Items in the news 1-12-04

[Charles Younger]

 

Doom warnings sound more loudly

Three-year sting nabs over 100 black bear smugglers (Virginia)

SARS Scapegoat? China Slaughtering Civet Cats

Australia may put koalas "on the pill" to halt population boom

Experiment in the ocean shows how agricultural run-off and sewage can destroy coral

Alabama: more money is spent on watching birds and other wildlife than spent on hunting

NJ Animal Rights Activist Cited In Bait Tampering (Princeton Township)

Norwegian children pay tribute to Keiko, the killer whale

 

Arctic natives have mitochondrial DNA built for warmth

Rare type of star seen as origin for organic molecules in space

Medium to large quakes peak every three years on central San Andreas Fault

Infrasonic sound detection -  storms, waves, auroras, volcanos, avalanches, elephants, whales...

 

New Program Permanently Preserves 21 Pinelands Farms in 2003 (PDF)

Court of Final Appeal rules to preserve Hong Kong harbor

 

Boss Hog: The Reign of Factory Farm Corporations (Pa., commentary)

 

Making green issues a big deal in a national race

EPA Environmental Propaganda Abettors? (commentary)

 

Manila residents go two to a tub to save water

 

Blair presses Bush to act on global warming

Greenhouse gas scheme gets the axe (Australia)

 

Maryland governor backs sewage fee to help Chesapeake Bay

Key West is cracking down on cruise ships

 

Clean-air project expected to benefit Wyoming parks

 

Bush Adm. Admits To Leaving Communities At Risk From Toxic Waste In 2003 (Sierra Club)

Seashells on crest of new wave in environmental clean-up (biofiltration)

EPA Launches New Web Portal For Environmental Technology Opportunities

Americans Urged To Test For Radon

 

California pistachio industry threatened by potentially devastating disease

Maryland trying to become the first state to voluntarily give up growing tobacco

    Related: Mississippi legislators prohibit smoking in chambers

 

No Guardian for a Fetus, Florida Court Rules

Vitamin D May Protect Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

4th Possible SARS Case Reported in Southeast China Province

Study links marijuana buzz to 'runner's high'

 

London and Paris markets flooded with looted Iranian antiquities

Restoration of one of the oldest monasteries in Egypt reveals remarkable paintings

Gettysburg: Restoration aims to bring new life to famous 365 ft. oil painting

Yorktown remains may be European teen, not slave

Mesoamerican Relic Provides New Clues to Mysterious Ancient Writing System

Wooden anchor discovered in the Dead Sea may have belonged to King Herod's royal yacht 

 

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