central African war against poachers: wildlifedirect Internet Sales Pose Threat to Rare Species The Internet is
a major factor in driving species into extinction faster than ever
say wildlife trade experts: ipsnews
Big Game Poaching
on Rise in Western US
Brazilian Gene Bank Becomes World's 7th
Largest
Statement made to WIPO opposes patenting of indigenous knowledge: "...would serve to facilitate the alienation, misappropriation, and commercialization of IK.": ip-watch Species Watch 13 New Fish Species in Venezuelan Amazon planetark US Endangered Status Sought for 12 Penguins ens-newswire Yangtze River Dolphin Extinct? globeandmail ICCAT Cuts Bluefin Tuna Quotas 20% by 2010 bbc Business Corporations
GM Plans to Build
Plug-In Hybrid
EPA Announces 2006 Green Power Leadership
AwardsHedging the Bets on Hydrogen: techreview GE Takes On Wind Generated Desalination in
Texas
Russian
energy company brings back an old
idea: popsciStory: techreview Rosenergoatom Will Build Floating Nuke in White Sea BP Solar Sticking With Old Fashioned Silicon
Story: techreview
Climate
Sneak
Peek at IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report
The report
will lessen human responsibility by 25%:
thestandard
2005: 4th Straight Year of Increased CO2 Emissions US Greenhouse Emissions Rise by .6% in 2005 Story: enn Dams: Huge Contributors to Warming Chinese scientists allege that GHG emissions from reservoirs exceed coal burning impacts: iol Brazilian and French scientists corroborate impacts: guardian Livestock GHG Emissions Exceed Transportation's Food and Agriculture Organization says the the livestock sector is a major threat to environment as it generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent - 18 percent - than transport: allafrica
Energy and Transportation
Green Power in US Up 37% to 0.2% of Total
Sales
Story: eere Fed Inquiry Into US Oil and Gas Concessions Begins Story: nytimes Fed Panel Approves Gas Mega Terminal In LI Sound Story: planetark US Will Set Efficiency Standards for More Appliances Story: usatoday Zero Energy Home Completed in Denver Details and specs: nrel Toyota's Chief Prius Engineer Killed in Plane Crash Story: msnbc
Forests
US-Indonesia
Pact to Fight Illegal Logging
Story:
planetark
Old Growth
Forest Soil Sequesters
Carbon
The debate
over carbon conscious forest practices takes a turn in favor of
preserving old growth:
rockymountainnews
Vermont Study
Finds 82% Butternut Fungus Infestation
Story:
sciencedaily
Fraud Alleged
in Tasmanian Forestry Practices Certification
Since the
Australian Forest Certification Scheme was recognized in 2004 by
the Luxembourg based
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC), the practice of Tasmanian forest
napalming has come to light: lagrandeepoque (French)
Forest Denizens
Demonstrate Across India
Story:
planetark
Nutrition, Health, and Wealth
Pneumonia: Hidden Global KillerPneumonia is the biggest killer of world children: goldbamboo Fusarium Wilt Threatens Asian Banana Plantations Story: inibap (Continues >>>)
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On October 28,
2006, "Japanese fishers found an unusual
bottlenose dolphin with an extra set of fins that could be an
evolutionary throwback to the time when the marine mammals' ancient
ancestors walked on land."Nutrition, Health, and Wealth,
cont'd
AIDS Epidemic Continued to Grow in Past 12
MonthsStory: un Gene Silencing Produces Edible Cotton Story: techreview GMO Watch EU Accepts WTO Ruling on GMOs euractiv Burkina Faso
to Launch Transgenic Cotton
2007
truthtrade
China
Postpones Transgenic Rice
planetarkWeizmann Head Says GMOs Pose No Threat truthtrade New and Noteworthy Media
The
Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of
American EnvironmentalismBook by Aaron Sachs Review: nytimes Omnivore's Dilemma Book by Michael Pollan Booksite: pollan The Great Warming Film by Michael Taylor Review: nytimes Science and Tech Frontiers
Science in the Courtroom: The Knottiest
ProblemBlog: scienceblogs Climate Scientists Submit Brief to Supreme Court A group of 18 distinguished scientists lay it all out for the baffled Justices in Mass. v EPA Brief: community Titanium Oxide Eats Smog TO inserted into paint, plaster, or paving materials oxidizes surface soot until such time as pollution sources are controlled: nytimes Global Free Flow of Ideas, Tech, and Stats A new software tool called Psiphon allows web surfers anywhere to bypass government censors: cbc Researchers Find Viable Biomass to Hydrogen Process A new way to make hydrogen directly from biomass, such as soy oil, reported in the current issue of Science, could cut the cost of electricity production using various cheap fuels: techreview Waters and Wetlands
Jordan, Palestine, and Israel to
Cooperate on Dead Sea Story:
planetarkLos Angeles Returns a River to Inyo County Desert Story: csmomnitor Some Recovery Seen in Iraqi Wetlands Story: bbc New Dam Larger Than 3 Gorges Underway in China Story: enn Huge Brazilian Dam Stirs Opposition Story: planetark
Waste
Carcinogenic Flame Retardant
Finds a New Life
Sewage Overflows Still Impact
Great Lakes SystemChlorinated Tris, once banned from children's sleepwear, is now appearing in furniture foam: nytimes Story: planetark EWaste Watch Basel COP8 Focused on EWaste unep EPA to Regulate Nanosilver techreview Berkeley, CA Will Regulate Nanomaterials techreview |
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Special thanks to the many information sources flowing into this publication.
Compiled by
Adam
Cherson, AB, JD,
MPA-Environmental Science and
Policy
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