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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