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 Killing Whales
Nobutaka
Machimura, Japan's top government spokesman, confirmed that the
Japanese fleet, now en route to the southern ocean whale sanctuary,
would avoid killing humpbacks, a protected species since 1966.
"Japan has decided not to catch humpback whales for one year
or two, but there will be no change in our stance on research
whaling," he told reporters. "Japan's relations with Australia could
improve, but it depends on how it will see our decisionArticle
continues
Japan's original intention to kill 50 humpbacks, considered
the most majestic and athletic of all whales, drew a furious response
from Australia, where an estimated 1.5 million tourists take part in
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Contributed by Mike Kitts
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 River Otter The state Department of Game and Fish, along with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and a private group called New Mexico Friends of River Otters, began working with Oregon to get otters for release in New Mexico.
But efforts to trap otters in Oregon were unsuccessful, delaying reintroduction. There have been no confirmed sightings of otters in New Mexico since 1953. Before then, otters had faced decades of trapping and loss of habitat.
Twenty states, including New Mexico’s neighbors of Arizona, Colorado and Utah, have successfully reintroduced the playful, semi-aquatic animals. |
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Contributed by Mike Kitts
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 Mike Reynolds
What are your hopes for the future of Earthships?
It
started off as individual homes, now we have two or three communities
going. I hope to see in my lifetime to see towns and cities built this
way. If you're a huge developer and you want to build a small town you
have to put in millions of dollars of infrastructure before you begin.
I
could start building a city tomorrow. I could just take a pick-up
truck, a hammer, a shovel and a tire and start building a house that
takes care of itself that would be the first house of a city. The city
use of this is where I'm hoping it will go, and I think it will.
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Contributed by Chad Hartman
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 Solar Panels on Roof Experts feel that in five years, solar power will be cheap enough to compete with conventional electricity, even in UK, Africa, Australia and India. If that is the case more and more people will use solar energy in their homes. In a decade, the cost may have fallen so dramatically that solar cells could undercut oil, gas and coal. Technology is leaping ahead towards eco friendly, pollution free and a green future with the advent of solar energy homes. |
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 Solar Eclipse Remember the first time you saw an eclipse of the sun or moon? Probably not, because unless you're real young, it was quite a while ago.
From time to time these eclipses capture media attention almost always when the eclipse is "total". Besides the obvious world of the five senses, there's a pretty good case to be made that eclipses also effect people in other ways, because there are most likely some very powerful unseen energies running between these huge celestial bodies (Sun, Earth, Moon). |
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