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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
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OPINION

 Let's Start Paying 
 for Water—Or Lose It 

Solution to 'crisis' may be controversial, but problem will only worsen

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 30, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - You may receive a water bill every month, but you’re not actually paying for water. You’re paying for the cost of service, and this free-rider problem is contributing to the worsening water crisis that threatens to dehydrate the US, author and law professor Robert Glennon argues in the... More »

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conservation • drought • water • natural resources • water shortage • water supply • desalination

 Mexican Wolf Recovery 
 Is Howling Flop 


Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jul 26, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US effort to relocate endangered wolves along the Arizona-New Mexico border is actually rendering them extinct, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials moved eleven Mexican gray wolves to the Gila National Forest in 1998, where managers are trapping, penning, and shooting the wolves to control their roaming and cattle-killing... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Southwest • livestock • cattle industry • wolves

Greenies Freeze Out Ben
& Jerry's for Water Waste

Green-friendly company admits water-wasting practice is 'not acceptable'

News of the World (UK) News of the World (UK) Jul 25, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s locations around the world are wasting nearly 300,000 gallons of water per day, a News of the World investigation finds. The whimsical ice cream maker, famous for its green ethics and environmental activism, requires employees to wash scoops in sinks under constantly running water to... More »

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environment • conservation • water • United Kingdom • ice cream • Ben & Jerry's

Attack Survivors Snap Up Chance to Save Sharks


Washington Post Washington Post Jul 15, 09 1:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Victims of shark attacks have gathered in Washington to lend a hand to their one-time foes, reports the Washington Post. The survivors plan to lobby senators to pass a bill setting new restrictions on shark fishing in US waters. A third of the world's shark species are now classified as... More »

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conservation • shark • marine life • shark attack • shark population • overfishing

 Scots Move to 
 Save Rare 
 Wildcats 

Experts warn that only 400 of the unique predators remain

BBC BBC May 5, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scotland has launched a program to save the last of its rare Scottish wildcats, the BBC reports. Experts warn that fewer than 400 of the unique cats—endangered by persecution, habitat loss, and interbreeding with domestic cats—are believed to remain. Officials are seeking to raise awareness, encourage the neutering... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Scotland • wildlife • wildcat • cat

 A Third of America's
Bird Species in Trouble


Development sending large numbers of native species into decline

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Mar 20, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a third of America's bird species are in peril from habitat destruction and other threats, according to a federal report released yesterday. The study, which may spur the Obama administration to increase regulation in some areas to protect the animals, found that  67 of America's over 800 bird species... More »

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endangered species • environment • conservation • birds • wildlife • threatened species • Obama administration

 Palin Howls 
 at Judd's 
 Wildlife Ad 

Fringe group twists the truth about Alaska hunting, governor says

Politico Politico Feb 4, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is steaming over a conservation group's ad in which Ashley Judd slams the Alaska governor for "championing the slaughter of wildlife," Politico reports. Palin released a statement in which she called the campaign "reprehensible and hypocritical," adding: "Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife... More »

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Alaska • conservation • Ashley Judd • hunting • Sarah Palin • wolves

Ashley Judd Ad Mauls Palin Over Wolf-Killing

Conservationist campaign slams Palin's support of 'senseless savagery'

Huffington Post Huffington Post Feb 3, 09 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Actress Ashley Judd is spearheading a Defenders of Wildlife ad campaign blasting Sarah Palin for her support of the aerial killing of wolves and bears in Alaska, reports the Huffington Post. Judd slams Palin's "anti-conservation agenda" in the film, which shows wolves shot from the air writhing in the... More »

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Alaska • conservation • Ashley Judd • wildlife • Sarah Palin • wolves

INVESTIGATION

Boy Scout Bosses Sell Wildlands to Developers

'Conservation-minded' group slammed for cashing in on green spaces

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Jan 31, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Boy Scouts of America has made tens of millions of dollars over the past two decades by selling campgrounds and valuable wildlands across the country to developers, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigation reports. The organization—which boasts a "conservation-minded" Outdoor Code—has often exclusively sought deals with developers, sometimes... More »

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conservation • nonprofit • land conservation • Boy Scouts of America

 Save the Rainforest? 
 Nature May Have It Covered 

New jungle in the tropics might outpace deforestation

New York Times New York Times Jan 30, 09 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - With all the talk of how much primeval rainforest disappears every year, it might come as a surprise to hear that much more new forest is springing up to replace it. Although new jungle taking over abandoned or destroyed farms in tropical nations is good for the planet—the UN... More »

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endangered species • environment • conservation • Panama • rainforest • carbon sinks • deforestation • jungle • reforestation

