AP - After striking out
the last three times, the
U.S. Forest Service is
embarking on another
rewrite of the basic
planning rule that
balances logging against
fish and wildlife and
clean water in national
forests.
AP - The world's largest
atom smasher, which
exceeded expectations
after its comeback from
heavy damage, will be
ready to begin a
groundbreaking research
program in February, the
operator said Friday.
AFP - World leaders
mounted a desperate bid
to save a pact on rolling
back climate change
Friday, eyeing a
consensus-driven deal
with few specifics that
many admitted would fall
short of what was needed.
LiveScience.com - While
Christmas is sometimes
white, it generally isn't
green. All that
one-time-use wrapping
paper and packaging, fuel
spent traveling
and shipping presents,
and energy used to light
up trees and houses means
the
holiday season takes...
SPACE.com - A Russian
cosmonaut doctor, a
veteran Japanese
astronaut and
a rookie American
spaceflyer are poised to
blast off Sunday for the
International Space
Station.
AP - Far from
Copenhagen's turbulent
climate talks, the sea
lions, harbor seals and
sea otters reposing along
the shoreline and kelp
forests of this protected
marine area stand to gain
from any global deal to
cut greenhouse gases.
International Animal
Rescue : News: Animal
welfare history is made
as the final curtain
falls on dan
Source:
www.internationalani...
A coalition of
conservation and animal
rescue groups has today
made animal welfare
history by taking the
last danci...
AP - An environmental
group backed by the
government said Friday it
had won two lawsuits on
behalf of residents
threatened by pollution,
marking the first time
such an organization has
been allowed to file a
public interest case.
BBC News - Deepest
volcano caught on Pacific
Ocean video
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
The pictures show lavas
bursting into the water
at the West Mata
submarine volcano, which
is sited about 200km (125
miles) south-west of the
Samoas.