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Beach Pollution, Cape Baboons, a Shrinking Lake and More

Thursday, May 25, 2006
Today's News U.S. Beachgoers at Risk from Polluted Water, Group Says An environmental group said Wednesday it would sue the U.S. government for failing to protect millions of beachgoers from contaminated water. Cape Baboons: Hairy, Hungry and in the House Unruly gangs are raiding the expensive homes that line the spectacular coast of South Africa's Cape Peninsula, clearing out pantries, emptying fridges and defecating on the designer furnishings. China Struggles to Stop Its Largest Lake Shrinking Lake Qinghai, holy to ethnic Tibetans, is shrinking, hit by declining rainfall and desertification partly caused by overgrazing. Some also blame global warming. Bush Asserts That More Nuclear Power Will Reduce Greenhouse Gas President Bush promoted greater use of nuclear power Wednesday as a way to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming and said the United States must diversify its energy sources. Research Group Says School Buses are Exposing Students to Pollution Most states aren't doing enough to protect children from the diesel exhaust many of them inhale while riding or waiting for school buses, an environmental advocacy group said in a report Wednesday. UConn Scientists Probe Sea Squirt Invasion A blob-like creature is invading Long Island Sound and posing a threat to its lobsters and other shellfish, University of Connecticut scientists say. >>>More articles at ENN.com Network Member News Tomato Psyllids Cropping Up in Southern California By: UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program Tomato psyllids are spreading across the country, devastating crops in Colorado, Montana, Washington, and Ontario, Canada. In Baja, Mexico, growers lost more than 85 percent of their fresh market tomatoes in 2001. California populations originated from Mexico, but are now surviving year-round in San Diego, Orange and Ventura counties. The World After Oil Peaks By: Earth Policy Institute Few countries are planning a reduction of oil use. Even though peak oil may be imminent, most countries are counting on much higher oil consumption in the decades ahead, building automobile assembly plants, roads, highways, parking lots, and suburban housing developments as though cheap oil will last forever. New airliners are being delivered with the expectation that air travel and freight will expand indefinitely. Yet in a world of declining oil production, no country can use more oil except at the expense of others. Saving the World, 3-kW at a Time By: the Midland School Midland’s sophomore class learned the science and history of a finite and polluting fossil fuel-based economy, learned how solar panels work, and then helped install a 3-kW photovoltaic (PV) system that will meet another 3-4 percent of the campus’s electricity needs and prevent the emissions of 4 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. Sportsmen Say Nation's Energy Policy "Is on the Wrong Track" Call for Action on Global Warming By: the National Wildlife Federation The majority of America's sportsmen say global warming is an urgent problem that needs immediate action, and they want clean energy solutions that create jobs and cut pollution from burning fossil fuels, a national poll of hunters and anglers reveals. Sierra Club And Center Move To Protect Palm Springs Pocket Mouse From Extinction By: the Center for Biological Diversity This species has lost most of its native habitat already and is one of the 27 species that would be afforded some protection under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP). However, to move forward, the habitat plan needs approval by all the cities in the Valley, and in recent weeks some jurisdictions have expressed opposition to the plan. Linking Climate Change Across Time Scales By: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution What do month-to-month changes in temperature have to do with century-to-century changes in temperature? At first it might seem like not much, but in a report published in this week's Nature, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found some unifying themes in the global variations of temperature at time scales ranging from a single season to hundreds of thousands of years. These findings help place climate observed at individual places and times into a larger global and temporal context. The W2O Marks International Day of the Ocean With A New Sustainability Perspective By: Open Space Institute According to the United Nations, approximately three billion people - half of the world's population - live within 125 miles of a coastline. With these numbers on the rise, it is increasingly imperative to understand the connection between humanity and the waters that cover 71 percent of the earth's surface. June 8 has been declared the International Day of the Ocean, providing a time for the media to deliberate on the state of ocean affairs, and one organization - the World Ocean Observatory - is providing a new perspective on how to approach ocean sustainability in a changing world. Off Shore Drilling Defeated, Oil Addiction Continues By: the National Center for Policy Analysis The House defeated a proposal yesterday to allow off-shore drilling in U.S. coastal waters. National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett responded to the news by suggesting the president should send Congress back to the drawing board. For Every Season, Turn to the Year-Round Program By: UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program Since seasons dictate most farm activity, peach growers who have problems with agricultural pests look for advice on what time of year to monitor and time treatments to control them. If they consult the year-round Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for peaches, they’ll find effective and environmentally sound ways to manage pests in their crops. City of Oakland Warned Over Illegal Destruction of Rare and Protected Plant Species By: the Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity sent a warning letter to the City of Oakland this week regarding violations of the federal and California Endangered Species Acts and illegal harm to protected plant species while carrying out vegetation management and development projects in the Oakland Hills. Editor's Note : 'Network News' features press releases submitted directly by organizations in ENN's member network. 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