Tag: Biodiversity
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Will Newest National Park Be Marred by Oil Drilling?
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — As the dignitaries were celebrating Pinnacles’ elevation from a national monument to a national park, the staff at the local San Benito County Planning Department were preparing the paperwork for an application for exploratory oil wells just seven miles (as the condor flies) from the southern border of the park …
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Scientists Warn of Sperm Count Declines Linked to Pesticide Exposure
BEYOND PESTICIDES — The researchers counted semen quality according to concentration of sperm over an area, their motility and ability to move, as well as their shapes. Researchers targeted …
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The Low-Down on How Sequestration Would Impact Environmental Health
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — If sequestration, the series of automatic budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011, goes into effect as scheduled on March 1, it will have a disastrous impact on …
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Pirates of Greed Get Away with Murder: Appeals Court Favors Japanese Whale Poachers
SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY — The Institute for Cetacean Research, which is an arm of the Japanese government, is really a pirate organization masquerading as a scientific research group …
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A Deadly Mix: Whales and Sonar
DAVID SUZUKI — Sonar is a problem worldwide, affecting large areas of marine habitat. Naval exercises using sonar have been linked to whale and marine mammal stranding in …