Ivory auction, amphibians, Utah, final candidate comparison

brought to you by Sasha Paris  

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.

The BLM proposed leasing designated-"wilderness" areas in eastern Utah for oil and natural-gas drilling (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103004662.html

BBC News
*Four southern African nations are holding a huge, once-a-decade legal auction of ivory to China and Japan. Debate is ongoing on whether this will help or hurt elephant populations. [It began on Tuesday and, according to Grist, raised $1.2 million by Friday]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693816.stm

Study: Yellowstone's amphibians are declining rapidly as local wetlands dry out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693381.stm

Grist
On the impacts of corporate-driven biofuel developments in Mozambique and elsewhere.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/10/29/71244/835

McCain (& Palin) and Obama on endangered-species issues [I'm sure you're tired of election-related news, but these topics are rarely mentioned.]
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/10/29/84235/424