Nathan VanderKlippe and Dawn Walton / The Globe and Mail Gord Johnston grew up on the banks of the Red Deer River, at a place his family first settled in 1939. On Thursday evening, just before 7, he returned home to the […]
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Shell Oil Ships Head for Arctic, Send Off Party Is a Bust–Funny Video
Update: Looks like we are fell for it. This was a pretty clever stunt by GreenPeace, the Yes Men, and an 84 year old Occupy Wall Streeter! More here: http://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/en/blog/shellfail-inside-story-greenpeace-yes-men/blog/40876/ Shell executives and shareholders probably heartily wish today that their send-off party […]
Continue readingMountain Lion Shot, Killed in Santa Monica Shopping Mall
by Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times In the end, the mountain lion was probably looking for a place to call his own. Scientists believe the male mountain lion roamed his way down the Santa Monica Mountains early Tuesday, likely following a runoff […]
Continue readingRapid Climate Changes Turn Minn.’s North Woods into a Moose Graveyard
by Daniel Cusick, E&E reporter ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. — If moose disappear from the boreal forest of northern Minnesota, as some biologists predict, they will not exit with a thunderous crash. Climate extinctions come quietly, even when they involve 1,000-pound […]
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