Tuesday, May 31, 2005

::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Monday, April 04, 2005 :::

ENN Todays News

World's Biggest Iceberg Begins Moving after Blocking Food Supplies for Antarctic Stations, Penguins

The world's biggest iceberg has begun moving again, nearly three months after it ran aground, threatening penguin breeding colonies and blocking ships supplying food and fuel to Antarctic research stations, officials said Monday.

Roll out the Welcome Mat for Birds -- Then Clean It

Ah, spring. The run has begun on potting soil and fertilizers at garden stores, seed packets are arriving daily in the mail and the first of the migrating songbirds and hummingbirds are setting up shop around the yard.

China's Giant Pandas Get Broadband

Calling all tech-savvy pandas -- China's biggest nature reserve in the foggy mountains of southwest Sichuan province is now wired for broadband.

Tsunami Survivors Grow Saplings to Remember the Dead and Protect from Waves

As day breaks Sunday near the southern Indian coast, Idambai Duraiswamy carries a pot of water to an enclosure of saplings near the sea and pours it over a budding coconut plant that stands as a memorial to her 4-year-old daughter killed by the tsunami.

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SUSTAINABLE   ECONOMY NEWS

EarthNews Radio Highlights PBS's "Journey to Planet Earth"

PBS will be airing a number of programs about science and the environment in the month of April; among them is "Journey to Planet Earth."

Ford Motor Co. to Prepare Climate Risk Report

As a result of a shareholder resolution filed with the Ford Motor Co., the country's second largest automaker has announced it will issue a first-of-its-kind comprehensive report later this year.

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NON PROFIT &   COMPANY NEWS

Scientists to Study Forgiveness in Great Apes

To learn more about human forgiveness and the process of culture, an international team of researchers will begin a scientific study this spring at Great Ape Trust of Iowa into the topic of forgiveness and social interaction in bonobos (Pan paniscus). The four month project is funded by a $125,000 grant from the Campaign for Forgiveness Research headquartered in Richmond, VA. Directing the research team will be Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, lead scientist with Great Ape Trust, a research center in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicated to the study of ape behavior and intelligence.

Jumpstart Ford Activists “Adopt A Dealer” On Fossil Fools Day

On April 1, the Jumpstart Ford coalition will rally in support of the 2nd annual Fossil Fools Day with its largest day of action since the grassroots campaign was born in 2002. Clean car crusaders will launch an "Adopt-a-Dealer" program with actions at over 100 North American Ford dealers in seven Canadian provinces and 43 states. Consumer activists are highlighting Ford’s bottom-of-the-barrel EPA fuel efficiency ranking and off-the-chart greenhouse gas emissions. Joined by longtime activist Woody Harrelson in Santa Fe, concerned citizens will enlist Ford dealers to demand that the automaker act socially responsible by immediately implementing existing fuel saving technology as a first step toward building only zero emission cars and trucks.

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