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Is hunting whales affecting the diet of penguins?
Jul 23 2007, Kanchan

Adeline penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands. They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. Initially these birds feasted on a diet based only on fish, which now...

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Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution
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Environmental groups in nine states have petitioned the federal government to set and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of...
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Feds indict 3 in Wis. attack on US Forest Service
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Three environmental activists were indicted on charges that they helped vandalize a U.S. Forest Service research station in northern Wisconsin, prosecutors said...
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Feds indict 3 for attack on US Forest Service
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A grand jury has indicted three environmental activists for their roles in a July 2000 vandalism spree at a U.S. Forest Service property in northern Wisconsin.
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made popular Jul 29 2008
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Beijing air improves with wind and rain
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Environmental officials say their efforts are starting to clear the haze above Beijing, while strong wind and some rain have also raised hopes of blue skies when the...
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Mexico finds dozens of dead sea turtles
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Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days.
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made popular Jul 26 2008
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Dozens of dead sea turtles found on Mexican coast
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Groups want import ban on polar bear hides lifted
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Bush begins effort to track state of environment
AP, Washington
The White House on Tuesday directed four agencies to develop yardsticks for charting changes in the amount and quality of the nation’s water.Clay Johnson, a...
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