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EU to ban pesticides in bee scareThe European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue. |
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New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtlesPuerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the leatherback. |
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Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National ParkThe Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope with protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other threatened species, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced. |
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From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comebackIn the 19th century the Northern Pacific Elephant was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered on an island of Baja California in 1892. Since then, the species has staged a remarkable comeback which was greatly accelerated by protective measures adopted by the U.S. and Mexican governments. |
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Obama triples area of protected California coastlineOn Friday President Obama announced the government would add almost 3,000 square miles of California coastline to the National Marine Sanctuary system, reports the Sierra Club. |
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This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been establishedThe Cook Islands has approved a shark sanctuary in its waters, making for the largest such sanctuary in the world. |
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French move boosts shark sanctuariesGreen campaigners on Friday hailed a decision by France that they said would create the world's biggest shark sanctuary. |
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Another city in BC bans shark finsThe sale, possession and distribution of shark fin is officially banned in White Rock. |
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new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forestEvery year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a percent of those. Yet mammal surprises remain: deep in the remote Peruvian Andes, scientists have made an incredible discovery: a rich cloud forest and alpine grassland ecosystem that may be home to no less than eight new mammal species. |
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Costa Rica’s Shark Finning Ban Signed By President ChinchillaCosta Rica passed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which the fins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, before the fish are thrown back into the ocean to die. |
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New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to LifeEmploying a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found. |
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Jaguar conservation gets a boost in North and Central AmericaJaguar conservation has received a huge boost in the past few months both in Latin America and in the U.S. An historic agreement singed between the world's leading wild cat conservation organization Panthera and the government of Costa Rica in addition to a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal bring renewed hope to the efforts to revive the iconic jaguar in its current habitat and return the cats to the American Southwest. |
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Vancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin banThe City of Vancouver, BC will work with neighbouring municipalities to develop a ban on the sale of shark-fin products, mayor and council agreed Tuesday. |
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New monkey species discovered in AfricaA new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists. |
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Australia Acts To Stop Super-TrawlerThe Australian government Tuesday sought to change its environmental protection laws to prevent a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters amid concerns about the by-catch. |
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Environmental news headlines
- City of Vancouver proclaims country’s first Meatless Monday
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
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