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News archives

Monday, October 31, 2005

Fox River more contaminated than estimated two years ago (WI)
The Fox River in Brown County is far more contaminated with possible cancer-causing chemicals than first estimated by regulators in 2003, officials said. The 6.2 million cubic yards of sediment with polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations, or PCBs, are already enough to make it the largest known ... Continued...

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Producers believe 'sustainable' will sell
There's not yet much consumer demand for furniture containing wood certified as coming from sustainable sources, but manufacturers who've taken the certification step are still glad they did. While the idea of “organic furniture” has yet to take hold, growing consumer interest in naturally grow... Continued...

DNR Board: No ATV trail for largest state forest (WI)
A master plan for Wisconsin's largest state forest was approved by the Natural Resources Board without an 8- to 10-mile all-terrain vehicle trail that had been proposed for it. The plan approved Wednesday is to guide operations of the 225,000-acre Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest f... Continued...

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Habitat buffer for humans less expensive than cost of deaths, vaccines
Better protection for the diversity of the planet’s creatures and plants could help shield humans from diseases like AIDS, Ebola or bird flu and save billions of dollars in health care costs, researchers said on Tuesday. They said human disruptions to biodiversity -- from roads through the Amazon... Continued...

Using sun and earth to survive in harsh Eritrea
Seyoum Goitom, inventor and father of six, stood in his workshop in Eritrea, explaining his passion for mechanics, while young girls herded goats outside and butterflies wobbled in the warmth. Goitom has so far built a biscuit maker, welding machine and lawnmower from recycled parts. Now he is l... Continued...

Judge finds wildfire retardant drops violate environmental law
The U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, when it failed to go through a public process to consider the dangers of fire retardant drops that have killed thousands of fish, a judge has ruled. The Forest Service decision not to comply with the Nation... Continued...

Timber giant planning to close 2 mills (WA)
(Original publish date 10/22/05) Weyerhaeuser posted a 52 percent drop in earnings yesterday and announced plans to close mills in Aberdeen and nearby Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor County, to become more profitable. The forest-products giant said earlier this month it plans to sell or close a 690-e... Continued...

Effort to buy nature reserve gets a $1 million boost (WI)
The Nature Conservancy announced Thursday that plastics entrepreneur Bob Cervenka and his wife, Debbie, of Phillips have donated $1 million toward the acquisition of a pristine expanse along the Michigan border in Vilas County. The gift, and a previously announced $2.1 donation by the State of Wi... Continued...

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Inmates cultivate moss — and new interests in life (WA)
It doesn't require sharp tools to tend. It grows in the darkest, starkest environments. It pops with color — and for some, hope. It's moss. Perhaps the perfect plant for prisons. At least that's what Evergreen State College scientist Nalini Nadkarni figured when she enlisted inmates at the Cedar ... Continued...

Officials say Angelina Forest poses danger to its visitors (TX)
Massive widespread damage throughout the Angelina National Forest not only looks like a recent battlefield, but it also poses many unspent dangers to visitors in the near future. "The forest is going to be unsafe for visitors for a long while," cautioned David Betz with the Angelina National For... Continued...

Wild River designation proposed for Totogatic and Upper St. Croix rivers
Two northern Wisconsin rivers would be the first additional rivers in Wisconsin to receive special protection by being designated as “Wild Rivers” since the first three Wild Rivers were dedicated 40 years ago, under a proposal that will be the topic of public information meetings in November. Loc... Continued...

SMART Papers Earns Forest Stewardship Council Credentials
SMART Papers today announced an expanded lineup of environmentally friendly printing papers including new Forest Stewardship Council certification of one of its 100% post-consumer waste uncoated papers in its Torchglow printing papers line. The company also announced it has added two newly improv... Continued...

EU agrees licensing plan to combat illegal logging
EU agriculture ministers endorsed plans on Monday to crack down on the lucrative illegal timber trade by making exporters obtain licences to prove their wood does not come from endangered rainforests, officials said. The EU will now create a voluntary scheme for licensing timber imports that ... Continued...

Texas plans first U.S. offshore wind farm
Wind turbines will join oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast under a new plan to build the first U.S. offshore wind energy farm, the state announced on Monday . Officials expect the proposed $300 million project in Texas should go more smoothly than plans for a wind far... Continued...

Poachers looting National Parks of treasures
A self-described "old-timer," Skip Wissinger has spent 32 years traversing the park's 300 square miles and identifying its natural treasures. But now many of the park's most prized resources -- its American ginseng plants, black bears and unusual butterflies -- are disappearing. Looking over a va... Continued...

Nation to stem tide of desertification (Vietnam)
Viet Nam will focus on five measures to prevent the desertification process as about 7.85 million hectares of Viet Nam’s 9.34 million hectares of natural land remain uncultivable as a result of the desertification process, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The... Continued...

Falling from the tree (Madagascar)
Lemurs, the long-tailed, tree-living creatures that share ancestors with man, are fighting for survival in Madagascar - which, apart from the neighbouring Comoros islands, is their only habitat in the world. Acccording to the World Conservation Union, four species of lemur face imminent extinction, ... Continued...

Monday, October 24, 2005

Behind gold's glitter: Torn lands and pointed questions
There has always been an element of madness to gold's allure. For thousands of years, something in the eternally lustrous metal has driven people to the outer edges of desire - to have it and hoard it, to kill or conquer for it, to possess it like a lover. In the early 1500's, King Ferdinand o... Continued...

Friday, October 21, 2005

Amazon rainforest vanishing at twice rate of previous estimates
The Amazonian rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates, according to research published today in the journal Science. The destruction is leaving the forest more prone to fires and allowing more carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere, according to scientis... Continued...

Forest carbon storage 'depends on diversity' (South America)
The ability of tropical forests to store large amounts of carbon and so help curb future climate change depends heavily on the tree species growing in them, say scientists. This, in turn, is determined by logging and reforestation practices as well as environmental factors such as drought. Th... Continued...