The David Suzuki Foundation says that the provincial parks of British Columbia are a graveyard for the Grizzlies.
The Foundation claims that hundreds of bears were slaughtered within 60 parks or protected areas of the province over the past 30 years.
A representative of the Foundation, Dr. Faisal Moola, said that people mistakenly believe that with the grizzlies are safe in the parks. He says he is not so and that the bears are no more protected in a park on the roadside.
Foundation and other groups asked the government to ban the hunting of grizzlies, especially in areas as wild as the Great Bear rainforest on the Central Coast.
The government responded by press release, claiming to be devoted to the protection of grizzlies. He recalled that some two million acres are closed to hunting over central and northern coast.
The government also says that hunting is prohibited where populations are threatened grizzlies.
It appears that the British monument Stonehenge has made onto a list of the world’s most threatened tourist attractions. Wanderlust is the one that put together the list. Wanderlust is a traveling magazine which focuses on these kind of issues. Stonehenge was included with other important travel sites that are need of some major care and uptake. “The Threatened Wonder’s List” include places like Stonehenge where the designers of the spot simply did not have the necessary planning and other keys to maintaining a good tourist attraction plotted out well. Vandals are kind of destroying these places due to the poor security and funding for the upkeep of these majestic and historic sites.
There are simply too many tourists going to some of these places like Peru’s Machu Pichu as another example. People need to be responsible as far as making sure not too many people come to these places all at once. We would like to keep these treasures around such as Stonehenge, but that becomes less and less likely with every passing today and the overcrowding we see from certain tourists. The same people who tour Stonehenge are also touring some of these other sites, the kind of people who do not care about restoration and preservation.
This week President Obama announced that $2.3 billion in tax credits will be funded to companies in the clean energy manufacturing sector. More than 180 companies will be eligible, about one-third of which are small businesses.
The companies that are receiving the tax credit will be building manufacturing facilities in 43 states across the US. These tax credits are hoped to directly create over 17,000 new jobs. Senior administration officials said that these credits are designed to also attract more than $5 billion in investments from the private sector, which is hoped to create an additional 41,000 jobs.
“Building a robust clean energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future. The Recovery Act awards I am announcing today will help close the clean energy gap that has grown between America and other nations while creating good jobs, reducing our carbon emissions and increasing our energy security,” said President Obama, during his remarks at the White House.
Vice President Joe Biden added, “By investing in innovative clean energy manufacturing projects like these, we are not only creating good jobs now, but helping lay a new foundation to keep America competitive in the 21st century economy. This is what the Recovery Act is all about.”
Howard Stern has a contract renewal coming up in 2010 with Sirius Radio. He is threatening to leave the company. The shock jock is using scare tactics to get more money out of a company that is barely staying afloat.
That is not likely though, sorry Howard. Stern is known for his vulgar, racy topics and federal restrictions would leave the show very quiet on any public radio station. The only way for him to get away with the things he says is on a satellite radio network.
Ok, so he could threaten to take his show to a competing satellite radio network, right? Nope, Sirius bought out its competitor last year. So that leaves the threats pretty empty. Stern will most likely have to sign with Sirius if he wants to continue to work in the business. His last contract was for a measly $500 hundred million for his 5 year deal the first time around.
Analysts suggest that Stern’s presence on the network is costs about $80 million dollars a year. The company is not in a position to pay out that kind of money again.
It would seem that the big question this day-and-age is whether or not the newest products will be show cased in, methods of green. With the economies down poor over the last several years it is agreed that going green will help this economy incredibly. However, while most of North America is slowly taking on the challenge of going green, Canada however is not so much. Specifically the cellular carriers in the Canadian Region of North America are almost seemingly intending on not going green.
Recently, Canada, as well as the wrest of the major North America mobile network companies have been ranked based on how environmentally friendly they are. Facts such as having clean technology for networks, equipment, mobile phones and phone recycling where recorded pieces of data in this ranking. It has been discovered that several Canadian phone companies have been given low ranks as far as going green was considered. Companies such as Telus ranked number 5 in Canada, while Rogers Wireless ranked in the number six place, followed by Bell Mobility which ranked in the number seven place.
The fact is that Canadian companies, while not recorded as predominantly going green, are making some sort of an effort despite their ranks. Telus leads in Canada because they’ve published data for the purposes of going green. Telus has also taken a great deal of time measuring their carbon efficiency as well as energy consumption with their buildings.
