Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Windmills, eggs, and troubled waters

ECO-NEWS, WEEK 2

A coal freighter struck Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The resulting fuel-oil spill was smaller than feared (NY Times)...

...but is still predicted to notably impact the coral. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Israel banned fishing in its famously-fecund Sea of Galilee to prevent stock collapses. (UK Telegraph)

A broken oil pipeline badly soiled a Louisiana wildlife refuge. (WWL/AP)

A popular new Facebook page opposes shark fin soup -- and was made in Hong Kong. (UK Independent)

Living on Earth: wind-powered prisons, 8,000 antique bird eggs, "cap-and-dividend," and the really evil Don Blankenship.

Bangor News

Hundreds of "ghost" lobster traps were removed from Maine waters (incl. 400 around MDI) in a federally-funded cleanup.

Another large and apparently unpopular wind farm opened in Washington County.

Home-scale windmills got mixed reviews from owners [and scorn from the perpetual commenters].

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