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Monday, August 7, 2006
News of Note According to the U.N., adding "escape holes" to shrimp trawler nets has the potential to save vast numbers of marine wildlife commonly snared and discarded dead. Find out more here. Today's News Balloons Work with Satellite to Gauge Bad Air Days The weather outside was frightful: hot, humid and layered with a haze of pollution so thick it seemed it could be cut with a machete -- a perfect day to use balloons and a satellite to monitor some bad air. Despite Opposition, Greens Push for Restoration of Yosemite Valley With its soaring granite walls and spouting waterfalls, Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley was described by conservationist John Muir as "a grand landscape garden, one of Nature's rarest and most precious mountain temples." Tsunami Boosts Illegal Indonesia Logging The rebels of Aceh are trading their guns for chain saws and cashing in on a logging binge that is jeopardizing the future of the world's third largest tropical forest reserves. BP Shutting Eight Percent of U.S. Oil Output Due to Spill Oil producer BP Plc began shutting down on Sunday the biggest oilfield in the United States, Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, after discovering a small pipeline leak, cutting output by 400,000 barrels daily and sending oil prices up nearly 2 percent. Scientists Say Warming Triggers Dead Zone Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring "dead zone" of low-oxygen water that is larger than in previous years and may be triggered by global warming, scientists said. EPA Gives Green Light to One Group of Pesticides, Bans Another After a decade-long review, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to allow continued use of 31 popular but controversial agricultural pesticides, concluding cumulative exposure does not pose a health risk. >>>More articles at ENN.com Network Member News Senate Vote for Triple Border Wall Will Destroy Endangered Species and Ecosystems By: Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity blasted this week's U.S. Senate vote to fund the construction of a massive triple wall over 370 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, calling the plan a colossal environmental disaster and declaring that it will not stem the tide of illegal immigration. Proposal to Expand California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery Puts Endangered Sea Turtles and Whales at Risk By: Sea Turtle Restoration Project On Friday, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced their proposal to issue a permit that will authorize the capture of the endangered humpback, sperm and fin whale by the California/Oregon drift-gillnet fishery. This announcement comes at a time when drift-gillnet fishery industry representatives are pressuring the NMFS to expand this controversial fishery off the California and Oregon coast. Countries Losing War With Advancing Deserts By: Earth Policy Institute Large-scale desertification is concentrated in Asia and Africa - two regions that together contain nearly 4.8 billion of the world's 6.5 billion people. Populations in countries across the top of Africa are being squeezed by the northward advance of the Sahara. More Than 100 Conservation Organizations Call for Withdrawal of Proposed Rules Expanding Aerial Gunning and Trapping in Wilderness Areas By: Center for Biological Diversity A coalition of more than 100 conservation organizations submitted comments this week opposing controversial new rules proposed by the U.S. Forest Service that would permit the use of motorized vehicles in wilderness areas to trap and kill predators like bears, coyotes, wolves, bobcats and mountain lions. SCA And Honda Putting 'Conservation In Motion' By: Student Conservation Association The Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Honda Motor Company have joined forces to launch 'Conservation in Motion', a strategic partnership targeting the nation’s most urgent conservation issues. Study Finds Dozens of Bering Sea Animals in Trouble By: Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Environment released a report classifying 12 percent of the Bering Sea's wildlife species as species of concern because they are at risk of decline or extinction, and identifying potential threats to 22 percent of the region's wildlife populations. Suit Filed Over Paradise Coal-fired Plant in Kentucky By: Center for Biological Diversity EPA’s Failure to Require Adequate Permit Places Health and Environment at Risk Mgahinga Visitor Center: Open Doors to a Brighter Future in Uganda By: African Wildlife Foundation On July 7, 2006, the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Visitor Center was officially opened, welcoming tourists who come to southern Uganda to trek the endangered mountain gorillas. The opening of the visitor center marks an important milestone for ecotourism in the park. The visitor center will enhance tourism services and facilities, thereby contributing to increased revenues. It will also help educate both international tourists and Ugandan visitors about the park's endangered inhabitants. Students Dialogue With Legendary Activists By: California Safe Schools California Safe Schools honors Sheinbaum & Farrell San Pedro Railroad Abandonment Approved Old Rail Bed Considered for Trail System By: the Center for Biological Diversity The rail line that has run along the banks of the San Pedro River for more than 100 years will be retired, according to a decision published July 26 by the Surface Transportation Board. The Center for Biological Diversity had filed a lawsuit against the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) in June for failing to perform an environmental review considering the impacts of continued railroad operations in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. 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