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April, May and June 2007

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Shipping lanes altered to protect whales. 6/29
2007 second (to 1998) warmest year on record. 6/29
Tahoe fire 65% contained, 254 buildings destroyed. 6/29
Rain fall records broken for both Texas and Oklahoma. 6/29
Rain continues to fall in flooded Texas. 6/29
800,000 disrupted by South Asia floods. 6/29
Cuts & scaling back of EPA allowed dangerous levels of asbestos? 6/28
Fruit fly bioweapon more effective/ecological than common pesticides? 6/28
US environmental law changes threaten endangered species? 6/28
Largest African conservation reserve in planning. 6/28
RFID, Radio Frequency ID, tags used to track wildlife. 6/28
Warnings on ocean iron dusting experiment planned for this month? 6/27
20 inches of rain and more coming, Texas is swamped. 6/28
More rain expected for flooded UK. 6/28
Arabian Sea cyclone Yemyin uproots 250,000 in Pakistan. 6/28
Record breaking rains flood Oklahoma & Texas. 6/27
California Lake Tahoe fire jumps break, outlook now "grim." 6/27
Plastic can be zapped by specific microwaves back into oil? 6/26
High-speed all electric truck with over 100 mile range on roads this year? 6/26
Biodiesel manufacturing byproducts can be used to make ethanol. 6/26
Broken compact fluorescent to cost $2,000 for toxic mercury clean-up? 6/25
Mushroom based insulation may help grow "green" buildings. 6/25
California fire destroys 220 homes, only 10% contained. 6/25
Fire at California's South Lake Tahoe destroys more than 165 homes. 6/25
Degrading conditions in Darfur led to fighting & more ecological decline. 6/22
Pakistan building new weapons grade producing nuclear reactor? 6/22
Compact fluorescent bulbs add to mercury pollution. 6/20
Transportation halted by floods in Glasgow, Scotland. 6/16
Freak storm halts Venice music festival. 6/16
Record freeze followed by worst drought in a century stunts crops. 6/15
Inkjet printers prompt users to throw away more than half of the ink. 6/15
Inverted pyramid gets water from condensation, earns top prize. 6/15
Phytonplankton changes form to evade predators. 6/15
Javanese honey-bees invade Australia. 6/15
Vietnam site shows Agent Orange dioxin 300 - 400 x acceptable limits. 6/15
Canada approves nuclear waste burial plan. 6/15
Major bee-keeper convinced particular pesticides cause die-off. 6/15
Completely submerged wave power generators offer better durability. 6/14
US bird populations decline about 500 million in last 40 years. 6/14
China officials suggest wearing T-shirts rather than suits to save energy. 6/14
Pharmaceuticals & personal care products polluting all water supplies? 6/13
Logging burned forests hurts them? 6/13
Carbon emissions agreements failed and failing? 6/13
"Worst in memory" rains flood Bangladesh. 6/12
Panel votes to ban bottom trawling fishing in Northern Bering Sea. 6/11
Orangutan habitats gone in a decade? 6/11
Agrichar, biomass burned w/o oxygen, enriches soil, decreases CO2. 6/11
Caribbean corals in danger of becoming extinct as reefs die. 6/11
Bee die off from immune system failure? "Why" remains unknown. 6/10
More than 60 die, tens of thousands left homeless by floods in China. 6/10
Millions suffer, some die from storms in South China. 6/8
While feds jabberwock, cities adopt green house gas lessening strategies. 6/8
Divers remove tires thought to create new reef, creating dead zone. 6/8
Liquified natural gas terminal may destroy rare Chinese dolphins. 6/8
Reef stranded tanker may break apart creating marine disaster. 6/8
International Whaling Commission warns Navy sonar killing whales. 6/8
Europe's ocean & seas, "seriously damaged." 6/7
35 dead, 30 missing from cyclone Gonu in Arabian peninsula. 6/7
Severe storms hit upper midwest US. 6/7
Rainfall reduced by fast growing cities? 6/7
Rare typhoon impacted oil supply, prices increase. 6/7
Potatoes make a good plastic? 6/7
EPA relaxes clean water regulations. 6/7
Monitoring & enforcement of illegal ivory "virtually nonexistent" in US. 6/5
Antarctica glaciers flowing 12% faster. 6/5
Green wall holds back advance of Gobi desert. 6/5
Strong cyclone approaches Arabian peninsula. 6/5
eBay seeks to ban illegal ivory sales by end of June. 6/5
Pygmy kangaroos raised in captivity returned to wild. 6/5
Satellites expand ability to track fine particle air pollution. 6/4
China refuses to seek cap to green house gas emissions. 6/4
Nuclear waste dump in danger of exploding? 6/1
Blubbering Japan considers leaving International Whaling Commission. 6/1
Hungry vultures attacking live prey. 5/31
San Diego zoo death leaves only 13 Northern White rhinos? 5/31
