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From little pines big pygmy possum colonies growNew South Wales - Scientists are recreating a bonsai-like forest on the summit of one of the nation's highest mountains in a bid to save a highly endangered possum. |
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China to put ID chips in its captive pandasBeijing - China will implant microchips in its captive panda population in a bid to improve protection and prevent inbreeding among the endangered species, state media said on Saturday. |
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G8 agrees to take action over illegal loggingBreadsall, England - The Group of Eight industrialised nations agreed to take action on illegal logging on Friday, a problem that costs governments and legal timber companies billions of pounds a year. |
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Purdue Engineers’ Discovery May Improve Natural Gas Combustion TechnologyWest LaFayette, IN - A discovery made by chemical engineers at Purdue University may help improve a promising low-polluting technology that combusts natural gas more cleanly than conventional methods. |
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Wind Farm Wins OK to Begin ConstructionLowville, N.Y. - The Lewis County Planning Board on Thursday approved several special permit amendments and variances needed for construction to begin on the Tug Hill wind farm. |
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Alcohol-powered plane launchedBrazil - A Brazilian firm has delivered the world's first ethanol-burning production aircraft to a crop-spraying company and it sees a booming market for alcohol powered planes. |
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UNESCO Designates Vietnam’s ‘Cat Ba’ Archipelago a Biosphere ReserveHanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam's Cat Ba archipelago has been designated a world biosphere reserve bu UNESCO, a move expected to help preserve the area's natural resource's amid expanding tourism and development, officials said Thursday. |
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Land Protected for Staten Island ParkStaten Island, NY - The nonprofit Trust for Public Land (TPL), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the City of New York recently announced the permanent protection of a privately owned property in the Great Kills neighborhood of Staten Island. |
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UK’s First Domestic Battery Recycling Plant OpensLondon - Britain's first household battery recycling plant was due to open on Thursday in the English Midlands, operating company G&P Batteries said. |
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Wild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island FoxesChannel Islands, CA - The Channel Islands off the California coast are home to 145 species of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. On Santa Cruz island, non-native feral pigs may be pushing the island's unique and endangered foxes to the brink of extinction. Now the island's managers are pushing back. |
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