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Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests — a key defense against global warming.
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.
Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.
A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High (LiveScience.com)
March 12, 2010LiveScience.com - Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzard that descended on Washington, D.C., last month, which was mostly just inconvenient by comparison, 2010 is already above average in terms of natural-disaster casualties.
Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report (AFP)
March 12, 2010
AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday.
Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (AFP)
March 12, 2010
AFP - Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program (AFP)
March 12, 2010
AFP - A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.
Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin (HealthDay)
March 12, 2010HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells.
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.
Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.
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