Altus Air Force Base is Flying High on New Green Award
Off they go into the wild green yonder: the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma has just earned the top “Green” rating from the Air Force’s Environmental, Safety and...
View ArticleCanada Increases Scrutiny of Offshore Drilling
Photo: Public domain . Trying to Avoid a Repeat of the BP Oil Spill The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is already having repercussions up North, not because the oil got caught into the loop...
View ArticleEndangered Sea Turtles Sent to Singapore for Fitness Testing
Image credit: avlxyz /Flickr Japanese conservationists have sent 13 captive-bred hawksbill turtles to a Singapore aquarium for fitness testing. The goal, after a period in the aquarium, is to release...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon Belts Out a Tune For Ben & Jerry’s in Honor of Fair Trade Month
photo: Ben and Jerry’s October is Fair Trade Month and we should all be singing its praises. Buying Fair Trade not only helps protect the environment, it promotes fair wages, fights poverty, promotes...
View ArticleTough Little Turtles Survive Oil Spill
A map turtle ready for release into the wild. Photo via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Maybe it’s the shell View original post here:Â Tough Little Turtles Survive Oil Spill
View ArticleAirborne Humans Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate
Birds fly along with a human-pilotted microlight plane. Photo: Waldrappteam . See the rest here: Airborne Humans Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate
View ArticleScientists Dress Up as Pandas to Fool Them (and Us?)
Photo: the Independent O.k.; which one is the real panda and which is the scientist? It’s a tough one: scientists in China are dressing up as pandas in order to prepare the bears for release into the...
View ArticleScientists Breed Spermless Mosquitoes In Effort to End Malaria
Photo by Leszek.Leszczynski via Flickr CC In an effort to slow the spread of malaria, scientists are trying to go to the source — not just by stopping mosquitoes, but stopping how mosquitoes...
View ArticleVladimir Putin’s Tiger Blamed For Killing Goats in Northeast China
Vladimir Putin loves nature. Well, according to his well publicized and orchestrated photo shoots , he does. Over the years Putin has been photographed leading crane migrations , tranquilizing polar...
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