ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
AGRICULTURE: SCIENTIST AT WORK | NORMAN T. UPHOFF: Food Revolution That Starts With Rice
ARCTIC MELTING: Arctic Ice in “Death Spiral,” Is Near Record Low
AUTO INDUSTRY: No “Revolting” the Volt: Chevy Battery Does Not Recharge While Driving
BUSHMEAT: Bush-Meat Ban Would Devastate Africa’s Animals, Poor?
CARBON: Heat Hinders Ground’s Ability to Absorb CO2
E-WASTE: 7 Hurdles to Electronics Recycling
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 19 Electric Car Players Pitch San Francisco, 30 electric cars companies ready to take over the road, China Planning Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
ENERGY: Researchers Developing the “Internet for Energy”, New Energy Project Will Be Even Larger than the Pickens Plan: Move over, T. Boone Pickens. You’re about to be overshadowed by Babcock and Brown
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Croc Hunter’s ‘Bum-Breathing’ Turtle Faces Extinction
EVOLUTION: Scientists Discover Fish in Act of Evolution in Africa’s Greatest Lake, From the Onion: Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs ‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity
FUEL CELLS: First Fuel Cell-Powered Plane Presented in Germany
GOOGLE: Google search finds seafaring solution
GREEN CONSTRUCTION: 15 Inspiring Glimpses into the Future of Green Housing, The First LEED Platinum Skyscraper Nearly Completed, Lost middle-class tribe’s ’secret’ eco-village in Wales spotted in aerial photograph taken by plane, Paint it white: Cool roofs save cash and carbon, New experimental homes will heat themselves
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY: Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle, Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHYBRID unveiled
HYDROGEN FUEL: Scientists Reach Hydrogen Storage Milestone
INVASIVE SPECIES: State wildlife commission seeks tougher rules for owning pet snakes, Stop slithering intruders: Asian swamp eels are an invasive foreign species that is dangerously prolific and adaptive, threatening fish and other native creatures
NATURAL GAS-POWERED VEHICLES: Pickens Overlooks Existing Natural Gas Cars in Energy Plan: Reality Check
NEW SPECIES: New Iguana Species Revealed
OFFSHORE WIND POWER: Huge Offshore Wind Farm Wins Approval, Offshore Wind To Supply 15% of Rhode Island Electricity
PHEV: Plug-In Hybrids Aren’t Coming — They’re Here, Houses passes bill with $5k Volt tax-credit, mandatory alternative fuel pumps
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: California’s 220 MPH High-Speed Train Will Be Emissions-Free
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REDISCOVERED SPECIES: Rare Plant Thought Extinct Re-discovered in Upstate New York
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY: Indiana will get $227 million waste to fuel plant
WATER AVAILABILITY: When Will Los Angeles Run Out of Water? Sooner Than You Think, Cactus Goo Makes Water Safe: The slimy ooze inside prickly pear cactuses that helps the plants store water in the desert can also be used for scouring arsenic, bacteria and cloudiness out of rural drinking water, according to research at the University of South Florida in Tampa
WATER CONSERVATION: Harvesting Rainwater by Not Letting It Go to Waste
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Yellowstone seeks to balance nature, cell phones, Judge refuses to let snowmobiles roam Yellowstone
ZOONOTIC DISEASES: Hamsters, Exotic Pets May Put Young Children At Risk, Doctors Say
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