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July, August and September 2007

Ecuador puts oil field under national park off limits. 9/30
Tropical depression Lorenzo affects thousands in Mexico. 9/29
Midges spread bluetongue virus through Europe & UK livestock. 9/29
Invasive bird species may be last hope for endangered Hawaii plants. 9/28
1 megawatt solar power station planned for above Calif. parking lot. 9/28
Growing plants on buildings can help cool cities? 9/28
Endangered parrots reestablished on Cook islands. 9/27
US gov. petitioned to protect leatherback habitat. 9/27
Unpredicted increase in Arctic ice loss "really is cause for concern." 9/27
Poll finds view of environmental conditions split by political allegiance. 9/26
Gaia hypothesis' author suggests ocean pipes to fight global warming. 9/26
Method of goby round fish's invasion of Great Lakes detailed? 9/26
Current fish farming techniques are not sustainable? 9/26 (orig. 9/19)
Red Cross warns of Africa food crisis after floods devastate crops. 9/26
Previous supporters of China dam warn of ecological catastrophes. 9/26
11 new species discovered in Vietnam. 9/26
Calif. starts poisoning lake to kill invasive Northern Pike. 9/25
EPA to ok toxin protested by 54 scientists, including 6 Nobel winners? 9/25
Kelp forests not just in temperate ocean waters? 9/25
Underwater vacuum sucks escaped algae killing Hawaii corals. 9/25
Company to seek US approval to build 2 new nuclear power reactors. 9/25
Farm & ranch runoff found to increase frog deformities. 9/24
200 countries agree to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons. 9/23
Invasive grass replacing another lessens NW US coast security. 9/23
10th named storm, Jerry, of hurricane season forms in Atlantic. 9/23
Study estimates energy savings of telecommuting. 9/23
Humans have and continue to increase atmospheric moisture. orig. 9/17
Funds needed to aid 18 Africa countries' flood victims. 9/21
Chinese seabird w/ eggs prized as delicacy extinct in 5 years? 9/21
East American bullfrog found in Utah could decimate wildlife. 9/20
Antarctica melting increase found. 9/20
Pacific "La Nina" linked to Africa flooding? 9/20
Chernobyl reactor to be encased in steel sarcophagus. 9/20
Storm approaches gulf coast of U.S. 9/20
Uganda declares state of emergency for flooding. 9/20
17 African countries hit by severe flooding. 9/19
Tropical storm may hit Louisiana this weekend. 9/19
Ecomaniacal Productions: "Ultimate Green Machines" TV? 9/19
Agrofuels bad for farmers? 9/19
Solar collector provides heating, hot water and cooling. 9/19
Harmful invasive crab found where Panama canal expansion is planned. 9/19
Development threatens Canada river and stream fish? 9/19
Widespread Africa flooding expected to worsen. 9/18
Super typhoon strikes Taiwan and central China coast. 9/18
Wildlife groups call for full protection of Australia's Coral Sea. 9/17
18,000 acre California wildfire spurs evacuation of 5,000. 9/16
Toxic superfund cleanups less than 1/3 Clinton admin. average. 9/14
Salmon coaxed to produce trout eggs & sperm could save species. 9/13
2nd Sumatra quake & 10 aftershocks did not generate big waves. 9/13
Ebola striking gorillas, now listed as critically endangered. 9/12
Corals listed as threatened w/ extinction for first time. 9/12
Lack of political will drives global erosion of nature? 9/12
7.9 earthquake strikes Indonesia, Indian Ocean tsunami alert. 9/12
Arctic sea ice at record low, 20% less than previous record. 9/12
4 days after restrictions lifted, foot & mouth found near London. 9/12
Low estimate: 200 more species threatened than last year, 16,300 total. 9/12
Notice of lawsuit filed to save rare 3 foot earthworm. 9/11
