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Wasps use parasitic mites as baby bodyguards
submitted by hocket2 43 days ago (via enn.com)
Parents will go a long way to protect their children, and one type of wasp goes as far as offering a home to a parasitic mite that helps fight off intruders at its nest. After breeding, potter wasps (Allodynerus delphinalis) build a nest and lay eggs inside cavities that contain food and are sealed with mud and saliva. But the insect's offspring are threatened by parasitic wasps that tr
 
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Eastern Pacific Fishing Nations Fail to Conserve Tuna
submitted by hocket2 43 days ago (via enn.com)
Rodney McInnis, Southwest Administrator of NOAA’s Fisheries Service and U.S. Commissioner to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), today expressed disappointment that a few countries blocked the Commission’s plan to conserve depleted tuna stocks.The IATTC’s annual meetings concluded on Friday in Panama without agreement on a plan to conserve yellowfin and bigeye tu
 
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90% Of Israeli Homes Have Solar Water Heaters
submitted by hocket2 43 days ago (via enn.com)
I recently noted that Hawaii has enacted a law that requires all new homes to install solar water heaters. Eventually, Hawaii may have as many water heaters as Israel, where 90% of homes have solar water heaters installed. When viewed from above, the Jerusalem often glitters with the shine of the thousands of solar heaters that adorn rooftops.
 
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Flooding, After the Deluge, and the Politics of Toxic Mold
submitted by hocket2 43 days ago (via enn.com)
For days now, a swollen Mississippi River has menacingly roamed far from its banks, devouring large swatches of picturesque river towns and some of the Midwest's best farmlands. While countless news organizations chronicle both the courage of those fighting 'Big Muddy's' assault and the anguish of those wounded by it, another battle is about to begin. This battle will go all but unseen, for the st
 
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Nature Reserves Attract Humans, But At A Cost To Biodiversity
submitted by hocket2 43 days ago (via enn.com)
Rather than suppressing local communities in developing nations, nature reserves attract human settlement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. In an analysis of 306 rural protected areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, the researchers found that, on average, the rate of human population growth along the borders of protected are
 
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The Backroom Biofuel Processors Are Meeting Online On A Professional Exchange
submitted by hocket2 46 days ago (via enn.com)
Biodiesel processors are in strong demand now that the price of petrol is going through the roof. (Small) businesses are increasingly beginning to produce their own biofuels and in an effort to breath more life into the new market, the U.S. Biofuels Exchange Inc. (USBE) has launched a biofuels platform. The new platform matches biofuel producers of all sizes with buyers.
 
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LA City Committee Supports Plastic Bag Fee, Foam Container Ban
submitted by hocket2 46 days ago (via enn.com)
Los Angeles is considering a plan that would reduce plastic bag use by retailers and ban foam containers at city facilities, reports the Associated Press.The city council’s energy and environment committee unanimously supported Tuesday a plan to ban the use of plastic bags at all supermarkets and retail stores, unless the state passes a bill which would impose a $.25 fee for each plastic bag
 
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French bank unveils sustainability labels
submitted by hocket2 46 days ago (via enn.com)
Environmental Finance, 3 July 2008 - Caisse d'Epargne has launched a labelling system to rate financial products, based on their financial risk and sustainability.The French bank has been applying the labels to its savings products since the beginning of June, and has made the methodology freely available for other institutions to adopt. Caisse d'Epargne plans to extend labelling to insurance and
 
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Vague land ownership a factor in Amazon deforestation
submitted by hocket2 46 days ago (via enn.com)
A “fragile” land tenure system and “a scarce presence” by the State were identified as key factors in rising Amazon deforestation last week.The diagnosis was delivered to the 3rd International Congress on Bioenergy last week by WWF-Brazil forest engineer Ana Euler, who said there was a need to re-discuss the Brazilian development model.
 
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Drivers on Canadian West Coast paying carbon tax
submitted by hocket2 47 days ago (via enn.com)
North America's first comprehensive carbon tax is now in effect in the Canadian West Coast province of British Columbia, greeted with complaints that some gasoline stations have used the tax as cover to raise prices more than necessary.
 
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