Bush Policies Will Blow Through Nat'l Parks for Years

Putting commerce over conservation, White House stifled scientists' protests

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jan 25, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Views of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes... More »

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Bush administration • conservation • Department of the Interior • natural resources • oil drilling • national park • National Park Service • Bureau of Land Management

 Aussies Snap Over Shark Terror 

Series of attacks mars Australia's summer

Time Time Jan 13, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of shark attacks in Australia has triggered a summer of terror and a national debate over whether it makes sense to continue to protect one of nature's most implacable predators. Three people were attacked in a single 48-hour period last month, reports Time. All that was found of... More »

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conservation • Australia • shark • New South Wales • shark attack • Perth • Taronga Park zoo

GLOSSIES

 5 Drought-Stopping Inventions 

Creating more water is the answer with 1.8B facing extreme shortage by 2025

Esquire Esquire Dec 14, 08 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - One UN study estimates 1.8 billion people will face extreme water shortage by 2025; the US government projects 36 states could face a similar fate by 2013. Doug Cantor, in Esquire, examines potential shortage solutions:
  • PlayPump: A pump attached to a children’s merry-go-round extracts water from
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conservation • list • sanitation • water supply • windmill • clean water • playpump

ANALYSIS

How Cheap Gas Hurts Green Initiatives, Feds' Bottom Line

Driving less not great for gov't coffers

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Nov 24, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are driving less and burning less fuel, but it could be too soon for conservation fans to celebrate. That dip, and global economic gloom, has sent oil and gas prices spiraling down, Joseph White writes in the Wall Street Journal, depriving the government of taxes it needs for transportation... More »

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Barack Obama • conservation • gas prices • oil price • gas tax • Department of Transportation • financial crisis • gasoline prices • President Obama

Bloomberg Calls For Plastic Bag Fee in NYC

6¢ charge pleases greenies, would help city's fiscal problems

New York Times New York Times Nov 7, 08 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - After an ad campaign urging New Yorkers to use greener alternatives to plastic shopping bags, Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to impose a 6¢-per-bag charge, the Times reports. While environmentalists approve, and the city’s coffers stand to gain, many think the measure will be unpopular with shoppers, and critics... More »

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environment • conservation • plastic bags • New York City • taxes • Michael Bloomberg • reuse

 Greenies Dim 
 Bright Lights 
 in Big City 

Big city's bright lights must dim, many say

New York Times New York Times Nov 2, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - A dimmer switch looms over Manhattan's bright nighttime skyline, as concerns over conservation and energy costs have prompted skyscraper owners to abandon the practice of blazing all lights at all hours. New York scores a 9 out of 9 on a light pollution scale, and legislators are considering official incentives... More »

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conservation • New York City • electricity • Energy crisis • skyline • light pollution

 Developers Plan Feast on 
 Thoreau's 'Silver Platter' 

Prospect of vast swath of homes on Maine lake has locals up in arms

Bloomberg Bloomberg Oct 1, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was once Thoreau’s “gleaming silver platter,” and now developers want to eat off it. A Seattle developer wants to put 1,000 hotel rooms and condos around Maine’s Moosehead Lake, Bloomberg reports. The proposed construction on mostly private land abutting a huge tract of forest... More »

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conservation • Maine • development • Henry David Thoreau • Moosehead Lake

glossies

 Strapped Schools
 Say Bye to Bus Rides

New generation can tell grandkids they walked to school

Newsweek Newsweek Sep 7, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - As high gas prices strangle US school budgets, more officials are cutting back where it hurts student scores least: school buses. Some schools are limiting or redesigning bus routes, but others have nixed busing entirely, leaving thousands of kids to hoof it under adult supervision. Some parents object, but many... More »

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environment • conservation • transportation • gas prices • school districts • school budget • fuel costs • school bus

 Numbers
 Soaring,
 S. Africa Mulls
 Elephant Cull

In 13 years since killing ban, overpopulation posing serious threat

National Geographic National Geographic Aug 21, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa's 1995 ban on culling elephants has proven wildly successful—perhaps too successful, writes Karen Lange in National Geographic. As the population has skyrocketed from 8,000 to 13,000 in the years since, starving elephants are now ravaging vegetation and taxing the nation's ecosystem, forcing experts to consider... More »

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endangered species • conservation • South Africa • ivory • poaching • elephant • elephant habitat

 Humpbacks
 No Longer in Danger

Spectacular success for conservation

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Aug 12, 08 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humpback whales, once feared to be on the verge of extinction, have made such a dramatic comeback that the International Union for Conservation of Nature has removed them from its list of vulnerable species. A ban on humpback whaling in the 1960s has allowed their numbers to grow to 55,... More »

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conservation • humpback whale • dolphin • whaling • International Union for Conservation of Nature • cetaceans • porpoise

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