ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
AIR POLLUTION: Beijing begins massive shutdown to curb pollution before Olympics
ANTARCTIC MELTING: Ice adrift from warming scrapes Antarctic seabed bare, Ice shelf hanging by a thread, More icebergs scouring Antarctica’s seabed
ARCTIC COOLING: Distant wildfires cause Arctic cooling
ASSISTED COLONIZATION; ASSISTED MIGRATION: Should we relocate species threatened by climate change?, Move species threatened by warming, scientists advise, Moving species to save them: Pros and cons
BIODIESEL: China builds tung tree oil biodiesel plants
CARBON SEQUESTERING: EPA drafts rule for carbon sequestration, Amazon river powers Atlantic carbon sink
CLIMATE CHANGE: White House buries climate change deaths report
DESERTIFICATION: Sand swallowing Chinese city
DEVIL FACIAL TUMOUR DISEASE (DFTD): “Teen sex” rising for cancer-affected Tasmanian devils
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Judge orders federal wolf protections restored: Decision likely ends planned wolf hunt for this fall, Living with wolves Q&A: No hunting season for wolves, but poachers likely, Gray wolves regain endangered-species protections: A Montana judge sides with environmentalists who had challenged the species’ delisting
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP: Green countries: A global report card on nations doing the most, and least, to clean up the environment
EVOLUTION: Noisy fish reveal evolution of vocalizing
GREEN ADVERTISEMENT: Cooling off on dubious eco-friendly claims
GREEN CONSTRUCTION: Vast cities that float on the seas are to transform how we live, real-life Atlantises that will allow humankind to prosper once existing coastlines fall to the ravages of global warming, XERITOWN: New sustainable urban complex for Dubailand
HYDROGEN FUEL: Researchers generate hydrogen without the carbon footprint
INVASIVE SPECIES: Tiny bug threatens to take down U.S. citrus crops
MARINE CONSERVATION: Vibrant new reefs found off Brazil
NATURE: Leopard attacks and kills crocodile (PHOTOS, VIDEO), Weirdest animals and creatures in the world post, “Annoying” bird mimics sirens, Bees enlisted to attack crows in Tokyo, Nature’s own nano gold found
NEW SPECIES: Has a new species of insect appeared in the middle of London?
OFFSHORE DRILLING: The three biggest myths the Bush Administration wants you to believe about offshore drilling
REEL BIG FISH: “Monster” lake’s rare giants lure anglers, biologists
RECYCLING: Jets mined for parts, homes
RED TIDE: Red tide kills Mexico fish
SOLAR: Florida gives green light to largest solar power plant in U.S.
SUSTAINABILITY: Amazing Stat: California uses more gas than China
TIDAL POWER: East coast getting tidal energy projects , World’s first commercial-scale tidal power turbine begins feeding electricity to the grid: SeaGen more than four times the size of next largest tidal turbine
UPWARD MIGRATION: Stinging wasps moving north due to warming?
VERTICAL FARMING: Country, the city version: Farms in the sky gain new interest
WATER AVAILABILITY: The water shortage myth, Bottled water wars
WAVE POWER: Wave-powered boat makes it from Japan to Hawaii
WIND POWER: First U.S. town powered completely by wind
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