US & other countries don't want EU aviation emission rules. 9/11
Largest sustainable development created in Libya. 9/10
If grown improperly, biodiesel more impacting than fossil fuels? 9/11
Fossil fuel diesel exhaust more dangerous than biodiesel. 9/10
Gray whales starving due to depleted oceans? 9/11
Yangtze river dolphin may be extinct. 9/11
Honey bee deaths from weather change more than virus? 9/10
Congo fighting displaces 10,000s, threatens gorillas. 9/9
"As the sea ice goes, so goes the polar bear." 9/9
Nevada denies request to delay new coal fired power plants. 9/8
Greenland ice cap shrinking far faster than predicted, may collapse? 9/8
130 deaths blamed on Felix storm, 70 still missing. 9/7
Leaky pipe blamed for UK's recent foot & mouth disease outbreak. 9/7
Arctic ice melting 50 years faster than predictions. 9/7
Forest fire smoke blanketing San Francisco Bay area dissipates. 9/7
Invasive pine tree destroying wasp found in Vermont. 9/6
Coal power plants expected to increase in number. 9/6
Company planning 400 megawatt solar power plant in Calif. desert. 9/6
New invasive mosquito species bringing tropical disease to Europe? 9/6
Virus strongly linked to bee colony collapse disorder. 9/6
Air quality warnings for Calif. Central Valley due to forest fire smoke. 9/6
Typhoon Fitow heading slowly & directly towards Tokyo. 9/6
Ocean wave electricity generator prototype in testing off Oregon. 9/6
Cellulose ethanol research points way to viable biofuels industry? 9/6
Bihar, India villages suffer arsenic tainted water supplies. 9/6
38 confirmed deaths & many missing from Felix hurricane. 9/6
Felix remnant to bring life threatening floods to Central America? 9/5
Pacific hurricane Henriette over Mexico, to bring rain to New Mexico? 9/5
Invasive tropical crab has mixed impact on SE US coastal reefs. 9/4
10,000s evacuated, more floods/mudslides expected from Felix hurricane. 9/4
World Bank & NOAA satellites update global gas flaring incidence. 9/4
US' largest school bus company switching to biodiesel. 9/4
Law suits required for government to comply w/ species protection? 9/4
Felix slams ashore as category 5. 1st record of 2 such storms in a season. 9/4
Dangerous strain of E. coli found in Antarctic seals. 9/4
Hurricane, back to category 4, to hit Central America tomorrow. 9/3
Greece fires are largely in control, rain now threatens flooding. 9/3
Long burning Western US fires contained, a few remain uncontrolled. 9/3
"We can literally see environmental disasters unfolding before our eyes." 9/3
Generating on landing, aircraft wheel motors to save fuel & time? 9/3
One livestock breed goes extinct each month? 9/3
Hurricane Felix now worst category, 5, to hit Belize on Wed.? 9/2
Felix hurricane now category 3 heading for Central America? 9/2
Forest destruction is 2nd largest source of CO2 next to coal burning? 9/2
Fossil fuel favoring politics impede growing global biodiesel demand. 9/2
Lack of export license to Japan may halt Iceland whaling. 9/2
Judge allows US Navy sonar tests despite harm to marine mammals. 9/1
Fuel spill threatens endangered reefs off Puerto Rico coast. 9/1
US judge rules projects can continue if endangered species are found. 9/1
Judge orders limits to Calif. river water use to protect endangered fish. 9/1
Second hurricane of the season moves through Carribean. 9/1
Air-lifted tripods & water bags could repair breached levees quickly. 8/31
Soviet Union's nuclear bomb tests led to human deformities. 8/31
Japan halts 3 nuclear research sites for safety violations. 8/31
Californians voluntarily cut power use to avoid forced outages. 8/31
Greenpeace ship blocks coal shipment to Canada's worst CO2 emitter. 8/31
