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Calif. Wildfire Grows As Winds Reverse Direction
The wind-whipped fire erupted Thursday in the Camarillo area has burned through coastal wilderness and nearly doubled in size. After burning to the Pacific Ocean, a shift in winds caused the flames to reverse course and burn inland. (May 3)
Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to remove northern Pacific humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the population has steadily grown since the international community banned commercial whaling nearly 50 years ago. Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition Inc., a coalition of fishing ...
3 Years On, BP Oil Spill Effects Linger
At first glance, one of the most heavily-oiled shorelines appears healthy three years after the nation's worst oil spill. Environmentalists say it's not what's above the water that's concerning them as much as what lies beneath the surface....
How Chinese bird flu infects humans still mystery
Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with live fowl and the virus seemingly isn't passing from person to person. The uncertainty adds ...
Gorbachev sees global failure to address eco-risks
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the environmental group Green Cross International. Laying much of the blame on a lack of leadership and vision, he railed against governments for falling short on nuclear disarmament, waste, ...
Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of meat from a protected species, the pangolin or scaly anteater. The steel-hulled vessel hit an atoll on April 8 at the Tubbataha ...
Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down
Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the ...
Headquarters for John Denver foundation for sale
The 950-acre property that John Denver bought in the late 1970s as headquarters for his Windstar Foundation is being sold, a move seen by some environmentalists as the unofficial end to the singer's vision to protect some of the land west of Aspen from being overrun by developers. The property ...
Would Annette recognize today's Calif beach scene?
When she traded in her Mousketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. It was the land of perfect waves and sparkling sand, in a place where there was a beach party every night ...
Oh Poop! Beach Town Seeks Relief From Birds
Tourists flock to the jagged coastline in La Jolla, California. So do lots of birds and with those birds comes lots of poop. Rather than gasping in amazement at the beautiful views, people are holding their noses from the stench. (April 8)
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