As more and more Americans grow their own fruits and vegetables, MNN digs up some dirt on this DIY food revolution.
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Help Stop the Hunting of Polar Bears for Profit!
Despite the growing threats of climate change, toxic pollution and oil development that jeopardize the very existence of polar bears, hunters continue to kill hundreds of them every year — and are allowed to sell their body parts legally in the international market.
Stop the Polar Bear Extinction Plan
The polar bear was the first mammal added to the endangered and threatened species list solely because of threats from global warming. A conservation rule that blocks the very actions needed to limit carbon emissions and save polar bears is no conservation plan at all. It’s an extinction plan.
A new campaign that aims to see the end of shark fin soup consumption by 2013, has officially been launched in Singapore.
Aerial Wolf Hunt Halted in Alaska
Last week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game decided to put the planned aerial shooting of wild wolves on hold for at least one year. It had been approved by the Alaska Board of Game in January 2012.
Administrators at the Department of Fish and Game found their plan to be ill-conceived, and they are now trying to collect more scientific information about the wolf population.
The original plan was based on the fact there has been a decline in the Kenai moose population. Wolves take a number of moose each year, so the Board of Game targeted the predators for reduction. However, the impact on moose by wolves may have been misunderstood, and there are other factors contributing to the moose problem.
America’s Arctic, in Northern Alaska, is one of the Earth’s last great untouched wilderness areas. It’s home to 20% of the Earth’s polar bears, the Arctic’s greatest concentration of both grizzly bears and wolverines, and one of the largest caribou herds on Earth. But Big Oil wants to drill there, as early as this summer.
via Sierra Club
U.S. rhino horn trafficking draws motley profiteers
A rodeo cowboy, a Chinese businessman, a Vietnamese nail salon owner and a U.S. antiques expert are among 8 people snared so far this year.
Green fuel is possible with artificial ecosystems | Phys.org
For algae to power our cars and planes, production needs to be low carbon and cost effective, which means working with natural processes, not against them, say scientists.
Algae could become an important source of sustainable biofuel, as production doesn’t compete with food crops for… read on
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