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Headlines from around the planet
Updated November 16, 2006
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Of Special Interest
Breast Cancer Risk Linked To Red Meat, Study Finds
Younger women who regularly eat red meat appear to face an increased risk for a common form of breast cancer, according to a large, well-known Harvard study of women's health. The study of more than 90,000 women found that the more red meat the women consumed in their 20s, 30s and 40s, the greater their risk for developing breast cancer fueled by hormones in the next 12 years.
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Pets in the News Section update: 9/26/06
Pet Protection Bill Sent to Bush 9/26/06
Congress called for emergency preparedness plans that include helping individuals and families with pets, under legislation sent Wednesday to President Bush. It was during Hurricane Katrina that people saw the images of anguished pet owners asked to abandon their animals to gain shelter or be rescued.
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Health issues New! October 9, 2006
Spreading CWD through Saliva October 9, 2006
Deer can spread Chronic Wasting Disease through saliva and blood, which means no part of an infected animal is positively safe to eat, Colorado researchers report in today’s (October 5, 2006) edition of Science.
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News for the Birds Section update: 10/16/06
Study: Hummingbirds refuel in Mid-Flight 10/16/06
A new study shows that hummingbirds are capable of supporting more than 90 percent of their hovering needs within 20 minutes of ingesting cane sugar.
Unlike humans who must fuel up hours before intense exercise, hummingbirds can refuel in mid-flight, according to a new study.
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News about our Environment Latest Updates: October 25, 2006
Panel: New Great Lakes Water Deal Needed 10/25/06
A landmark U.S.-Canadian pact to clean up the Great Lakes has run its course after more than 30 years and should be scrapped in favor of a more modern strategy, a panel of officials from both nations said Tuesday(10/24/06).
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Agency to Test Grasslands Grazing Rules 10/16/06
The Forest Service plans to test new rules for livestock grazing on North Dakota's national grasslands, a project that will take at least 10 years. The project is part of the final management plan for the grasslands, which include more than 1 million acres in the Little Missouri National Grasslands in the west and Sheyenne National Grasslands in the southeastern part of the state.
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Air Quality in Singapore Plunges October 9, 2006
Smoke from Indonesian brush fires darkened skies across Southeast Asia on Saturday, sending air pollution levels soaring in at least two other nations. Singapore's air quality index hit 130, its highest level this year. It was also the first time in 2006 the measurement climbed above 100, the threshold for unhealthy.
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Billionaire Pledges $3B to Fight Warming <9/26/06
British business mogul Richard Branson on Thursday pledged to invest about $3 billion over the next decade to combat global warming and promote alternative energy, saying that it was critical to protect the environment for future generations.
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Aspen Trees Dying Out West 9/26/06
Something is killing the aspen trees of the Rocky Mountain West. Or so it seems to some scientists, who say the slender, white-bark trees that paint the hills gold every autumn are dying, leaving bald patches across the Rockies.
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32 Mayors Gather in Alaska to Talk Warming September 20, 2006
Mayors from 32 U.S cities were urged Saturday(Sept 16) to be leaders in slowing global warming by taking steps in their communities.We need to find the leadership in this country, said Mayor Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City at a conference on climate change. If it's not going to come from the top down. ... We need to push from the bottom up. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich hosted the conference.
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Study: Arctic Ice Melting Rapidly September 20, 2006
Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday (September 13), a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.
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Wildlife worry halts oil lease sales September 20, 2006
NPR-A: Groups sue to save bird habitat; judge wants better environmental impact studies. A judge Thursday (September 7) temporarily halted lease sales on more than 1 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that environmentalists say contain essential feeding and breeding grounds for caribou and migratory birds.
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Endangered Species and Animal Protection News Octber 25, 2006
Vermont to Kill More Moose 11/06/06
State wildlife biologists are hoping an aggressive moose hunt this season will help cut in half the number of animals in the Northeast Kingdom where the population has far exceeded the ability of the land to provide for them and moose conflicts with people are increasing, officials say.
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Researchers Abandon Monkey Experiments 10/25/06
A research center has dropped a controversial proposal to conduct medical experiments on up to 100 endangered African monkeys that are natural carriers of a form of the AIDS virus but do not get sick from it.
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Group: Congo Park Hippos Face Extinction 10/25/06
The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year due to intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday (10/21/06). The first two weeks of this month alone saw more than 400 hippos slaughtered in lawless Virunga National Park......
