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Drilling drives a wedge at climate change summit
Apr 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To drill or not drill for new oil and gas.
Regulators allow horseshoe crab harvest
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has declined to extend a moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting aimed at protecting migrating shore birds.
Iceland to resume commercial whaling
Oct 18, 2006 |
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Iceland plans to begin commercial whaling, defying the international moratorium that has been in place for 20 years.
Norway fails to fulfill whaling quota
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Norway says its fishermen will not be able to fulfill this year's whaling quota, with about 500 minke whales caught out of the quota's 1,052.
Probing Question: Is the death penalty on the decline in America?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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In November, the Commonwealth of Virginia executed John A. Muhammad, the infamous “D.C. sniper” responsible for 10 murders seven years earlier. On the eve of his execution, a Washington Post poll found 66 ...
Obama moves to curb road-building in forests
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests.
Study nixes hog waste alternatives
Mar 08, 2006 |
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A $17.3 million study in North Carolina seeking alternatives to open-air ponds used to treat hog farm waste has ended without success.
Australia: Japan's whaling program a sham
Mar 28, 2006 |
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Australian officials say a 10-year project examining whales off Australia's Antarctic territory prove Japan's whaling program has no scientific basis.
Birds halt some British home construction
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May 03, 2006 |
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Construction of homes across 300 square miles of land in southeast England has reportedly been halted in an effort to protect three rare species of birds.
Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.
U.N. AIDS envoy: Talk less, do more
Aug 20, 2006 |
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U.N. special envoy on AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis has urged delegates at an AIDS conference in Toronto to talk less and do more about the problem.
Government blocks wind farm plans
Jun 01, 2006 |
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The U.S. government has ordered work stopped on more than a dozen wind farms, saying the giant turbines might interfere with military radar.
Deep sea fish in critical danger
Jan 05, 2006 |
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New research suggests deep sea fish species in the northern Atlantic are on the brink of extinction.
Canada OK's silicone gel implants
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Canadian health officials have approved the use of silicone gel breast implants, 14 years after the government imposed a partial ban of the product.
Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance for health care workers
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal ...
