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Archive for September, 2008
Americans Clueless About Plans to Create New Life Forms (LiveScience.com)
Published September 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedLaura moves into cold waters of north Atlantic (AP)
Published September 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedAP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Laura has begun to weaken as it moves into the energy-sapping cold waters of the north Atlantic.
Feds propose listing 48 Hawaiian species at once (AP)
Published September 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AP - The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30(HealthDay News) — Three genes may raise risks
for painful gout by up to 40 times, researchers report.
Lawsuit seeks Species Act protection for wolverine (AP)
Published September 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedAP - Environmental groups sued the federal government Tuesday to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Interior Department disregarded scientific conclusions that the species was in jeopardy.