energy
German wind farm delayed over possible danger to porpoises
August 17, 2012The 230,000-plus porpoises (and dolphins) in the North and Baltic seas use sound to navigate, locate prey, and find mating partners. Interference with that could, indeed, effectively kill them.
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Wind farm impact on wildlife debated
August 2, 2012The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft habitat conservation plan for the Criterion Wind Project - a 70-megawatt clean energy facility.
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In Japan, thousands protest nuclear power
July 18, 2012This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.
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Proposed bill would end fossil fuel subsidies
May 15, 2012Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. announced they would introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act to Congress.
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Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects
May 11, 2012Now, concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale have skyrocketed, in light of a recent scientific study.
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