Monday, January 28, 2008

Gharials, cool fuels, birds, bags


Whole Foods is phasing out plastic grocery bags (USA Today)
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/whole-foods-sacks-plastic-bags/20080122100709990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

In the southeastern US, extreme drought may temporarily shut down 24 water-guzzling nuclear power plants (Associated Press)
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drought-could-shut-down-nuclear-plants/20080123164209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Drought is also jeopardizing Alabama's oyster industry (Birmingham News)
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1200993320221820.xml&coll=2

Oil costs in Maine are driving investment in wood-waste heating fuels and other alternatives. (Ellsworth American)
http://ellsworthmaine.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12312&Itemid=1

Bangor News
Methane emanating from a Hampden landfill will very soon be used to produce lots o' electricity
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=159263&zoneid=500

Coverage of the final Plum Creek hearing. [sadly, no press for any COAers there]
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=159157&zoneid=500

New York Times
Endangered gharials have been dying off in an Indian river, possibly due to water pollution
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22croc.html?ref=science

Avian cholera recently killed about 15,000 waterbirds on the Great Salt Lake

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22bird.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin i7

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