Monday, December 26, 2011

On Our Radar: Nigerian Coast Braces for Oil's Advance

December 23, 2011, 7:47 am By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Nigerian coastal communities are on alert as a 350-square-mile oil slick from a Royal Dutch Shell spill moves toward their shores. Officials report that it is the worst offshore spill there since 1998. [The Guardian]

Scientists are awakening to the danger that discovering new species and documenting their habitat can lead to the animals? being overhunted for commercial purposes. [Mongabay.com]

The choose-and-cut Christmas tree business is fading nationally, and the overall tradition of buying real trees is receding as well. Some 27 million real trees were sold nationwide last year, down from 37 million two decades ago, as artificial trees, mostly from China, gained popularity. [The Los Angeles Times]

The Church of England and the National Trust warn the British government that ?sudden lurches? in policy are threatening the development of community-scale solar power.

Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/on-our-radar-nigerian-coast-braces-for-oils-advance/

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