"British Beavers Gnaw Their Way Back, But Are They Worth a Dam?"
"OTTERY ST. MARY, England—When beavers surfaced in the River Otter, Mark Owen smelled a rat."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/08/2015
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"Wilderness: Woodsmen Wield Century-Old Saws as Trails Clog"
"MOUNT EVANS WILDERNESS, Colo. -- A violent wind tore across this mountain ridge four years ago, flattening more than a thousand trees and burying a prized trail in the Arapaho National Forest. But instead of using chain saws and bulldozers to remove the debris, the Forest Service is wielding antique crosscut saws manufactured long before most of its employees were born."
Source: Greenwire, 09/08/2015
"Asian Vultures Get Good News Ahead of International Vulture Day"
"India has taken one more step to save its three critically endangered vulture species from extinction. Last week the country finally banned large doses of diclofenac, a painkiller that is often given to cattle and buffalo but which kills any vultures that eat the carcasses of treated animals."
Source: Scientific American, 09/08/2015
"Plutonium Is Unsung Concession in Iran Nuclear Deal"
"At first glance, the metals that give atom bombs their destructive fury might seem interchangeable: Uranium and plutonium are both more valuable than gold. Both captivate would-be atomic powers. And both fueled bombs that leveled Japanese cities — uranium at Hiroshima and plutonium at Nagasaki."
Source: NY Times, 09/08/2015
Rolling Stone Gets Extra Access to Obama on Alaska Trip
"President Obama went to the Arctic last week — and Rolling Stone magazine got more than a T-shirt out of it."
Source: Wash Post, 09/08/2015
"Mining Industry's New 'Coal Is Amazing' TV Ad Labelled Desperate"
"Green groups criticise ‘ludicrous’ Minerals Council of Australia ad which claims coal creates ‘light and jobs’ and ‘can now reduce its emissions by up to 40%’ "
Source: Guardian, 09/08/2015
"Melting Ice Isn’t Opening Arctic to Oil Bonanza"
"TERIBERKA, Russia — The warming Arctic should already have transformed this impoverished fishing village on the coast of the Barents Sea."
Source: NY Times, 09/08/2015
"Japan Lifts 4-Year Evacuation of Fukushima Town"
"For the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, residents of a certain town can return full-time if they wish."
Source: CNN, 09/08/2015
"GOP To Attack Climate Pact at Home And Abroad"
"An aide to Mitch McConnell has been informing foreign embassies about GOP plans to oppose Obama's strategy on global warming."
Source: Politico, 09/08/2015
"Frustration, and Maybe Progress, as Paris Climate Talks Near"
"With a global climate conference only months away, preparatory talks have been moving at a 'snail's pace.' But talks this week may have yielded progress."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 09/08/2015
