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Male Eastern Bluebird in Pink Dogwood (Sialia sialis), North America. Missouri State Bird.
Environmental News- Seth Stein: The quake killerThe US government says that a huge earthquake risk lurks in the heart of the country, where a series of large shocks hit 200 years ago. Seth Stein says that kind of warning is dead wrong.
- A struggle for powerBrazil is developing the last great untapped reserve of hydroelectricity, the Amazon basin.
- Dam controversy: Remaking the MekongScientists are hoping to stall plans to erect a string of dams along the Mekong River.
- Angry words over East Asian seasChinese territorial claims propel science into choppy waters.
- Seven billion and countingA look behind this month's global population landmark reveals a world in transition.
- Redrawing the Arctic map: The new northGetting to grips with a changing polar landscape.
- Scientific challenges in the Arctic: Open waterAs the ice melts, fresh obstacles confront Arctic researchers.
- Special issue on the Arctic: After the iceAs the Arctic thaws, can science help to chart a sustainable path for the north?
- Brazil cooks up transgenic beanApproval draws criticism over transparency and safety tests.
- Scientists push for agricultural monitoringNetwork would collect environmental and socioeconomic data from around the world.
- Seth Stein: The quake killer
- Environmental News From Reuters
- Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained May 26, 2012FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese officials said on Saturday the unprecedented effort to remove spent fuel rods from one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors was on track despite lingering concerns about the structure's vulnerability to another earthquake.
- Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast coast May 28, 2012ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength as it closed in on the southeastern coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina.
- Germany sets new solar power record, institute says May 26, 2012BERLIN (Reuters) - German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said.
- Bud dumps heavy rain on Mexico's Pacific coast May 26, 2012MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - The remnants of the first hurricane of the 2012 season, Bud, dumped heavy rain along Mexico's coast early on Saturday but caused little damage before it turned back into the Pacific.
- Brazil's Rousseff vetoes key clauses of land law May 25, 2012BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed divisive elements of a new law that relaxes the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land, taking a stand against the agricultural lobby that pushed a more lenient version through Congress.
- Sen. Murkowski's fresh energy plan to look beyond 2012 May 24, 2012WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated by the gridlock that has stalled Congress leading into the 2012 presidential elections in November, the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee is drafting what she hopes is a fresh look at the big-picture energy policy.
- Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules May 25, 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Republican-led Ohio legislature approved a bill setting rules for drilling and related activities in the state's shale gas industry, in a vote late on Thursday, responding to a series of small earthquakes in Ohio last year that experts linked to a practice called fracking.
- Alaskan crews gear up to tackle Japan tsunami debris May 25, 2012ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.
- Analysis: UK bets on biomass in move away from coal May 25, 2012LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is placing Europe's biggest bet on biomass as an alternative to polluting oil and coal and expensive gas, but reliance on imports could challenge the plan's low-carbon credentials and Britain's energy security.
- New Zealand jails ship's officers for reef wreck May 25, 2012WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The captain and the navigation officer of a container ship which smashed into a reef off a popular New Zealand holiday spot were jailed on Friday for causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades.
- Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained May 26, 2012
- “Environmental Doom and Gloom with a sense of humor”
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