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Endangered blue whales returning to AlaskaBlue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. |
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Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation ProgramIn Thailand, the navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea. |
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From the Ashes of ’69, a River RebornThe first time Gene Roberts fell into the Cuyahoga River, he worried he might die. The year was 1963, and the river was still an open sewer for industrial waste. Walking home, Mr. Roberts smelled so bad that his friends ran to stay upwind of him. |
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The blues are back: Butterfly species reborn 30 years after ‘extinction’Thirty years ago it was officially declared extinct in Britain. |
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US state mows with goats to go gently on environmentOfficials in the eastern US state of Maryland have come up with an innovative, cost-saving way to protect the environment: they use goats to mow the grass. |
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The fastest tortoise on THREE legs: How injured Tonka races around on her toy truckMeet the tortoise on wheels who could give any hare a run for its money, despite having her leg bitten off by a dog. |
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Owls replace pesticides in IsraelOwls and kestrels are being employed as agricultural pest controllers in the Middle East. |
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Who says a banker’s life isn’t exciting?It might look ordinary enough: A mother duck nesting on a ledge in downtown Spokane and a banker watching from his second floor window. |
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Indonesia Creates the Savu Marine Park, Largest in Southeast AsiaIndonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries minister said. |
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News Analysis: Path to healthy oceans wide open following marine protection declarationFinally, after two years of effort to convince the world that ocean destruction is as much important as climate change effect, the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Indonesia ended its session by issuing the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) on marine environmental protection on Thursday. |
evironmental news headlines
- EPA Proposes New Standards for Large Ships
- New Law Requires Calif. Landfills to Capture Methane
- US House supports emissions bill
- Endangered blue whales returning to Alaska
- Tennessee Webbing Products using recycled seat belts for purses
- Human waste to heat thousands of homes in £4m plan to recycle it into gas
- Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program
- From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn
- Natural cosmetics maker swamped with demand
- The blues are back: Butterfly species reborn 30 years after ‘extinction’
- Solar Collectors Covering 0.3 Percent of the Sahara Could Power All of Europe
- Riders bare all for World Naked Bike Ride
- World’s largest solar tower switches on
- Ambitious global pact on climate change in sight
- Flexible Solar Powered Rooftop Shingles
- Calling All Green Screenwriters: New Forum To Sell Your Stuff
- Waste Management to Distribute Solar Powered Trash Compactors
- Floating wind turbine launched
- Institute compost powers conversion of USDA’s new organic People’s Garden along National
- Ahire, a solar energy village in Maharashtra
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