By Associated Press & KING 5 Staff Posted on April 19, 2010 at 7:38 PM OLYMPIA, Wash. — Biologists who examined a gray whale that died after stranding on a West Seattle beach say it had a large amount of garbage in its stomach — ranging from a pair of sweat pants to a golf […]
For Immediate Release, April 15, 2010Contact: Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 310-6713 TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a draft land and resource management plan for the Coronado National Forest that includes sweeping rollbacks for wildlife protection. The plan, which would govern all land management on the Sky Island forest for […]
By Renee Schoof | McClatchy Newspapers UNIONTOWN, Ala. — When the mound of wet coal ash began to rise in the landfill across the road from her pretty yellow house with the peonies and roses in the front yard, Ruby Holmes felt overpowered by a horrible smell. A few doors down, Mary Williams, a retired […]
(AFP) A lack of sea ice in one of the warmest Canadian winters on record and a European boycott have ruined what was to be a banner seal hunt off Canada’s Atlantic coast this month. Canada’s Fisheries Minister Gail Shea last month increased by 50,000 the allowable catch of harp seals this season to 330,000, […]
Scientists in Alaska have discovered that lingering oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill is still being ingested by some wildlife more than 20 years after the disaster. The research, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, uses biomarkers to reveal long-term exposure to oil in harlequin ducks and demonstrates how consequences of oil spills are […]
Warmer summers are accelerating the rate at which the Devon Island ice cap is losing mass, according to new research. The study’s authors say that although the extent and depth of the cap have been declining since measurements began in 1961, the trend has increased since 1985. A paper published in the March edition of […]
By Steve Carmody (2010-04-12) ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) – New University of Michigan research finds invasive species are accelerating PCBs up the food chain. Recent dredging of the Saginaw River was intended to remove PCB contaminated soil. U of M fishery biologist David Jude says tests indicate the dredging worked. But he says walleyes […]
The cost of constructing a new coal-fired power plant has increased by 50% in the last year alone. Appalachian coal production is declining, coal prices are rising, and we’re importing coal from Indonesia. Now Dominion is promoting a plan to re-regulate electricity markets that would put all the risks onto Virginia’s rate payers. … Virginia […]
By Jesse Fox, Tel Aviv, Israel on 04.11.10 The boundless growth of suburban sprawl in the US, long blamed for everything from climate change to social segregation, may finally be slowing down. According to a new study by the EPA, new construction in the urban cores and older suburbs of American cities is beginning […]
By Brian Winter, USA TODAY MULESHOE, Texas — James Wedel remembers seeing thunderheads on the horizon and thinking: “Oh good, we’re finally gonna get some rain.” One problem: Those weren’t rain clouds. “The wind started blowing, the dust started blowing, and you could hardly see in front of your face,” Wedel says. “Static electricity was […]
