The Conservation Report

In wildness is the preservation of the world. – Henry David Thoreau

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS

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AIRLINE INDUSTRY: Deeper cuts to come in U.S. airline service

ANIMAL WELFARE: Animals adrift after midwest floods

BIOFUELS: Biofuels put 30M in poverty, Oxfam says, Algae-to-fuel project could get tryout in Holland, Billion acres of fallow farmland could grow biofuels

CARBON TAX: Tax means fewer travellers at main Dutch airport

CLIMATE CHANGE: Major lion die-offs linked to climate change

COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS AND MERCURY: Home Depot offers recycling for compact fluorescent bulbs

CRYPTIC SPECIES: ‘Hidden’ species may be surprisingly common

ENERGY MIX OF THE FUTURE: Harness volcano power, energy experts say: Volcanoes and hot springs could supply up to 25 per cent of America’s power needs, energy experts have said., How a man-made tornado could power the future

FISHERIES: Ban spurs dramatic fish recovery in Australia

FISHERIES OBSERVER: Man pleads guilty to harassment on ship

GENETICS: Field Museum’s genetic study rewrites family tree on birds, Birds of a feather revealed in evolutionary tree

GREEN CONSTRUCTION: Team in Philadelphia aims to build modern, green, LEED certified homes for $100K

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: New Calif. cars to sport greenhouse gas labels: ‘Global Warming Score’ will show buyers estimated emissions, California Will Offer Plan to Cut Harmful Emissions

LANDFILLS: Hawaii contemplates dumping trash in Oregon

LOFL: Is your MySpace page…ugly?

NASA: Invest in Nasa to beat the Chinese to Mars

NATURE: Frogs pierce skin with claws of bone

OIL: $200-a-barrel oiL: As forecasters take that possibility more seriously, they describe fundamental shifts in the way we work, where we live and how we spend our free time., OPEC leader Khelil says dollar will drive oil to $170

SCIENCE: 100 years on, mystery shrouds massive ‘cosmic impact’ in Russia

SOLAR: Green energy blooms in the desert, Solar financier SunRun pulls in money, World’s most efficient solar dish?

UPWARD MIGRATION: Plants “climbing” mountains due to global warming

WHALING: Chile declares permanent ban on whaling, Japan pressured to follow suit, Legalize whaling (a little), some conservationists say

WILDFIRES: Smoky skies threaten health in fiery California

WIND POWER: The U.S.’s first offshore wind farm…FINALLY

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