NASA long range forecast suggests increase in precipitation. 5/31
NASA warns of 'Potentially Uncontrollable' catastrophic climate change. 5/29
Plasma used for tire recycling. 5/29
Some produce fat-healthy milk, suggests raising skim milk only cows. 5/28
Motorless push mowers selling at 7x rate of 20 years ago. 5/28
Hundreds of elephants found on isolated island. 5/28
Orangutans extinct in 10 years, stressed by growing Palm Oil plantations? 5/28
Introduced by Nazis, invasive pests, racoons, spread in Europe. 5/26
Bush administration opposed to greenhouse gas emission decreases? 5/26
Cancers linked to very low frequency electromagnetic fields? 5/25
Population & economic pressures degrade traditional fishing conservation. 5/25
Camper's firewood damages billions of dollars worth of forest each year? 5/24
Warning of widescale mercury fish contamination by 1,000+ scientists. 5/24
Fish & chips restaurants leading to decimation of shark populations? 5/24
India's wild tiger population 65% less than previously estimated? 5/24
Fire ant invasion continues to spread. 5/24
Beneficial bacteria kills chytrid fungus, saving frogs from extinction? 5/24
15% of Europe's wild mammals face extinction? 5/23
Cities' air pollution more dangerous than Chernobyl's radiation zone? 5/23
"Colony collapse disorder" not hitting organic hives. 5/23 (orig. 4/24 )
Concentrator balloons to produce solar electricity at tenth current costs? 5/23
Digital technologies improve species categorization. 5/23
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, deadly fish virus, continues to spread. 5/23
Hurricane season predicted to be more active than normal. 5/22
Bubonic plague kills zoo monkey. 5/21
"Microbial diversity has direct bearing on human health" 5/21
Immigration fence to hurt wildlife? 5/21
With no place for garbage piling up 10' thick, Italians burn & breath it. 5/21
300,000 dolphins & whales drown, caught in nets, each year? 5/21
Birth control pill's active ingredient, common in waterways, wiping out fish? 5/21
Carbon dioxide emissions accelerate more than 3X globally since 2000. 5/21
Highly rare Egyptian tortoises hatch at a zoo. 5/21
World's largest dam causing significant erosion downstream? 5/21
Drought in West & Southeast US expected to intensify. 5/21
About 100 rangers killed defending some of the last gorillas in the Congo. 5/21
Captured-breeding suggested to save spotted owls from extinction. 5/18
Feasible method to turn wood into biodiesel like fuel announced. 5/18
Deadly fish virus in US Great Lakes spreads to new species. 5/17
Biosensor chip contains a slime mold. 5/17
Ocean around Antarctica stopped absorbing CO2, releasing it instead? 5/17
Social insects, such as bees, may be source of new antibiotics. 5/16
Hexavalant chromium, found in some water supplies, causes cancer? 5/16
Almost 50% of some birds in NE US dead from West Nile Virus. 5/16
Ebay ivory items sale helps drive elephants to extinction? 5/15
Massive Florida wildfire causes evacuation of hundreds. 5/15
More parks could offset warming of cities? 5/15
Climate change storms could drive sea turtles extinct. 5/15
Rare-earth magnets repel sharks, saving them from extinction? 5/15
Fastest American mammal, the pronghorn, rescued from extinction? 5/14
Probe techniques lessen potential damage of common potato bacteria. 5/14
Survey finds 216 potential cancer causing chemicals, many unregulated. 5/14
More acres burned by fires in 2006 than any other year. 5/13
"Biochar sequestration," CO2 into soil & biofuels lessen climate change? 5/12
Insulation/boards grown from mushroom spores appear cost effective. 5/11
Global warming theory founder suggests it could be a good thing. 5/11
Deforestation could impact climate worse than fossil fuel burning. 5/11
Wood to provide refrigeration, cooking & electricity through sound? 5/10
Atlantic storm forms more than 3 weeks before official hurricane season. 5/9
US & Russian green house gas emissions rise. 5/9
LED incandescent light replacements contain no mercury. 5/8
Migratory animals biological clocks disrupted by global warming. 5/8
Puget Sound steelhead listed as threatened species. 5/8
Jatropha "weed" may be best source of biofuel. 5/8
Mid US flooding may match previous records. 5/8
"study is the first to conclusively connect" global warming & coral die-off. 5/8
Pesticides, nitrates, linked to increasing preterm births & defects. 5/7
Virus to be used against fire ants. 5/7
Wheat stem rust threatens global supply. 5/7
Floating organic garden graces New York river. 5/4
Deadly frog fungus spreads quickly & widely. 5/4
Saving Earth from drastic climate change deemed not too costly. 5/5
