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Iceland resumes fin whale hunting after two-year break
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19.6.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Undercover pictures taken by Greenpeace show a harpooned whale being cut up for meat likely to be exported to Japan
Iceland has resumed its commercial hunting of fin whales after a two-year suspension by landing the first of an expected 180 whales in Hvalfjördur. The first kill prompted protests from environment and animal welfare groups that the hunt is "cruel and unnecessary".
Undercover pictures taken aboard the Hvalur 8 by Greenpeace show the harpooned whale being cut up for meat that is likely to be exported to Japan. Fin whales are the second largest animal on earth after the blue whale and are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species .
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemned the Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson who has resumed fin whaling after a two year break. "It is a very sad day seeing these images and knowing that this endangered animal has suffered a cruel death, only to be cut up for meat ... |
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Tacoma zoo's leopard cub now on public exhibit
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18.6.2013 |
AP Washington |
| TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A clouded leopard cub born May 1 at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma is now on public exhibit.... |
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Iceland resumes whale hunting, endangered Fin Whale killed
(Cached)
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18.6.2013 |
Boing Boing |
| Iceland resumes whale hunting, endangered Fin Whale killed |
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Green groups warn government of national parks hunting backlash
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18.6.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Labor appears to have backed away from laws granting greater federal powers to protect Australia's national parks
Environmental groups have forecast a huge public backlash to proposed logging, shooting and prospecting within national parks, after the government backed away from adding federal oversight to conservation areas.
The Greens put forward an amendment to a government bill – on protecting water tables from coal seam gas drilling – that would have given the commonwealth greater power to protect national parks.
Under the current the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, the federal government can intervene only if an endangered species, heritage area or place of "national significance" is affected by development.
It is understood that the Greens amendment was rejected at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday night.
A spokesperson for Tony Burke, the federal environment minister, said that the government supports its bill "as it stands" and that separate 2011 ... |
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Coal, oil and gas are killing climate
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18.6.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Environment News |
| The Australians might be expected to be a little isolated from the global effects of climate change. Not true, plus they seem to be possibly the most aware of the dangers of selling their coal to Asia while suffering some terrible effects from global warming. |
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Beautiful freak in Ecuador's life raft of the frogs
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17.6.2013 |
New Scientist: News |
| Beautiful freak in Ecuador's life raft of the frogs |
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We should not play Russian roulette with Australia's national parks | Open letter
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17.6.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Open letter: Recent laws allowing hunting and logging in our parks are misguided. Our reserves protect biological diversity and shouldn't be used otherwise
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Rewriting rules on chimps
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16.6.2013 |
LA Times: Opinion |
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to reclassify captive chimps as 'endangered' rather than 'threatened' is a smart move.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to reclassify captive chimps as 'endangered' rather than 'threatened' is a smart move. |
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Birds vs. beachgoers
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16.6.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Birds vs. beachgoers |
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Goal of Broader Protection for Chimpanzees Emerges From Changing Perspectives
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16.6.2013 |
NYT: Home Page |
| Goal of Broader Protection for Chimpanzees Emerges From Changing Perspectives |
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Honey Bee Numbers Drop
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15.6.2013 |
Earth Times |
| When the bee is remembered, we will only think of that delicious honey, and not of that diligent and innovative insect that became extinct because we polluted the planet so much! |
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Shark Stewards Project Report
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15.6.2013 |
Earth Times |
| David McGuire of Shark Stewards gives his account of the state of the shark nation. It's great to have personal accounts of the real animal in its element, the open ocean. |
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Range of the wolf
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15.6.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published Jun 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT
Re “Value of wolves: Feds must maintain some oversight” (Our View, June 11): Although U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe declared victory by stating “Wolves are recovered and they are now in good hands,” I share serious concerns with the 16 scientists with expertise in carnivore taxonomy and conservation biology who believe delisting is terribly premature. The feds are gauging gray wolf recovery solely on the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes wolf populations. Under the Endang... ... |
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Science of wolves
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15.6.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published Jun 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT
I admire The Tribune for boldly standing up for wolves only months after Utah’s Legislature voted to give money to Don Peay to lobby against wolves (“Value of wolves: Feds must maintain some oversight,” Our View, June 11). If wolves are removed from the list of endangered species nationwide, this would mean no protection for wolves entering Utah or any other state. Take a look at Yellowstone National Park since wolves were reintroduced. Many plant and animal species, absent for decades, have re... ... |
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Honey Bee Numbers Drop .
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15.6.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News |
| When the bee is remembered, we will only think of that delicious honey, and not of that diligent and innovative insect that became extinct because we polluted the planet so much !!! |
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Zoologger: Bees create nest-quakes to warn of danger
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14.6.2013 |
New Scientist: Opinion |
| Zoologger: Bees create nest-quakes to warn of danger |
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Acidifying seawater sees oysters in race to grow shells
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14.6.2013 |
New Scientist: Opinion |
| Acidifying seawater sees oysters in race to grow shells |
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Mongolia shows the birthing pains of a green economy
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14.6.2013 |
New Scientist: Focus on America |
| Mongolia shows the birthing pains of a green economy |
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More white people died than were born, GOP policies whittling them down
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13.6.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| Endangered species.
Deaths exceeded births among non-Hispanic white Americans for the first time in at least a century, according to new census data, a benchmark that heralds profound demographic change.
These developments were unexpected.
The disparity between deaths and births in the year that ended last July surprised experts. They expected that the aging white population would eventually shrink, as it has done in many European countries, but not for another decade or so.
He attributed the precipitous shift in part to the recession [...]
In other words, give everyone whatever health and diet plan they've got Antonin Scalia on to keep him eternally alive.
Between July 2011 and July 2012:
Asians : +530,000, 2.9 percent. 60 percent from immigration
Latinos : +1,100,000, 2.2 percent, just 24 percent from immigration
African Americans : +559,000, 1.3 percent
Whites : +175,000, 0.09 percent, ALL of that from immigration
Update : Fun with math! Last fiscal year, the ... |
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Prehistoric armoured fish had the world's first abs
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13.6.2013 |
New Scientist: Living World |
| Prehistoric armoured fish had the world's first abs |
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