Indonesia palm farms threaten orangutans, ups CO2 release. 8/31
Least ever Arctic ice seen as treasure trove by oil companies? 8/31
Wettest summer on record for UK? 8/31
Africa's conservation parks failing to protect species? 8/30
Phoenix, AZ has record long high temperature spell. 8/30
Record rains grow mosquitos. US West Nile cases map. 8/30
Satellites used to monitor coastal water quality on a daily basis? 8/29
Microbes used for sensors to provide cheap & quick pollution warning? 8/29
MidWest US retailer to be first to offer ethanol fuel? 8/29
EU facilitates wine to ethanol production. 8/29
Largest US law suit of species protection act for 55 species & habitats. 8/29
Companies & people seek carbon dioxide neutral impact. 8/29
Increasing carbon dioxide raises flooding risk? 8/29
Greece's fires approach containment if wind stays down. 8/29
China's white dolphin sighted? May not be extinct. 8/29
Hole in ozone layer appears earlier than usual above Antarctica. 8/28
Algae to biofuel method more cost effective than other sources? 8/28
Floods in Ethiopia affect 100,000. More floods risk rising. 8/28
Herbicide Atrazine banned in many countries still used in US, kills frogs? 8/27
2008 "Year of the Frog" to up awareness of world amphibian plight. 8/27
Emissions scrubbbed coal power plants burden landfills, spread toxins. 8/27
More than 200 million at risk from polluted China rivers? 8/27
Internet saves gas, public transit planning site saving more? 8/27
Kempthorne: fewest species protected of any US interior secretary. 8/27
1,000 evacuated due to fire in Idaho. 8/26
Puffins reintroduced to Maine islands. 8/26
Fire reaches 1st Olympic Games site. 8/26
Ohio tornados & thunderstorms cut power to hundreds of thousands. 8/26
Romanian flooding strands 1400+, cuts power, expected to worsen. 8/26
More Greece fire deaths expected, 1st Olympic games site at risk. 8/26
Invasive algae "rock snot" spreading in US rivers, fish to die? 8/25
Almost 2,000 camels killed in Saudi Arabia due to pesticides in feed? 8/25
More than a million impacted by flooding in US upper midWest. 8/25
North Korean floods killed at least 600, a million affected. 8/25
Fires kill 46, Greece declares nationwide emergency. 8/25
"Unprecedented" forest fires w/ gale force winds kills 27 in Greece. 8/24
Efforts to save largest & flightless parrot show promise. 8/24
339 West Nile virus cases in Saskatchewan so far, up from 20 last year. 8/24
Bush administration eases mountain top removal mining & pollution. 8/24
China biofuel project to decimate forests? 8/24
Japan experiences record breaking smog, suspected to be from China. 8/24
"A sustainable future depends on a diversified energy supply" 8/24
Amphibian Ark project seeks to save world's frogs. 8/24
Too much conifer tree planting puts multiple species at risk. 8/24
Nearly half a million without power from storms in Illinois & Michigan. 8/24
Panda's genetic diversity okay, habitat destruction/poaching's the danger. 8/24
6 of 11 massacre surviving mountain gorillas get 24 hr. armed guard. 8/24
UK firm claims it has best cellulose to ethanol microbe. 8/23
China's environment protection agency, halts projects on 4 major rivers. 8/23
Panama dams to destroy villages and species, coalition demands halt. 8/23
Free NERD, National Energy Research Database, to aid alternatives? 8/23
More than a thousand displaced by Ohio floods. 8/23
Dean storm now a tropical depression, drenches central Mexico. 8/23
Salinity of North Atlantic returns to normal after '60s low? 8/23
Flood emergency declared for 9 Ohio counties. 8/22
Climate change, "Is the Worst Yet to Come?" 8/22
Flooded and soaked US states get more rain. 8/22 and Here too.
