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Monday, August 28, 2006
News of Note The Pope's weekly blessing this Sunday included an environmental message and a plea for conservation. Find out what he said here. Today's News Acid Rain Affects Large Swathes of China Acid rain caused by sulphur dioxide spewed from factories and power plants affected a third of China's vast land mass last year, posing a threat to food safety, Xinhua news agency said citing a parliamentary report. Thousands Search for India's Tigers Tens of thousands of forest workers are fanning out across India's jungles and national parks to count the country's endangered tigers, officials said on Friday. Brown Bear Released in French Pyrenees Dies in Fall A Slovenian brown bear, one of five released in the French Pyrenees earlier this year, has been found dead at the foot of a cliff after an apparent accident, authorities said on Sunday. Power Plants Seek Solutions to Mercury Designed by power company researchers, a new system called Toxecon prevents gaseous mercury from escaping into the atmosphere by mixing it with carbon, creating ash that is collected in the fabric bags and trucked to landfills. New Orleans Sets Storm Anniversary as Deadline for Home Gutting New Orleans city officials have set Tuesday -- the storm's first anniversary -- as the deadline for homeowners to gut or otherwise clean up their properties. Illegal Trade in 'Get Rich' Algae Expands Deserts Facai (pronounced fa-tsai) is a blue-green algae that grows in the sandy semi-desert of western China, anchoring the fine soil in place and retaining moisture to support other plants in an area struggling to stop the desert expanding. >>>More articles at ENN.com Network Member News Woolly Bully is Sticky Nuisance: Find Out How to Control the Pest By: UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program Researchers have found a way for growers and homeowners to save money and time by knowing when and how much insecticide to apply to control the Asian hackberry woolly aphid. Conservation Groups Challenge Agency’s Refusal To Protect Recently Discovered Salamander By: Center for Biological Diversity A coalition of conservation groups filed suit in California state court on Thursday, challenging the Department of Fish and Game's (DFG's) failure to protect the recently discovered Scott Bar Salamander under California's endangered species law. Rather than herald the new species - a rare subset of a threatened species - DFG stripped the salamanders of protection, subjecting them to the immediate threat from logging operations. The Trust for Public Land Honored for Exceptional Work Using GIS Technology By: the Trust for Public Land This July The Trust for Public Land (TPL, www.tpl.org) was announced as a recipient of a 2006 "Special Achievement in GIS" Award for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. ESRI, the world leader in GIS software, presented the award at the Twenty-sixth Annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California, before thousands of GIS professionals. 2007 BEADS Walkathon Aims to "Break the Chains of Illiteracy" for African Women By: African Wildlife Foundation With support from AWF, an organization called BEADS is improving the livelihoods of Maasai communities in Kenya. BEADS, which stands for Beads for Education, Advancement Development and Success, supports educational sponsorships for girls, career counseling, community service projects, HIV/AIDS prevention, and famine relief programs. CNN's Andy Serwer to speak at University of Florida Greenbuilding Conference in September By: EnviroGLAS Products Inc. Serwer will join four others on a panel and workshop called “Educating the Next Generation of Green Builders”. The panel will exchange ideas and strategies with the audience about how to educate young people to construct buildings that are healthy and environmentally responsible. New IFAW Report Uncovers Public Safety Dangers at Big Cat Facilities By: International Fund for Animal Welfare A new report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) documents a pattern of public safety and animal welfare violations at U.S. facilities that house and exhibit big cats - such as tigers, lions, panthers and jaguars. "Fatal Attractions," the new IFAW report, culminates an 18-month investigation of 42 USDA-licensed facilities in 11 states. Prompted by over 100 big cat incidents and over a dozen fatalities in the past decade, the report provides recommendations for changes to federal and state policy. Volvo Names Children's Health Advocate Hometown Hero By: California Safe Schools Children's environmental health advocate and humanitarian, Robina Suwol, Executive Director of California Safe Schools (CSS), was selected by Volvo as one of 250 semi-finalists for the fifth anniversary Volvo For Life Awards, a program that honors hometown heroes. U.S. Leads World in Climate Refugees By: Earth Policy Institute Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in late August 2005, forced a million people from New Orleans and the small towns on the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts to move inland either in state or to neighboring states, such as Texas and Arkansas. Although nearly all planned to return, almost a year later 375,000 - or a full third of those million evacuees - have yet to return...Interestingly, the country to suffer the most damage from a hurricane is also primarily responsible for global warming. Pest Management Tool for Stone Fruit Growers By: UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program Knowing when to put up pheromone traps for peach twig borer, or what pests are best managed during their dormant stage is just some of the information available to growers in the newly released University of California Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Management Practices in Peaches and Nectarines. Great Ape Trust Awards $22,000 in Conservation Grants By: Great Ape Trust of Iowa Great Ape Trust of Iowa announced today the Des Moines-based scientific research facility will provide $22,000 dollars for conservation efforts of orangutans in Indonesia and bonobos in Africa. 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