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BP Burning Rare Sea Turtles Alive

Efforts to rescue turtles from oil corrals before controlled burns have been halted by BP. According to Dr. Brian Stacy, a veterinarian with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, most of the turtles being found dead or covered in oil are Kemp's Ridleys, which is the rarest species. It is protected by the Endangered Species Act, which means there are severe penalties for those who harm or kill them. Fines of up to $50,000, and prison time, are applicable if the evidence doesn't go up in smoke.

Tanzania Plans Road Through Serengeti

Reports have emerged that the government of Tanzania plans to build a road through the east African Savannah, bisecting and disrupting migratory routes for millions of animals.

Garbage Found In Beached Whale

Biologists who examined a gray whale that died after getting stranded on a West Seattle beach say it had a large amount of garbage in its stomach

Turning Trash Into Art

This collaboration invites artists to reuse old hubcaps, adding to a growing collection of landfill art.

Tiger Habitats Disappearing

Tigers could become extinct in the wild in less than a generation, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday as it launched a campaign to save them. The number of tigers in the wild has dwindled to 3,200 -- less than the number held in captivity in the United States alone.

Conservation Controversy

A major conservation row is developing over proposals for Britain to establish the biggest and most unspoiled marine nature reserve in the world.

Copenhagen Climate Accords Fail

After years of preparation, the UN climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce anything except a weak outline of intentions, falling far short of the sort of global action needed to slow climate change.

Organizing In Support Of Sea Turtles

Founded out of a desire to support research and conservation efforts, SeaTurtle.org now provides a wide range of services and information.

How Big Is Your Ecological Footprint?

The Global Footprint Network has graphed data concerning the ecological footprint of average individuals in over a hundred countries. The organization works to influence decision makers and to put an end to ecological overshoot and get economies back into balance.

Oceans Of Trash

Attempts to locate a missing airplane that crashed have highlighted the problem of oceanic trash. Huge gyres of garbage the size of Texas, including a lot of plastic that takes ages to decompose, make this pollution a growing problem for both humans and marine creatures.

Antarctic Ice Shelf Disappears

An Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, according to U.S. and British government researchers.

Obama Signs Land Conservation Bill

Hundreds of thousands of acres of land are set aside for wilderness protection under the bill.

One Quarter Of Mammals Threatened

One in four mammals in danger of disappearing because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change. The findings were presented at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. They are the most detailed study of mammals conducted by the conservation union in more than a decade.

Power Cars With Wind Power

Plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles should be powered by electricity from wind power rather than using carbon emitting natural gas, as T. Boone Pickens has been advocating in television advertising. New car technology is matched by new wind-turbine technology, setting the stage for an automotive-fuel economy powered largely by cheap wind energy. The Energy Department notes that North Dakota, Kansas and Texas alone have enough wind energy to easily satisfy national electricity needs.

Shell Eco Ad Deemed Deceptive

A British organization charged with regulating truth in advertising has criticized Shell's advertising about its planned exploitation of tar sands, an unconventional source of petroleum found in great quantity in Alberta, Canada. La pub écologique de Shell jugée «mensongère» Selon l'autorité britannique de régulation de la publicité (ASA), la publicité de Shell utilise le terme «ambigu» de développement durable sans donner «d'éléments qui montrent comment Shell maîtrise concrètement ses émissions de CO2 dans ses projets de sables bitumineux»...

Children Losing Touch With Natural World

Children have lost touch with the natural world and are unable to identify common animals and plants, according to a survey. Sir David Attenborough warned that children who lack any understanding of the natural world would not grow into adults who cared about the environment.

Acidifying Oceans Endanger Coral Reefs

Studies concerning the effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on oceans has concluded that coral reefs are gravely endangered by the resulting acidification of the water. The reefs become soft and vulnerable because they are calcium-based and cannot withstand even subtle increases of acidity.

Sharks Disappearing

Some shark populations in the Mediterranean Sea have completely collapsed, according to a new study, with numbers of five species declining by more than 96 percent over the past two centuries.

Starving Polar Bear Shot

A polar bear believed to have swam approximately 200 miles was shot and killed by police in Iceland, although witnesses suggested that this was utterly unnecessary.

An Epidemic Of Extinctions

Scientists say the current extinction rate is now up to 10,000 times faster than what has historically been recorded as normal.