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Sperm whale faeces ‘offset CO2 emissions’

BBC, Wed June 16, 2010, comments (0)
Sperm whale faeces may help oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the air, scientists say.



California to ban plastic bags

Vancouver Sun, Fri June 11, 2010, comments (2)
California is to become the first US state to ban plastic bags in supermarkets in a move Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called a "great victory for the environment."



Spill Fight Shows Progress

Wall Street Journal, Sun May 16, 2010, comments (2)
BP PLC had its first breakthrough in the effort to stem the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, using robots to insert one end of a mile-long tube into a shattered oil pipe on the ocean floor. The goal is to siphon up some, if not most, of the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.



Gulf oil spill: First leak capped, says BP

BBC, Wed May 05, 2010, comments (0)
BP has managed to seal the smallest of the three leaks spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the company says.



Rare tropical butterflies bred

Sideways News, Tue May 04, 2010, comments (0)
An expert in Hertfordshire has managed to breed hundreds of rare tropical butterflies from seven abandoned pupae.



1st grey whale in 100 years spotted in Howe Sound

CBC, Tue May 04, 2010, comments (0)
A grey whale spotted feeding in Howe Sound north of Vancouver in recent days is a sign that efforts to restore the area's natural ecosystem are working, according to the chief of the Squamish First Nation.



Vote to save wildlife

Sideways News, Thu April 15, 2010, comments (0)
Guitarist and songwriter Brian May, formerly of Queen, poses in front of a billboard to launch the Save Me campaign in London yesterday (13th April 2010).



Royal Mail launches mammal stamps

Sideways News, Wed April 14, 2010, comments (0)
The Royal Mail has launched a series of new stamps highlighting the decline of the British mammal population.



Bonobos opt to share their food

BBC, Sun March 14, 2010, comments (1)
One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, has been shown to voluntarily share food, scientists report.



EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stock

BBC, Fri March 12, 2010, comments (1)
EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

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