Hurricane Dean enters mainland Mexico as category 2. 8/22
Storm that flooded Minnesota moves into Ohio. 8/21
Hurricane Dean, 3rd most powerful on record to hit land. 8/21
Animal feed antibiotics in ground water upping risk of resistant diseases? 8/21
Biofuel pushes corn prices higher, lessening ecological farming? 8/21
Science computing grid unveils pollution solutions. 8/21
Carbon nanotube industry needs environmental controls. 8/21
"of the largest wildfires in modern California history," Idaho, Montana. 8/20
Europe's "Bay of Biscay" sees 80% decline in dolphin population. 8/20
Almost half a million pigs die in China from "blue ear" disease? 8/20
Hurricane Dean to category 5, worst rating, before striking Yucatan? 8/20
US heat wave takes at least 49 lives. 8/19
Typhon Sepat impacts Philipines & Taiwan, heads for China. 8/18
Hurricane Dean, moving through Carribean, now a category 4 storm. 8/18
US nuclear reactor shut down, river too warm to provide cooling. 8/18
Ecological restoration mitigates climate change. 8/18
China prepares for typhoon Sepat. 8/18
Soaring metal prices spurs mining endangering US national parks. 8/17
Arctic ice at record low today and still shrinking. 8/17
Solar water to hydrogen & oxygen production method gets funding? 8/17
UK TRUTHS satellite system to improve climate understanding? 8/17
Invasive Australian jellyfish expands range in Gulf of Mexico. 8/17
Planting trees better than biofuel to alleviate carbon dioxide burden? 8/16
World Health Org. to give away nets w/insecticide to prevent malaria? 8/16
US heat wave kills about 40. 8/16
Category 2 hurricane Dean hits Carribean, to become category 4? 8/16
Worst fire season in memory burns dozens of homes in Greece. 8/17
7.9 earthquake strikes off coast of Peru. 8/15
More than 1/10 of North Korea's farmland destroyed by flooding? 8/15
Tropical storm expected to hit rain soaked Texas. 8/15
Biodiesel production plant promises to cut costs. 8/14
Floods in North Korea leave up to 300,000 homeless. 8/15
Startup: wood to ethanol from cellulose-sugar converting microbe. 8/14
German solar cell companies thrive. 8/14
Wildlife harmed & lessened by Chernobyl's radiation. 8/14
95 square mile wildfire forces evacuations in Idaho. 8/14
Atlantic hurricane "Flossie" may hit Hawaii. 8/14
Factory for producing ethanol from wood waste in development. 8/14
Hurricane-braced Hawaii has small earthquake. 8/14
Arctic ice to hit record low this year? 8/14
No mature rain forests in carbon trading plan endangers them? 8/14
Study finds 40% of all deaths are due to pollution. 8/13
Monsoon kills 2,000+, 20,000+ sick, 200,000+ displaced. 8/11
Category 3 hurricane, Flossie, in Pacific. 8/11
UK cattle foot-&-mouth disease contained? 8/11
Hurricane season starts around Aug. 20th. Big storms expected. 8/10
Pygmy elephants face threat of vanishing habitat. 8/9
Yangtze river search suggests fresh water dolphin is extinct. 8/8
Deep earthquake rocks Indonesia capital. 8/8
Tilapia fish added to ponds decrease malaria carrying mosquitos. 8/9
Record power demand in US in response to increasing heat wave. 8/9
Conventional farming methods deplete soil. 8/8
Biofuel byproduct to become resource rather than waste? 8/8
UK livestock ban relaxed? 3rd farm culled of cattle. 8/8
Sperm counts falling across the globe? 8/6
Record floods, heat waves, storms & cold snaps so far this year. 8/7
Beach sands commonly polluted w/ bacteria from humans? 8/8
Study finds coral reefs dying faster than rain forests. 8/8
New York subways crippled by flooding. 8/8
Flooding displaces over 10,000 in Vietnam. 8/7
Dangerous heat wave on top of drought hits Tennessee. 8/6
Record breaking extreme weather in early 2007. 8/7
Federal judge orders Navy sonar halt to protect ocean mammals. 8/6
Amphibian killer fungus, chutridiomycosis, new & airborne. 8/6
Record # US beaches closed due to disease microbes. 8/7
Hundreds of thousands marooned by floods don't get aid. 8/7
India's tigers threatened, less than half previous estimates. 8/6
Geothermal could supply all of world's energy 250,000 times over? 8/6
US heat wave, "It's just going to get hotter and hotter every day" 8/6
