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Polar Apposites
U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears |
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19 Jul 2006 |
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| Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears A polar-bear-protecting treaty between the U.S. and Russia was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. It would prohibit the possession, sale, and purchase of polar bears or parts thereof (ew!), and also set quotas on hunting by Native populations. Currently, Native Americans are allowed to hunt polar bears for subsist ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Fang, Fang, Fang on the Door, Baby
Judge orders feds to restore Northeastern gray wolves |
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22 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Fang, Fang, Fang on the Door, Baby Judge orders feds to restore Northeastern gray wolves The U.S. government must intensify efforts to restore gray wolves to the Northeast, a federal court ruled on Friday. U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha said the Bush administration's decision to lump the sparse gray wolf population of the Northeast in with healthier populations in the upper Midwest, where restoration efforts have ... |
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| Topics: news, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Why Does He Hate Toads?
SCOTUS nominee John G. Roberts not a green's first pick |
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20 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Why Does He Hate Toads? SCOTUS nominee John G. Roberts not a green's first pick President Bush's new Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. has a distinguished conservative pedigree: He clerked for conservative Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist and was deputy White House counsel during the Reagan administration. With only two years under his belt as a federal judge, Roberts' ... |
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| Topics: National Wildlife Federation, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism
Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season |
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15 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season Cold, wet weather in the U.S., illegal deforestation in Mexico, and strong herbicides used on genetically altered crops in the U.S. and Canada are, warn scientists, threatening the survival of the monarch butterfly. Researchers say the number of monarchs that made it to their forested, hilly winteri ... |
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| Topics: Canada, Mexico, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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