Sadly though, they still ranked in the fifth position, behind American cellular companies such as AT&T, Nextel, Sprint, and Verison Wireless. The fact is that American companies are publicizing a greater effort to go green. Even Telus(the top Canadian cellular carrier) isn’t giving 100% of the facts about what they’re doing to create a more environmentally friendly cellular economy. So to conclude, Canada is currently not winning in the Cellular feud. However, there maybe more to come on the story very soon.
Washington – The southeastern U.S. is getting ready for a huge beating from Tropical Storm Hanna.
Southeastern states have come together to declare state of emergencies, as officials have urged those on the coast to go inland on Thursday.
Tropical Storm Hanna is heading up the Atlantic coast, and it is believed that it will slam into the northeast this coming weekend.
Heavy rain and wind is expected to start early on Friday in the south.
Warnings have been issued up thw entire Altantic coast from Georgia to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Officials have not ordered people to leave their homes, but are urging them to get inland.
State of emergencies have been declared in both Virginia and North Carolina.
Says Adverse Reaction To Thousands Of Wetland Acres Would Result
Washington, D.C.- One of the areas that the EPA has sway over is in projects that would affect the environment, and many people do not realize that in some cases they have the right to veto and deny access if a project threatens the environment or otherwise would cause environmental harm.
The Environmental protection agency recently used one of their rarely used vetoes when they shot down a huge federally funded water pump project that was designed to prevent floods on the Mississippi River.
The EPA said that it would “have a unacceptable and adverse impact on thousands of acres of wetlands.â€
The EPA killed the project that was slated to be $220 million dollars, and the Yazoo Pumps Project marked only the 12th time in the history of the EPA that it exercised its right to veto a project or plan that conflict with its mission.
The 1972 Clean Waters Act give the EPA a limited veto to block or prevent those projects that in the estimation of the EPA could harm people, harm wildlife, or harm the environment.
The decision and subsequent veto represents a huge blow to the Mississippi politicians and planners, including US Army Corps of engineers that helped plan the prospective project.
The main element would have been a 14,000 cubic foot per second pump that would have pumped water from the South Mississippi River delta during floods.
The EPA says that it would adversely affect wetlands, and points to the 47,000 public comments and letters they have regarding the project, most of which are in opposition or negative about the pumping project plan.
This veto means the project is dead in the water, at least in its current form. Planners and politicians may try to revamp it and resubmit it to the EPA for review.
Situation In Arctic Ice Affects Many Things Including Weather
Chukchi Sea, Alaska- The conditions of the Arctic Ice flow located in the far North has scientists around the world concerned, the ice cap is nearing new all time lows, the lowest amount of ice since records have been first kept.
The amount and condition of the Arctic ice affects a number of things, not just wildlife and their natural habitat.
The amount of Arctic ice affects such things as marine life that has been kept to the Pacific, without the ice being present, there are a number of species that are more predatory that will possibly invade both the Arctic Seas but also make their way potentially to the Atlantic, where they could overtake other Marine Species.
“No matter where you look at it, Arctic Ice in many areas appears to be in a death spiral,†said Mark Serreze.
Dr. Serreze is a scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center located in Boulder Colorado, and this is the agency in the United States that closely monitors and tracks the condition of Arctic ice in the far north.
The Chukchi Sea and the ice flows found in it hosts the worlds largest population of polar bears, and these bears are currently endangered and in need of new habitat.
The only problem, there is no habitat for them to go to, many areas on the mainland are inhabited by humans, and having populations of polar bears mixed with humans is extremely dangerous.
Hollywood- X-Files star David Duchovny is reportedly in a rehab facility to receive treatment for sex addiction.
The 48-year old, best known for the role of FBI agent Fox Mulder on the Fox thriller The X-Files, apparently is having some issues.
Currently, Duchovny can be seen playing a writer on the cable TV series Californication.
He reportedly checked into a rehab facility on Thursday.
He put out a statement through his lawyer, Stanton Stein.
He stated “I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction. I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
Herds Often Feed Facing Same Direction Day After Day
Essen, Germany- It has been known for a long time that cattle in farmer fields often face the same direction, every day when they feed.
But scientists are finding there may be a specific reason for this behavior.
Scientists have discovered that the direction that cattle herds face is often along a North-South axis of direction. They are theorizing that the magnetic field of the Earth may play a factor in this.
Other theories are that the position of the sun, or the prevailing wind in an area may affect which direction that cattle choose to face when they graze.
Researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen looked at and examined over 8,510 different images from the Google Earth software program, of 308 different fields and pastures from a variety of different locations around the Earth.
Some were including “deer field,†impressions of wild Deer, from 225 different areas in the Czech Republic.
No matter if the animals were resting, laying down or grazing, the animals almost always faced either toward magnetic North or the South Pole.