NewsRack: flenvcenter/Biodiversity_Independent

Chimpanzees In Africa Outwit Human Hunters, Disarm Traps - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

BBC — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Across Africa, people often lay snare traps to catch bushmeat, killing or injuring chimps and other wildlife. But a few chimps living in the rainforests...

Four Year-Old Maddy Cerra Raises Awareness About Endangered Orangutans - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Erica Liepmann — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

When Maddy Cerra caught sight of an endangered species photo at school, she insisted that orangutans like the one in the picture needed her help....

Court Gives Northern Spotted Owl a Fresh Chance at Recovery - ENS

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Court Gives Northern Spotted Owl a Fresh Chance at Recovery

Latest Gulf of Mexico Explosion Illustrates Dangers of Offshore Drilling Operations - ENN Network News - ENN

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz.— Thursday’s explosion in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest in a string of incidents in recent decades illustrating the dangers of offshore drilling in shallow waters. Despite assurances from the Obama administration, the hazards of shallow-water operations remain significant.

New study weighs in on organic vs. conventional debate - Grist Magazine

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Michelle Venetucci Harvey. Does growing food organically really matter?  Supporters of conventional agriculture say that organic farming is little more than a fad—and that organic produce lightens consumers’ wallets for no tangible benefits. And unfortunately, since agro-ecosystems are so complex, scientists have had a hard time cutting through the haze of claims and counter-claims. Until now: “ Fruit and Soil Quality of Organic and Conventional Strawberry Agroecosystems ,” a study led by Washington State University Regents professor of soil science John Reganold, is one of the most comprehensive, persuasive studies yet to show the nutritional and environmental benefits of organic farming.  Its findings ...

Latest Gulf of Mexico Explosion Again Illustrates Danger of Offshore Drilling, Urgent Need for Moratorium on All Operations - Commondreams.org Newswire

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2, 2010

Center for Biological Diversity

Today's explosion in the Gulf of Mexico serves as another tragic reminder of the inherent danger of offshore drilling and the urgent need for a large-scale moratorium on all offshore oil and gas drilling operations until human safety and protection of the environment can be assured.

Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global Warming - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Dr. Reese Halter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second.

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits? - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits?

iPhone Game Features Heroic Fish Dodging Gulf Oil Spill Damage - TreeHugger

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

iPhone Game Features Heroic Fish Dodging Gulf Oil Spill Damage

Priceless rock art in National Conservation Lands being defaced, destroyed, stolen - Environmental News Network

Brian O'Donnell, Executive Director of the Conservation Lands Foundation — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Priceless rock art in National Conservation Lands being defaced, destroyed, stolen

Police Kill Protester Who Took Hostages in Discovery Channel Building - ENS

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Police Kill Protester Who Took Hostages in Discovery Channel Building

Mark Potok: Apparent Eco-Terrorist Hostage-Taker Zeroes in on Immigrants - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Mark Potok — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The gunman holding hostages in the Silver Spring, Md., headquarters of the Discovery Channel has been tentatively identified as James Jay Lee, an apparent eco-fascist...

Today on Planet 100: Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Video) - TreeHugger

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Today on Planet 100: Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Video)

Amazon Deforestation Down 16% Over Past Year, New Data Shows - TreeHugger

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Amazon Deforestation Down 16% Over Past Year, New Data Shows

Robert Creamer: No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore -- Now the Party of Easter Island - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Robert Creamer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It is really pretty remarkable to ponder how far the modern Republican Party has strayed from the vision of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator -- and Teddy Roosevelt, the Conservationist and Trust Buster.

Land Legacy: In the Potomac Valley, Ranchers Back Transferring to the State Important, Grazed Acres - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Land Legacy: In the Potomac Valley, Ranchers Back Transferring to the State Important, Grazed Acres

Amur Tigers to Get Protected Area on China-Russia Border - ENS

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Amur Tigers to Get Protected Area on China-Russia Border

After a half billion bad eggs get released, the FDA reveals filthy conditions of Wright County Egg - Gristmill

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Tom Philpott. There’s nothing like a good salmonella outbreak to inspire FDA inspectors to deliver blunt, graphic reports from inside the industrial food system. When future historians marvel at the fetid, festering underbelly of our food culture, they will relish these past-facto dispatches from the biohazardous front. Back in 2009, a company called Peanut Corporation of America sparked a massive recall involving 4,000 products put out by 360 companies . Nearly 700 people fell ill, half of them children, and nine died. The cause: salmonella-tainted peanut paste. The FDA’s after-the-fact investigation [PDF] of the massive Georgia plant makes riveting reading (for the strong of stomach): moldy water seeping directly into ...

Does Focusing on Biodiversity Diminish Nature? - TreeHugger

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Does Focusing on Biodiversity Diminish Nature?

Sigourney Weaver Deconstructs Disasterous Belo Monte Dam in 'Defending the Rivers of the Amazon' (Video) - TreeHugger

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Sigourney Weaver Deconstructs Disasterous Belo Monte Dam in 'Defending the Rivers of the Amazon' (Video)

The call of the semi-wild - High Country News Most Recent

Paul Larmer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize.

New Orleans Wetlands Restoration Could Be Completed With Sewage - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

treehugger.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What Hurricane Katrina and many other hurricanes have told us is that wetlands are on the coastlines for a reason -- they act as a...

The call of the semi-wild - Current Issue

Paul Larmer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize.

Conservation for the adrenaline crowd - Current Issue

Terray Sylvester — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Can the Red Bull generation of outdoor recreationists get serious about saving the planet?

Grizzlies Only Scratch the Surface of What It Will Mean to Lose the Whitebark Pine - NewWest.Net Travel & Outdoors

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Grizzlies Only Scratch the Surface of What It Will Mean to Lose the Whitebark Pine