Monday, April 19, 2010

Garbage, freshwater cod, veterans and the Amazon

The Stinson sardine plant closing featured on NPR's Weekend Edition show yesterday, and got a headline on underwatertimes.com. As it should.

ECO-NEWS, WEEK 3

The "Climategate" scientists were cleared of climate-data-manipulation charges. (LA Times)

Plans for a huge hydro dam in Brazil, briefly halted by local and international activists, got the go-ahead from a judge. (NY Times)

Researchers discovered the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch. (Associated Press)

The amount of human-made "space junk" orbiting Earth is rising rapidly (AOL)

British scientists think they found a way to farm saltwater fish (e.g. cod) in fresh water. [Which is so abundant these days.] (London Daily Mail)

A major Maine landfill is being converted to a source of natural-gas energy (Bangor News)

Living on Earth: the changing EPA, eco-activist war veterans, and Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.

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