Montana state of emergency declared for wildfires. 8/6
Tens of millons displaced in India & Bangladesh from record rains. 8/6
Well funded climate change deniers cause doubt in US majority. 8/4
Lake Superior heats up, could drop to lowest record level this fall. 8/3
Limiting beach access brought Atlantic plovers back from brink. 8/3
India floods are worst ever, affect millions. 8/3
Europe heat waves doubled in length & tripled in freq. since 1880? 8/3
New York wildlife marshes to dissappear in 5 years from sewage? 8/3
Illegal mining road cuts water to thousands in Guyana. 8/3
Satellites used to track endangered scarlet macaws. 8/3
No clam chowder on the menu? Shark devestation to blame? 8/3
Satellites help fight Africa's water shortages. 8/3
US gov. in bed with polluters kills 24,000 a year? 8/3 (orig. 6/04)
East Russia island hit by earthquake, thousands left homeless. 8/3
Typhoon hits Japan. 8/2
New Australian synchrotron may help save Tasmanian devil. 8/1
Solar cell efficiency record could halve required space. 8/1
Free Paris bicycle program takes off. 8/1
Chickadees, nuthatches & warblers increase tree growth? 8/1
Siberian heat rising fast over decades, fires get extreme & more often. 7/31
Laser printers produce air toxins as bad as second-hand smoke? 7/31
Philippine volcano sends ash three miles. 7/31
Pesticides & nitrate fertilizers lead to premature births. 7/31
Dead zone off Oregon coast for sixth year in a row. 7/30
With 2/3 of days under clouds, Germany ranks as top solar producer. 7/30
Pigeons get birth control pill to curb their numbers? 7/30
Climate change increasing number of Atlantic hurricanes? 7/29
Richard Leaky on what can be done to save the gorilla. 7/28
Heavy rain predicted this weekend for flooded UK. 7/28
US produces most green house gases, 23%, w/ Texas the worst state. 7/27
"Green" a fad? "We're basically rushing toward a cliff, full speed ahead." 7/27
30 years limiting nuclear spread curtailed in new India - US pact. 7/27
Wanton gorilla killings calling for attention to human plight? 7/27
"Vital" study of rain forest human impact threatened by human impact. 7/27
Free drifting ice bergs help tie up more carbon dioxide? 7/26
Clean up chemicals for oil spills damage coral worse than oil? 7/26
Less US EPA agents than congress mandate means more pollution? 7/26
Raging fires add to Europe's extreme heat wave woes. 7/26
Large amounts of ozone depleting chemicals found in Atarctica air. 7/26
Peru cold snap kills children and adults. 7/25
Present infection rates suggest West Nile virus empidemic coming. 7/25
Asperger's syndrome, like adult autism, prevalent but undiagnosed? 7/24
England distributes 300,000 DIY bowel cancer test kits, saving lives. 7/24
Oregon dam being removed to restore river and fish. 7/25
China's coal use grows 18% this year. 7/25
Changes in fishing regulations may drive Galapagos shark to extinction. 7/24
China starts work on 10th largest windmill project, investing 77 million. 7/24
China signs deal w/ US company for 8 billion to build nuclear reactors. 7/24
Predatory squid expand North & South in Pacific, endangering fishng. 7/23
Audio: climate change effect on health. 7/23
Audio: Alaska's melting ice & permafrost, buckling roads, more insects. 7/23
Thames river flooding, tens of thousands flee & Europe's killer heat. 7/23
Weather has changed to more precpitation in Northern latitudes. 7/23
Thousands evacuate due to British flooding. 7/23
Hundreds in path of massive Utah fire evacuate. 7/22
Record number of US oil refinery breakdowns this year. 7/22
UK uses airforce to rescue people from record rains & floods. 7/21
Britain floods trap hundreds "the weather has been freakish" 7/21
Reactor leaked radioactive iodine into air for 3 days unchecked. 7/20
Removal of invasive & planting native plants helps save butterfly. 7/20
US fire risk season just starting, worst yet to come? 7/20
Extreme rains in Pakistan kill 30+. 7/20
Plug-in hybrid cars could lessen greenhouse gases by 30%? 7/20
Almost half of 72 current large US wildfires in Utah & Nevada. 7/20
US Wildlife agency may reverse some politically corrupted decisions. 7/20
