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Discovery Channel Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday proposed to make Norway the first “carbon neutral” state by 2050 and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 30 percent by 2020. “We are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020,” Stoltenberg said in a speech at his Labor Party’s annual [...]

WWF A new census of one of the world’s most endangered cat, the Far Eastern or Amur leopard, shows that as few as 25 to 34 are left in the wild, renewing fears for the future of the species. : “The recent census confirmed once again that the Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) survives [...]

AP Jacobson’s study Switching from gasoline to ethanol – touted as a green alternative at the pump – may create dirtier air, causing slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says. Nearly 200 more people would die yearly from respiratory problems if all vehicles in the United States ran on a mostly ethanol fuel blend [...]

BBC A decline in the amount of leaves on the ground could be behind the rapid demise of frog species, a study of a rainforest in Costa Rica has suggested. Until now, the prime suspect for the amphibians’ population crash was a deadly fungal infection. By studying data over a 35-year period, researchers found that [...]

Bournemouth University The findings come from a major report underpinned by a mapping exercise by experts from BU’s School of Conservation Sciences : It claims that 131 wild maganolias from a total of 245 species worldwide are in danger of extinction. Magnolias are among the most ancient groups of flowering plants and have long been [...]

OneEarth.Org A video about Mother Planet Earth by OneEarth.Org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL5VdPiFD5w

WWF A deal signed between Thailand and Myanmar would clear the way for the first large-scale hydropower plant on the Salween River in north-eastern Myanmar. The project could displace and negatively impact upon tens of thousands of poor and marginalized people from ethnic minorities in that country, warns WWF. The Salween River is the longest [...]

Discovery Channel A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia raised an island nearly four feet out of the water, causing one of the biggest coral die-offs recorded, scientists said Friday. Researchers who surveyed the island of Simeulue in recent weeks found that the March 2005 quake had exposed most of the coral along its [...]

MSNBC An international global warming conference approved a report Friday warning of dire threats to the Earth and to mankind — from increased hunger in Africa and Asia to the extinction of species — unless the world adapts to climate change and halts its progress. Africa will be hardest hit, the report concluded. By 2020, [...]

reuter savethemanatee.org Florida manatees are dying in record numbers and the lumbering marine mammals face growing threats from speedboats, a toxic foe called red tide and the potential loss of their warm winter havens at power plants. So why is the U.S. government talking about removing its protective “endangered” label, conservationists ask. : The U.S. [...]