"Suyria [the orang] is one of the inhabitants of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS), run by Dr Bhagavan Antle."
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Orangutan and Tapir frolic in suburban swimming pool. Really.
Bush takes away light bulbs; sends America back to Dark Ages
How many representatives does it take to change a light bulb? 314 to 100, plus one President!
Rim shot! No, seriously, Bush is taking away your light bulbs, but he's replacing them (or making you replace them) with even better bulbs! A massive energy bill that passed the House on Tuesday and was signed yesterday, set higher fuel economy standards for the first time in 32 years, called for 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022, and, most importantly, set a goal for getting rid of the incandescent light bulb within 10 years.
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Bottled Water Company Feels the Heat, Goes Green
Environmental groups have shed an unbecoming light on bottled water companies lately. The plastic bottles suck energy, pile up in landfills, and waste...water.
The guilt trip has lead one water company to change its ways. Today, the square-bottle company Fiji Water announced it's goal to go carbon negative in 2008. That means cutting packaging by 20 percent, reducing waste from production, installing a windmill at the bottling plant, and altering shipping routes to lower emissions.
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It takes 190 liters of water to produce a glass of milk
The new Global Warming is water -- and of course the two are linked.
With uncanny timing, given the current droughts in the American Southeast, an exhibit saturated with facts and figures about water will open at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Saturday.
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Only one football stadium of endangered primates left
One third of the world's apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates face extinction. And it's because of our bad habits of chopping down rain forests, the illegal wildlife trade, and commercial bushmeat hunting.
Today, the the World Conservation Union (IUCN) released a grim report for our closest living relatives: Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates—2006–2008.
“You could fit all the surviving members of these 25 species in a single football stadium; that’s how few of them remain on Earth today,” said Russell A. Mittermeier, Chairman of the IUCN.
via BBC
