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[Species Collapse]: from AP, through DesdemonaDespair, Wed Mar 17 2010:
Nonbinding shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting
China, Japan and Russia helped defeat a U.S.-endorsed proposal at a U.N. wildlife trade meeting Tuesday that would have boosted conservation efforts for sharks, expressing concern it would hurt poor nations and should be the responsibility of regional fisheries bodies.
The opposition to the shark proposal came hours after the marine conservation group Oceana came out with a report showing that demand for shark fin soup in Asia is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction. The nonbinding measure, which called for increased transparency in the shark trade and more research into the threat posed to sharks by illegal fishing, had been expected to gain approval by a committee of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES.... Oceana, a Washington, D.C.-based group, found that as many as 73 million sharks are killed each year, primarily for their fins, with much of the trade going to China.... Shark fin soup has long played central part in traditional Chinese culture, often being served at weddings and banquets. Demand for the soup has surged as increasing numbers of Chinese middle class family become wealthier.
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It's as if our short-sighted rapaciousness never stops moving forward.
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[Climate Chaos]: from USA Today, Wed Mar 17 2010:
Poll: Worries about environment hit low
Americans' worries about environmental issues have hit a 20-year low, largely because of economic concerns, according to a Gallup Poll released Tuesday.
Fewer adults worry "a great deal" about each of eight issues surveyed, including global warming, than a year ago, according to the poll of 1,014 Americans taken March 4-7. Their concerns about six of the issues hit record lows.
At the same time, in findings Gallup will release later this week, a record number -- 53 percent -- say economic growth takes precedence, even if it hurts the environment, says Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief.
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Do Americans hate the environment or love money?
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[Biology Breach]: from Environmental Health News, Wed Mar 17 2010:
Depleted and enriched uranium affect DNA in different ways
Radiation is not uranium's only health concern, say researchers who report the less radioactive form of the metal can also damage DNA, but in a different way that could also ...
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[Biology Breach]: from London Daily Telegraph, Wed Mar 17 2010:
The Biggest Dump in the World
Fifty years ago, most flotsam was biodegradable. Now it is 90 per cent plastic. In 2006, the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that there were 46,000 pieces of ...
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[Resource Depletion]: from New York Times, Tue Mar 16 2010:
A Risk of Poisoning the Deepest Wells
Fertilizing the oceans with iron has been proposed as a way of fighting climate change. The idea is that iron will promote blooms of phytoplankton that will remove carbon ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from NUVO Newsweekly, Tue Mar 16 2010:
Lucky animals get a whole week!
Governor Daniels proclaimed March 15-21 as National Wildlife Week in Indiana. To celebrate, animals throughout Indiana will experience a pause in the relentless destruction ...
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[Recovery]: from NUVO Newsweekly, Mon Mar 15 2010:
Have you taken this week's PANIQuiz?
Each week, Docs Michael and Jim sift through the week's miasma of news stories and craft the Pre-Apocalypse News & Info Quiz (PANIQuiz) to test your knowledge of just how ...
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[Species Collapse]: from Washington Post, Mon Mar 15 2010:
Bees are busier than ever as disease besieges colonies
...More than three years after beekeepers starting seeing the sudden disappearance of hive populations, scientists have yet to find the cause -- let alone the fix -- for a ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science via ScienceDaily, Sun Mar 14 2010:
Aquatic 'Dead Zones' Contributing to Climate Change
The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just ...
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[Biology Breach]: from Chicago Tribune, Sun Mar 14 2010:
Saving face
We turn to cosmetics to look our very best, but sometimes all that lathering, slathering, powdering and painting can do more harm than good. * Certain ingredients in personal ...
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[Biology Breach]: from Post-Tribune, Sun Mar 14 2010:
Toxicity of pile remains undetermined at site
More than a year and a half after ArcelorMittal first applied for a landfill in Burns Harbor, the company has not disclosed the toxics in all the waste to be landfilled.
The ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from New York Times, Sat Mar 13 2010:
New U.N. Climate Change Group is All Male
Women at some environmentally conscious nonprofits are indignant that a new group overseeing financing for a United Nations climate change effort has 19 members -- none of ...
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[Species Collapse]: from Associated Press, Sat Mar 13 2010:
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions ...
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[Recovery]: from Associated Press, Sat Mar 13 2010:
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget
A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's ...
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[Biology Breach]: from Associated Press, Fri Mar 12 2010:
Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe
Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children's jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing ...
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[Recovery]: from University of Wisconsin-Madison via ScienceDaily, Fri Mar 12 2010:
Scavenging Energy Waste to Turn Water Into Hydrogen Fuel
Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from Mother Jones, Fri Mar 12 2010:
Americans More Confused About Climate Than Ever
How effective has the resurgence of the climate denial machine been? Look no farther than the latest Gallup poll on American attitudes on global warming, which found significant ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from National Geographic News, Thu Mar 11 2010:
Sea Spray Detected 900 Miles Inland
Sea spray has been detected in the middle of the United States, some 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) from any ocean, a new study says.
Scientists discovered chlorine -- "a ...
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[Biology Breach]: from Associated Press, Thu Mar 11 2010:
US coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud
Residents of a coal mining town in the state of Pennsylvania have long believed the government's demolition of it was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite ...
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[Resource Depletion]: from Standard-Freeholder, Thu Mar 11 2010:
Massive water crisis looming: Gwynne Dyer speaks in city
Dyer presented a multitude of "frightening scenarios" which could occur in the next 20-25 years and he did not spare Canada.
He said our country could be confronted ...
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[Resource Depletion]: from IRIN, Thu Mar 11 2010:
Niger: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
"Empty" increasingly describes villages around the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - ...
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[Climate Chaos]: from CBC, Wed Mar 10 2010:
Seal pups beached -- lack of sea ice off Newfoundland
An exceptional lack of sea ice on the Gulf of St. Lawrence this winter has left seal mothers with few places to bear their young or to feed their pups.
The conditions have ...
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