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"Pacific Leatherback Turtle Faces Extinction in 20 Years" [1]

"The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its population continues to plummet, scientists say."

Biodiversity [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: Reuters [6], 02/28/2013
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"Aquarium Dumping Linked To Giant Tahoe Goldfish" [7]

"You're going to need a bigger fishbowl.

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Public [4]
California [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Source: NPR [11], 02/25/2013
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Mouse Airdrop: "Plan To Rid Guam of Snake Invaders" [12]

"ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam's jungle canopy. They are scientists' prescription for a headache that has caused misery to the tiny U.S. territory for more than 60 years: the brown tree snake."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [4]
Australia & Oceania [13]
Source: AP [14], 02/25/2013
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SEJ's 23rd Annual Conference Agenda — Thursday [15]


Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [16]
People & Population [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Military [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Consumer [21]
Biodiversity [2]
Agriculture [22]
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Public [4]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
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"High-Stakes Fight Over Soybeans at High Court" [24]

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case testing the reach of GMO companies' market power based on intellectual property claims -- and while environment and health are not immediately before the court, a case that could have wide impacts on both.

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [2]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Technology [28]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: AP [30], 02/19/2013
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"Genetically Modified Apples Raise Concerns" [31]

"Neal Carter wants to bring some interest and excitement to those big displays of apples in the local supermarket."

Biodiversity [2]
Agriculture [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Yakima Herald [32], 02/11/2013
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"Seeds of Discontent: A Texas Organic Cotton Farmer Takes On Monsanto" [33]

The case of a Texas organic cotton farmer -- and a class-action lawsuit -- illustrates how the victims of genetic pollution can be sued by the behemoth agribusiness giants who are harming them -- and the environment.

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Texas Observer [34], 02/08/2013
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"Great White Sharks May Be Listed as Endangered Species" [35]

"SAN JOSE, Calif. -- They've been called everything from killing machines to misunderstood predators who are key to healthy ocean environments. Now great white sharks may be called something else: endangered."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: San Jose Mercury News [36], 02/06/2013
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"Climate Change Threatens Wolverines; Protections Proposed" [37]

"Citing shrinking mountain snowpacks as a result of climate change, federal wildlife officials are proposing to list wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [38]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: LA Times [39], 02/04/2013
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"Sandy's Wake Leaves Shore Birds in Dire Straits" [40]

"When red knots descend on the beaches of Delaware Bay this spring famished from their marathon flight toward the Canadian Arctic from the tip of South America, the rosy-breasted shorebirds may find slim pickings instead of the feast of horseshoe crab eggs they count on to fuel the rest of their migration."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [38]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: AP [42], 02/04/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pacific-leatherback-turtle-faces-extinction-20-years [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [6] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/68042 [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/aquarium-dumping-linked-giant-tahoe-goldfish [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [11] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/22/172713455/aquarium-dumping-linked-to-giant-tahoe-goldfish [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mouse-airdrop-plan-rid-guam-snake-invaders [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania [14] http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Plan-to-rid-Guam-of-snake-invaders-4305166.php [15] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2013-agenda-thursday [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/high-stakes-fight-over-soybeans-high-court [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [30] http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/high-stakes-fight-over-soybeans-at-high-court-4287317.php [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/genetically-modified-apples-raise-concerns [32] http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/809616-8/genetically-modified-apples-raise-concerns [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/seeds-discontent-texas-organic-cotton-farmer-takes-monsanto [34] http://www.texasobserver.org/seeds-of-discontent/ [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/great-white-sharks-may-be-listed-endangered-species [36] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/02/05/182119/great-white-sharks-may-be-listed.html [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-threatens-wolverines-protections-proposed [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [39] http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-wolverine-climate-change-20130201,0,7165069.story?track=rss [40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sandys-wake-leaves-shore-birds-dire-straits [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [42] http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Sandy-s-wake-leaves-shore-birds-in-dire-straits-4245446.php [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=249 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=246 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=247 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=248 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=251 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=252 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=253 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=254 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1?page=321