Used diesel vehicles selling well for use with biodiesel. 5/4
Court upholds ban on Monsanto's GM alfalfa. 5/3
Wind energy use advances despite lack of government assistance. 5/3
Food supply severely threatened by honey bee die-off. 5/3
World Health Org. says fighting climate change is a "Win-Win" strategy. 5/3
Environmental research satellites' funding cut in preference to military. 5/3
Real world data added to IPCC model predicts 3X quicker ice loss. 5/2
Brewery wastes to generate electricity with bacteria powered fuel cell. 5/2
3 dozen+ scientists sign letter opposing Endangered Species Act changes. 5/2
Genetically modified sorghum better than corn for ethanol production? 5/2
Sun bathing can help protect against skin cancer. 5/1
Biofuel from wastes left from orange juice making could be significant. 5/1
US opens off shore oil drilling for Alaska, Gulf & Virginia. 5/1
More than 800 seals die in Caspian sea due to abnormal warmth? 5/1
Drive to South Pole plans to use alternative fuels to bring them attention. 5/1
Critically endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth for a record third time. 4/30
Speeding plankton growth to capture CO2 ocean experiment soon. 4/30
Arctic ice appears to be melting twice as fast as predicted. 4/30
Record amounts of synthetic fragrances found in breast milk. 4/29
Britain's April temperatures highest ever recorded. 4/28
Gold nanoparticles make quicker, more accurate mercury pollution tests. 4/27
Earlier, thicker than normal toxic algae killing wildlife off California coast. 4/27
Honey bee parasite shows up on Hawaii islands. 4/26
Global warming swindle film criticised as greatly in error. 4/26
80% of 1,300 species on endangered list could lose protection. 4/26
China may surpass US in green-house gas emmissions this year. 4/24
Man-made carcinogens found in 99% of sampled new-borns. 4/24
Oil spill damage persists for decades. 4/24
California to ban incandescent bulbs in 2012? 4/24
10 best examples of sustainable architecture awarded. 4/24
One of Russia's last surviving Amur leopards shot dead. 4/23
Record drought in 55% of Western US increases fire danger. 4/23
New water filter materials more effective? 4/23
Birth defects in Chernobyl area residents due to radiation? 4/23
Biodiesel increases green-house gases more than fossil fuel diesel? 4/23
Pesticides linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease. 4/23
Rachel Carlson's legacy lives on. 4/22
Britain's bumblebees going extinct? 4/17
China promoting illegal logging, destroying whole ecosystems? 4/17
Bee die-off caused by cell phones? 4/15
"The oceans are in real trouble right now." 4/14
Record manatee deaths: Why does EPA want to lessen status? 4/13
Indonesian earthquake caused massive coral die-off. 4/12
EPA rolls back laws on reporting toxic chemical use. 4/12
Freak cold devestates crops: "comparable to a hurricane." 4/12
Record breaking snow fall cause deaths & trafiic snarls. 4/12
Galapagos Islands threatened by invasive species, humans. 4/11
Best flight time for invasive species is human tourist season. 4/10
Koalas suffer "environmental vandalism and destruction everywhere." 4/10
10% of China's farm land ruined by pollution? 4/9
Whole crops wiped out by freak cold weather. 4/9
Record cold of late winter continues into spring. 4/9
Manatees may be removed from endangered species list. 4/9
More than half of all Magnolia tree species endangered. 4/7
Nearly half of all coral fisheries over-exploited or collapsed? 4/6
New roads implicated in increase of illegal elephant poaching. 4/6
32 mile cable laid for 3,000 ft. deep ocean observatory. 4/6
Solar cells at 1/10 cost, "technology could be sold off already." 4/5
Corn for ethanol is one of the least effecient biofuel sources. 4/5
More consumers buy organic including organic cotton for textiles. 4/5
Border Tax Adjustments balance competition with carbon-careless? 4/5
Balloon integrated turbine promises wind power anywhere. 4/4
Ten things a person can do to help save the Earth. 4/3
Hydrogen use would currently cause more CO2 release than gasoline? 4/3
Researcher expects "very active" hurricane season. 4/3
Apple ranked least environmental amongst electronics firms. 4/3
Toxic toads evolve quickly, a lesson for dealing with invasive species. 4/2
Palm oil growing methods increase carbon dioxide, not a good biofuel. 4/2
US Supreme Court rules carbon dioxide emissions can be regulated. 4/2
30 ft. tsunami hits islands after magnitude 8 earthquake. 4/2
Illegal lumber products at "Ikea, Home Depot, Lowe's and many others." 4/1

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