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"As Hybrid Cars Gobble Rare Metals, Shortage Looms"

"The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements .... That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells."

Source: Reuters, 09/02/2009

"Nations Plan to Undertake Global Climate Forecasting"

"A Global Framework for Climate Services that would provide climate forecasting the way that weather forecasting services do is in the works."

Source: ENS, 09/02/2009

"World Must Plan For Climate Emergency: Report"

"Humans may have to reset the Earth's natural thermostat and develop new technologies like reflecting sunlight back into space if climate talks fail, Britain's top science academy said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 09/02/2009

"Mercury Found in Blood of One-Third of American Women"

"The level of inorganic mercury in the blood of American women has been increasing since 1999 and it is now found in the blood of one in three women, according to a new analysis of government data for more than 6,000 American women."

Source: ENS, 09/02/2009

"Idaho Resumes Hunting Of Gray Wolves"

"Wolf hunting season opened Tuesday in the state of Idaho."

Source: NPR, 09/02/2009

"First Global Illegal Fishing Treaty Agreed: UN"

"A group of 91 countries have agreed on a treaty that will block ships involved in illegal fishing from entering signatory ports and thus help prevent the fish going to market, the UN said on Tuesday."

Source: AFP, 09/02/2009

"Slacker Activism: Slacktivism"

"Getting involved in a social or environmental cause these days is as easy as clicking your mouse." Are we becoming a nation of slack-tivists?

Source: Environment Report, 09/01/2009

"Four Years Later, New Orleans' Green Makeover"

Four years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed some 200,000 homes in New Orleans, the city has embraced a new and unexpected role as a laboratory for green building.

Source: TIME, 09/01/2009

"Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins"

"Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs begin going into effect across most of Europe on Tuesday in the continent’s latest effort to get people to save energy and combat global warming."

Source: NYTimes, 09/01/2009

"Walking Through History At Zion National Park"

A rare chance for people to walk through the mile-long tunnel that gives entrance to Zion National Park was part of the park's centennial celebration.

Source: NPR, 09/01/2009

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