Pacific La Nina, bringing Atlantic hurricanes & US cold snaps, forming? 7/20
West US fire danger raised to highest level, 1,000 new fires. 7/19
Volcano rumblings & earthquakes spur evacuations in Tanzania. 7/19
hurricanes developing in the Mediterranean? 7/19
Inspectors find another leak at earthquake hit nuclear power plant. 7/19
China's aggressive weather modification program. 7/19
Scores treated for exposure to toxin from Ukraine derailment. 7/18
Japanese nuclear reactor damage worse than Three Mile Island? 7/18
Algae derived biofuel could reduce aviation net CO2 emissions to zero? 7/18
What's the beef? Major greenhouse gas producing meat. 7/18
Underground lake may ease tensions in Darfur. 7/18
Elevated illness & death rates for children living near nuclear facilities? 7/18
World's largest nuclear power plant closed due to earthquake damage. 7/17
10x as many vines growing in US forests within last 2 decades? 7/17
Toxic phosphorous cloud from train derailment in 14 villages of Ukraine. 7/17
Deep water glow-in-dark sharks may be going extinct. 7/17
Radiation reporting delays at earthquake site make safety claims suspect. 7/17
Less want hybrid cars and more want diesels? 7/17
Wildfires burning since July 4th threaten homes in California. 7/17
Major powerlines to cross US state parks. 7/16
Earthquakes damage nuclear reactor in Japan. 7/16
Using ice to cool buildings more efficient than conditioning? 7/16
China uses most recycled paper, mainly from US virgin sourced paper. 7/14
Brazil authorizes two Amazon dam projects despite ecological concerns? 7/14
Recommendations to reduce spread of sudden oak death. 7/13
Less antioxidants reason bird populations decline near Chernobyl? 7/12
Samoan butterflies, fastest evolutionary change ever observed? 7/12
EPA neglects to provide for safe nanotechnology development. 7/12
Despite pledges to stop, palm oil growers continue to destroy habitats. 7/12
Cloning of endangered turtles may save the species? 7/12
Parking science cuts greenhouse emissions 730 tons/yr. for 15 city blocks? 7/12
Drinking water caution, 50% of garden hoses release toxic levels of lead? 7/12
Raging forest fires force evacuation of Greek islands. 7/12
Better cow diet could decrease green-house gases significantly? 7/12
$, not environment, may end venting & burning-off natural gas at oil rigs. 7/12
Tiger sharks' eating herbivores protects foundation of ecosystems. 7/11
Organic farming produces more food than conventional methods? 7/11
Volcanic activity causes evacuation of 8,000, imminent eruption feared. 7/11
Study concludes that solar variation is not to blame for global warming. 7/11
Drought & over-fishing brings stinging jelly fish to beaches? 7/11
Severe China floods send mice scurrying, increasing risk of diseases. 7/11
Miscanthus, Europe biofuel crop 2x+ more productive as switchgrass? 7/10
Citrus greening, Asian insect spread, infects more fruit trees in Florida. 7/10
Control of invasive water hyacinth successes in Africa. 7/8
West US record breaking heat expected to continue. 7/7
First Everest conquerer's son laments melting glaciers, warns of flooding. 7/7
Heat wave breaks records in West US. 7/6
Largest volcanic eruption in decade on Kamchatka Peninsula. 7/5
New rain storms predicted for Oklahoma/Texas - more flood warnings. 7/5
West US' record heat expected to be tied or broken this year. 7/5
Live-Earth concerts world wide this Saturday. China's top gas emitter. 7/5
Turtles tracked w/ on-board computers & relay communications. 7/5
Flooding in mid US "may not ease up for days." 7/4
Oil spill on flooded Kansas river complicates recovery. 7/3
Humanity uses a quarter of earth's resources? 7/2
Catalyst decreases cost of biodiesel. 7/2
Flood warnings issued for parts of UK. 7/1
Entire UK delivery vehicles fleet for fast food chain to run on biodiesel. 7/1
Evacuations due to Kansas flooding increase. 7/1
US Forest Service joins local crews in fighting Utah fires. 7/1
Continuing Texas rain forces more evacuations. 7/1
"Nuclear power has its role, but it is not the answer to climate change." 7/1

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