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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Activism, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Nature Conservancy, Greenpeace, Environmental Issues, Staten Island (New York City)
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Chinese poaching of rare mammal exposed by boating accident
A boating accident off the Philippines coast has exposed Chinese poaching of a protected species of scaly anteater, or pangolin, prized in traditional medicine. A 500-ton Chinese fishing vessel, the Min Long Yu, crashed into a coral reef April 8. When...
Tags: Asthma, UNESCO, China, Wildlife, Philippines
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Saving Cameroon's elephants
Check off another majestic animal species your kids will probably never get to see: The forest elephant of Cameroon. Smaller than savanna elephants and with straighter tusks, the intelligent behemoths are being cut down by poachers at a horrifying pace....
Tags: Cameroon, Endangered Species, China, Wildlife, Environmental Issues
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Thriving illicit ivory trade decimating African elephant herds
Conservationists battling illicit global trade in endangered species say at least 25,000 African elephants were slaughtered last year by criminal gangs eager to market the lucrative ivory from their tusks. The poachers' take has risen to alarming levels...
Tags: Endangered Species, Imperial and Royal Matters, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Celebrities
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Shell says it will not drill in Alaska Arctic in 2013
SEATTLE — Plagued with problems with both its drilling rigs and its oil spill containment vessel, Shell Alaska announced Wednesday that it will not conduct offshore drilling operations in the Alaska Arctic this year. The decision to “pause&...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Issues, Human Mishaps, Interior Policy
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San Francisco: Sumatran tiger gives birth to one cub
Valentine’s Day arrived early at the San Francisco Zoo. Leanne, a 9 1/2-year-old Sumatran tiger, gave birth to a cub Feb. 10. “Sumatran tigers are critically endangered, so every birth is vitally important for the species," said Jill Lynch,...
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South African court sentences rhino horn smuggler to 40 years
World NowSouth African court sentences foreign rhino horn smuggler to 40 years jail: A South African court Friday sentenced Thai national, Chumlong Lemtongthai, to 40 years jail for his part in a Laos-based rhino smuggling syndicate which managed to take dozens of... -
Russell Train dies at 92; conservationist was early head of EPA
Russell Train, an important American conservationist and former tax court judge who helped craft some of the nation's early and enduring environmental laws, has died. He was 92. Train, who led the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s, died Monday...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Princeton University, Endangered Species, Crime, Law and Justice, Wildlife
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Activists warn of risk of disastrous oil spill in Russian Arctic
World NowEnvironmentalists warned Tuesday that an oil spill could wreak havoc on the Russian Arctic before emergency crews could reach the remote area where a Russian company has installed a platform, planning to start drilling in the treacherous region.... -
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Outrage erupts over South Korean plans to hunt whales
World NowSouth Korea has announced plans to hunt minke whales off its shores under a loophole in whaling rules for research, outraging environmentalists and prompting rebukes from Australia and New Zealand....
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