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That WWF Ad: Yeah, It's Fake
This morning we posted an ad claiming to be from the World Wildlife Fund WWF. Then a little while ago we received a call from the WWF legal eagle team and wouldn't you know, they told us the ad in question is fake. ...
Shell UK and National Grid join ScottishPower's CCS consortium
13-08-09 Energy giant Shell UK and National Grid have today (August 13) joined ScottishPower's carbon capture and storage consortium in a bid to help deliver the UK's first commercial-scale CCS system at a coal-fired power station by 2014. Energy company ScottishPower hailed the addition of Shell and grid and gas-pipe...
Brisk trade in tiger parts in Myanmar, says WWF
PARIS AFP — Skins, claws and bones from at least 1,158 tigers and other protected big cats have been spotted in open markets in Myanmar during surveys conducted over the last 18 years, according to a World Wildlife Fund WWF report. More than half came from five species banned...
Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF
BARCELONA AFP — Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies could be damaged or wiped out if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report released Wednesday. A two degree hike would threaten 50 percent of breeding...
Tigers Disappear From Himalayan Refuge
Illegal wildlife trade decimates tigers in Nepal's wildlife reserve WASHINGTON -- World Wildlife Fund WWF is alarmed by the dramatic decline of at least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal, once a refuge that boasted among the highest densities of the endangered...
RETURN OF THE NATIVES
THE BATTLE TO RESURRECT THE WILDLIFE OF THE KILLING FIELDS Legacy of the Khmer Rouge The dividends of peace are paid in different ways. For the people of Cambodia, scarred by years of fighting and the genocidal reign of the Khmer Rouge, the slow and...
Dear Earth Talk: recent NASA photos showed the opening of the Northwest Passage and that a third of the Arctic's sea ice has melted in recent
Dear EarthTalk: Recent NASA photos showed the opening of the Northwest Passage and that a third of the Arctic's sea ice has melted in recent. Are sea levels already starting to rise accordingly, and if so what effects is this having? -- Dudley Robinson, Ireland Researchers were astounded...
New Federal Assessment Confirms Climate Change Dangers, Says WWF
Report Provides Little New and Useful Guidance for Those Preparing Adaptation Measures WASHINGTON -- A report focusing on the impacts of climate change in the U.S. that was issued today by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program CCSP is consistent with previously published research, but falls far short of...
FEDERAL REPORT: Climate Change Fueling Forest Fires, Creating Water Shortages
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 May 2008-FEDERAL REPORT: Climate Change Fueling Forest Fires, Creating Water ShortagesC2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com A new federal government assessment finds that climate change is fueling forest fires, creating water scarcity, harming animal habitats, and causing other significant changes throughout the United States that will only worsen as...
World Wildlife Fund Offers Unique Eco-Friendly Gifts for Father's Day
Gifts for Dads with Special Meaning Support Worldwide Conservation Effort WASHINGTON -- For fathers who are as "wise as an owl," as "strong as a lion," or as "lovable as a grizzly bear," World Wildlife Fund WWF is making it easy for people to salute and celebrate the special...