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  • US couple donates land to Argentine park

    The Conservation Land Trust, a project of US philanthropists and environmental activists Douglas and Kris Tompkins, donated 15,000 hectares for the expansion of Perito Moreno National Park in southern Argentina. The donation was formalized at a ceremony presided over by Argentine Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer, who described the CLT's action as "moving". Nine years ago, the CLT provided 60,000 ...

  • Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

    O'BRIEN, Ore. -; Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran ...

  • Greenpeace asks Philippinegovernment to halt Bt eggplantex...

    MANILA, Philippines – The Greenpeace on Friday asked the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) to stop the field trials of the genetically engineered (GE) Bt eggplant because it won’t be helpful and there are a lot of safety ...

  • Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation

    A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...

  • Cutting rain forests may undercut hydro output

    The elimination of swaths of rain forest decreases rainfall, and is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries such as Brazil, according to a study published by the National Academy of ...


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Bugsy [DVD]

Bugsy [DVD]

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  • Kenya Kenya May Soon Reap Millions From Its Forests Says Kefri Researcher

    A scientist at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute has said the forests may soon earn Kenya millions of shillings when the carbon offset scheme begins. Researcher Chemuku Wekesa said the scheme will start once the development policies are set by the Environment ministry and discussions take place at the national and international levels. "The carbon trading business is big and will soon ...

  • Ask a grown-up who invented clothes

    The Flintstones , which is set a very, very, very long time ago, Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble wear some absolutely darling dresses, hair accessories and even the occasional swimsuit.No one knows who was the first person to invent clothing, but at some point in the very distant past, your ancestors and mine decided to put on some animal skins to keep themselves warm. But more important than ...

  • Court rules hydro project can proceed without environmental assessment

    Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of the David Suzuki Foundation, and David Suzuki are pictured during a meeting with the Editorial Board at The Globe and Mail in 2012. The foudation was part of a coalition that demanded an environmental assessment for 10 power plants planned for northeastern British Columbia. (Deborah Baic/Deborah Baic/The Globe and ...

  • NASA says meteor impact on the moon glowed like a star

    NASA's lunar monitoring program has detected hundreds of meteoroid impacts. The brightest, detected on March 17 in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. Credit: ...

  • Energy Dept. approves natural gas export catalyst

    The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $10 billion natural gas exporting facility in Texas that has significant economic implications, manufacturers say. The project called the Freeport LNG facility was "not inconsistent with the public interest," said the Energy Department, which studied the facility's "economic, energy security, and environmental impacts." The ...

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