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Atlanta's month-old panda opens eyes 10/16/06
Zoo Atlanta's baby panda opened it eyes for the first time on Thursday.
Zoo officials made the discovery during a physical examination of the 36-day-old unnamed female cub. She's probably able to see now, said zoo veterinarian Dr. Maria Crane. We noticed she's paying more attention to her environment.
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U.S. Sets Aside Acreage for Beach Mice 10/16/06
Federal wildlife officials have designated 6,200 acres in coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as critical habitat for three endangered beach mouse species. Property owners or developers could be required to survey property for the protected mice before construction or to redesign a project that would harm the nocturnal creatures, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in a ruling Thursday.(10/12/06)
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Sickening 'Animal Olympics' 10/16/06
An Australian kangaroo receives a fierce blow to the head by a man dressed in a clown suit (pictured below) in a shameful contest that will further fuel fears over China's barbaric attitude to animals.
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Experiment Ravages Lions 10/16/06
Offspring from hybrid Asian, African breeding can barely walk. Nearly two dozen crossbred lions are slowly dying in northern India from a mysterious disease afflicting the hybrid offspring of Asiatic and African cats paired in a discontinued experimental program.
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Trophy Hunts on Public Lands 10/16/06
Deal Allows Hunting on Calif. Island. Deer and elk trophy hunts on a Southern California public island would continue under a deal reached Friday by congressional negotiators. The plan defies a federal court settlement and is strongly opposed by the National Park Service, which wants the nonnative game removed.
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Feds Reject Plan to Kill Wolves
10/09/06
Federal officials have rejected Idaho's plan to kill up to 43 wolves in north-central Idaho to boost elk numbers, saying scientific data gathered by the state do not justify the action.
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Scientist Warns of Species' Extinction 10/09/06
As many as half the world's species may face extinction by 2100 because of pollution, climate change, human population growth and other influences, a renowned scientist dubbed the father of biodiversity told an audience.....
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Scientists Study Decline in Turtle Nests September 26, 2006
Scientists are trying to figure out why the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests has declined significantly over the past seven years. Sea turtle biologists said this summer has seen the smallest number of nests on local beaches in 25 years along the Treasure Coast.
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Bears in the News
N.C. Opens Bear Sanctuary to Hunters 10/25/06
BURNSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - State officials will allow bear hunting in one of 10 mountain sanctuaries for the first time since the areas were established in 1970. The bear population has rebounded and is probably thriving too well, leading to too much interaction between bears and humans, said Mark Jones, a wildlife biologist and the Black Bear Project leader for the Wildlife Resources Commission.
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Marine Life News Updated: 11/06/06
U.S. Joins Protest of Iceland Whaling11/06/06
The United States and two dozen other countries are protesting Iceland's resumption of whaling, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday (Nov 3, 2006). We're extremely disappointed that Iceland has decided to resume commercial whaling in spite of the international ban and absent any agreed upon management system. Its actions undermine the proper functioning of the International Whaling Commission, Bill Hogarth, U.S. Commissioner to the IWC and director of the NOAA Fisheries Service, said in a statement.
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2 States Seek Lethal Sea Lion Removal 9/26/06
Oregon and Washington are drafting a proposal for limited selected lethal removal of protected California sea lions in the Columbia River to ease pressure on the spring chinook salmon run.
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Oceans and Waterways in the News
New Section: 11/06/06
Experts: Seafood could collapse by 205011/06/06
Clambakes, crabcakes, swordfish steaks and even humble fish sticks could be little more than a fond memory in a few decades. If current trends of overfishing and pollution continue, by 2050 the populations of just about all seafood face collapse, defined as 90 percent depletion, a team of ecologists and economists warns in a study published in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.
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Regulators May Cut Red Snapper Quotas 10/25/06
Years of overfishing have left so few red snapper that almost none reach full maturity, scientists say. To avoid eliminating the highly sought-after species, federal regulators said Monday they plan to cut the numbers of red snapper that may be caught by almost 30 percent next year.
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Government/National Parks News
Bush Calls for National Parks Makeover August 28, 2006
There's nothing like a big birthday bash on the horizon - even if it's a decade away - to make you want to look your best. So, President Bush on Friday directed the National Park Service on Friday to set "performance goals for itself for the next 10 years. The idea is to have as many bragging rights as possible when the park service turns a century old in 2016.
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Federal Court Blocks EPA Air Rules
A federal appeals court sided with 14 states Friday and blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from going forward with regulations that activists say would lead to more air pollution from the nation’s power plants and factories.
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