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State Department Ignores Keystone XL Impact on Endangered Species
2013-09-25 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) finds that the State Departments review of the Keystone XL pipeline woefully underestimates the impacts it would have on some of Americas most endangered species, including whooping cranes, northern swift foxes, piping plovers, pallid sturgeon, American burying beetles and others. The study found that State Department failed to fully consider the impacts that oil spills, power lines, habitat destruction, construction disturbances and expanded...
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Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysias endangered rainforests
2013-09-11 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Japanese companies are failing to keep illegally logged timber from entering their supply chains, international human rights and environmental watchdog Global Witness said in a report released today. The report links several major Japanese firms to logging companies that are destroying tropical rainforests in Malaysian Borneo through illegal and destructive logging practices in Sarawak province. Japan is the largest importer of timber from Sarawak, where deforestation rates are among the highest...
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Mid-sized AEs Are Not Endangered, Says Survey of 35-Year ENR Top 500 Trends
2013-09-04 01:14:17| ENR.com: Headline News
The analysis contends that firms with revenue between $17 and $113 million, while making up just 7% of total industry revenue, maintained or increased their numbers and market share in key sectors.
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Proposal Weakens Endangered Species Protections From Fracking on Public Lands
2013-08-30 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Center for Biological Diversity: The Obama administration has proposed a new rule that would scale back the requirement that federal agencies fully track the harms inflicted on endangered species when large-scale plans are developed and carried out on federal public lands. As a result, the cumulative impacts on rare species from actions like oil and gas drilling will be discounted in the decision-making process--putting hundreds of plants and animals at greater risk of extinction. The change is being proposed by the U.S. Fish and...
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Researchers Find Endangered Species on Their iPod Playlists
2013-07-19 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Biologists are using a novel blend of technology and data sharing to track endangered wildlife. A new report details the results of about five years of experiments in tracking the vocal activity of birds, frogs, insects and mammals. Researchers set up an automated remote biodiversity monitoring network designed to address one of the biggest challenges of working in environmental conservation.
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