ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
ANIMAL WELFARE: Wild horses may face death sentence
ANTARCTIC MELTING: At Antarctic Peninsula, Fast Change
BIODIVERSITY: Bat bonanza: 100+ species found in 5 acres of jungle
CARBON: McCain flips flops on flip flop re: CA CO2, The world’s wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming “carbon bomb” if they are destroyed…
CARPOOLING: It’s time to start thinking in terms of PMPG, people-Miles-per-gallon
CLIMATE CHANGE: Glacier tunnel collapses, Yellowstone geysers may stop erupting, study suggests, Some European grasslands may resist warming, Rare Argentina winter ice break
CORALS: Coral-wrecking starfish curbed by fishing regs, Tainted African dust clouds harm U.S., Caribbean reefs, A third of reef-building corals at risk of extinction
CONSERVATION: McCain turns back on Grand Canyon: GOP hopeful talks like Teddy Roosevelt but doesn’t act like him, Fatal attack on conservationists’ truck in gorilla park
DEVIL FACIAL TUMOUR DISEASE (DFTD): Cancer causing Tasmanian devils to breed younger
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: N. Rockies wolves get federal protection restored
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Stanford Environmental Law Clinic announces Ninth Circuit upholds case requiring U.S. EPA to regulate invasive species pollution, 9th Circuit Court tells EPA to close loophole for ballast water
EVOLUTION: Bug-eyed flatfish evolution revealed
FISHERIES: Mexican resorts destroying mangroves, dooming fisheries
FUEL ECONOMY: Smart ForTwo MHD stop-start system is claimed to reduce petrol consumption by eight per cent
GIANT SQUID: Giant squid dissected in public
GREEN CONSTRUCTION: 7,000 square foot home has zero carbon footprint
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT: Planes, machinery and car traffic are so noisy now in many cities that some birds must tweet louder and alter their songs in an attempt to be heard over the near-deafening urban din, new research has determined…., Badgers, rabbits undermine England’s ancient monuments
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY: Honda’s hybrid-only Prius fighter!, Nissan, GM and Ford agree to build hybrid taxis for New York City
MINING: MSHA: Poor engineering left Crandall mine primed for killer collapse
NATURE: 8 Natural wonders added to UN heritage list
NEW SPECIES: Mystery bug invader stumps museum experts
NUCLEAR POWER: A renegade against Greenpeace: Why he says they’re wrong to view nuclear energy as ‘evil’
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Pentagon: Over 1000 nuclear weapon parts missing?
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Discounts help bus travel thrive in some cities
SCIENCE: Yellow submarine probes undersea world, New maps to help tap ocean winds, Magnets can deter sharks: research, Northern lights mystery exposed by scientists
SYNGAS: Ottawa building North America’s first gasification facility
WIND POWER: Whales, dolphins inspire wind turbine tech
