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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: conservation

conservation stories: 52 news summaries

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Time to Move the Bears?

Not quite yet—but species may be
moved as warming ruins habitats

Nov 25, 07 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Airlifting polar bears to the Antarctic? Luring man-eating tigers out from a forest in Bangladesh? Such ideas are in the air, as biologists debate whether to move embattled species to areas less warmed by CO2. But critics say that "cowboy environmentalists" are flouting the rules—and endangering cooler habitats—... More »

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climate change • endangered species • conservation • threatened species

Energy Conservation Comes Home

Plug-in monitor tells
you when electric demand is at peak

Nov 16, 07 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Energy companies are hoping to cut costs and conserve electricity by training customers to trim power use during peak hours, reports the MIT Technology Review. By viewing small monitors in homes, customers can see when demand is highest and turn off energy-hogging air conditioners, dishwashers and space heaters. Generating so-called... More »

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technology • conservation • electricity • business tech

Crazed Elephants Ravage Village

Oct 14, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A marauding herd of some 100 elephants has run amok on an Indian island, destroying homes and crushing fields as they feast on sugarcane. Panicky villagers were using firecrackers and bonfires in a bid to drive off the animals. Some 50 families have moved to a school for shelter.  More »

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conservation • India • elephant • elephant habitat

21 Gadgets for the Green Home

Watch out evil polluters! 
These hot new devices are mean,
lean and very, very green

Sep 20, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Companies are zeroing in on the emerging eco-market with painfully cool items like a battery-powered scooter from Vectrix, wind-powered tiki torches from Demakersvan, and speakers made from recycled whiskey barrels by Pioneer Electronics. Popular Science's photo montage of the latest in green technology shows that hip and hippie need no... More »

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energy • conservation • environmentalism • list • Nokia • green technology • green home

Dirt Feels Magnetic Pull

New iron-flecked gel
is used to remove centuries of grime
from paintings

Sep 4, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian researchers have solved an age-old problem of painting conservation with new technology: magnets. Restorers use special gels to work on small areas of a canvas, but removing them has remained a delicate operation that can damage the artwork. Now, Nature reports, chemists at the University of Florence have developed... More »

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conservation • painting • restoration • magnets • University of Florence

Puffin Love Flies High in Maine

Penguin lookalikes need 24-hour protection from swooping gulls

Aug 26, 07 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Puffin-love is flying high in Maine, where hundreds of these penguin look-a-likes are lured by wooden decoys and given 24-hour protection, the AP reports. Supervisors endure screeching gulls and pooping dive-bombers to protect these finned waddlers and their nests. So just what are puffins? Birds that look like penguins, but... More »

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conservation • birds • ecology • Maine • Puffins • restoration • animal

5 Last-Ditch Plans to Save Earth

Crank up your ingenuity and combat climate change the MacGyver way

Aug 22, 07 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - If reducing emissions was Plan A to save the earth from global warming, these plans from Popular Science would be more like Plan ... Z:
  1. Make more Arctic ice—out of saltwater.
  2. Cool the oceans, which feed storms with warm water, by sucking up cold water from the ocean
... More »

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climate change • environment • conservation • global warming • plastic • list • Earth • glacier • polar ice caps • wetlands

Rower Launches Solo Pacific Trip

Brit woman leaves on historic 6,700-mile journey

Aug 13, 07 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman yesterday launched a historic solo journey across the Pacific rowing a 24-foot-long boat. Roz Savage, 39, has already rowed twice across the Atlantic. She left Crescent City, California, for the first of three legs of the 6,700-mile odyssey to Australia. She plans to keep a blog... More »

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travel • conservation • Pacific Ocean • Pacific • Roz Savage • solo row

Don't Think Pink: Factory Threatens Flamingo Species

Endangered lesser flamingos breed in only one lake in eastern Africa

Jul 12, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian company's plans to build a plant to harvest soda ash, or sodium carbonate, from Lake Natron in northern Tanzania could spell the end for the endangered lesser flamingo, the smallest of the six flamingo species. The lake is the only major breeding site, and half a million of... More »

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endangered species • environment • Africa • conservation • India • environmentalism • Tanzania • endangered species list • flamingos • East Africa

Eagle Flies Off 'Threatened' List

After 40 years, national symbol returns from brink of extinction

Jun 28, 07 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The national bird is no longer threatened with extinction, an achievement the Interior Department celebrated today by letting a bald eagle frolic in the skies above the Jefferson Memorial. Thanks in large part to conservation laws, the number of nesting pairs has grown more than 20-fold since 1963; the bird... More »

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endangered species • environment • conservation • list • Department of the Interior • eagle • hunting • animal • pesticide

Africans OK Nine-Year
Ivory Ban

But first, countries approve a one-time mammoth sale

Jun 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four southern African countries will hold a one-time sale of 200 tons of stockpiled ivory before the start of a nine-year moratorium, in a hard-fought conservation compromise. Proceeds from the blowout will be used in elephant conservation efforts in the future. "It's the best we could achieve for the... More »

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Africa • Kenya • conservation • tourism • Southern Africa • ivory • poaching • wildlife • elephant • moratorium

Restaurants Ban Bottled Water

Mar 22, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh-food pioneer Chez Panisse has joined a growing number of San Francisco–area restaurants in striking bottled water from the menu. The decision to serve local tap water only—flat or carbonated in-house—comes from an effort to cut down on the packaging waste and energy used shipping bottles. More »

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climate change • environment • sustainable living • bottled water • conservation • water • environmentalism • waste • restaurant • privatization

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