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Federal Judge Blocks Easing of Logging Rules in the Northwest
A federal judge struck down a move by the Bush administration to ease logging restrictions in the Northwest, saying the government failed to consider the effect on rare plants and animals. >> Read the Full Article
California Air Regulators Announce New Emission Factor for Dairies
Dairies are the No. 1 source of smog-producing pollution in the San Joaquin Valley, producing more than even cars and light trucks, according to a report released by air regulators on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Researchers Say Arctic Teeming With Life
Beneath its ice, the Arctic Ocean is teeming with life, says a team of international scientists that just completed a 30-day expedition to the northern ocean. With the aid of a remote-operated underwater vehicle, a photo platform lowered from the vessel, diving suits and 24-hour sunlight, the team collected samples from places never before seen by the human eye. >> Read the Full Article
Louisiana Agonizes over the Future of its Majestic Cypress Forests
Bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, has never been sacred. If anything, using the great wood has always been the Louisiana way. But that could change if Gov. Kathleen Blanco decides that Louisiana's sinking and disappearing coastline just can't take another culling of its majestic delta forests. >> Read the Full Article
Scientists are Seeing More Dead Birds, Fewer Fish on the Pacific Coast
Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton -- the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain. >> Read the Full Article
Loss of Wolves Changes Canadian Ecosystem
The loss of once-plentiful wolves in a part of Canada's west allowed the elk population to mushroom, pushing out beavers and songbirds and showing the importance of top predators, Canadian researchers said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
British Artist Turns off the Tap -- after Turning the Water on for a Month
British artist Mark McGowan finally shut off the spigot Friday -- 32 days after turning on the water in an art gallery's kitchen sink as part of an exhibit intended to mock the waste of water. >> Read the Full Article
Australia Says ASEAN Nations Keen on New Climate Pact
Southeast Asian countries have expressed interest in joining a new U.S.-led partnership to cut greenhouse gas emissions by developing technology and economic incentives, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. >> Read the Full Article
Myanmar Forest Officials Receive U.S. Prize for Environmental and Wildlife Conservation
A U.S. environmental group has honored two Myanmar forest officials for their outstanding efforts to protect the environment and wildlife, state-run media reported Saturday. >> Read the Full Article
Michigan Court Rules that Public Has Right to Walk along Great Lakes Beaches
People can stroll along Michigan's 3,200 miles of Great Lakes beaches whether lakefront property owners like it or not, the state Supreme Court ruled. The decision overturned an appeals court ruling that the state owns that land -- but that owners of adjacent property have exclusive use of it and can kick others out. >> Read the Full Article