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1. Environment New Jersey outraged over Obama’s offshore drilling announcement
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... whales and dolphins, nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles, while endangering the health of deep coral reefs, manatees and many more species. Drilling for oil and gas is still a dirty and dangerous ...

2. N.J. group, state preserve 112 acres in Pine Barrens
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... significant population of timber rattlesnakes, one of the state's most endangered species, as well as Pine Barrens tree frogs. The Goldner property is an Atlantic white cedar swamp completely surrounded ...

3. N.J. historic landmarks receive renewed attention from preservation activists
(Life/Style)

Sites have been on state's endangered list as far back as 1995 Five of New Jersey's threatened and nationally significant historic places Thursday received an infusion of renewed attention by historic ...

4. Scientific Assumptions Keep Shifting
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... haven't realized how much damage to the ecosystem, plants, endangered birds, etc., will be caused by sequestering land masses the size of Massachusetts. I have seen reports that wind mills are place in ...

5. helping endangered bats
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We are very interested in working with you to help the bats. I am adjacent to preserved land of West Windsor along the Assunpink Creek and have a 7 acre woodlot. I don't think I need any funding, just ...

6. N.J. environmental coalition urges Oyster Creek nuclear plant to stop damaging Barnegat Bay
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and flounder - are killed each year, along with their eggs and larvae. And each year endangered sea turtles become stuck on intake screens, and many have been injured or killed by the plant. The water ...

7. Coal-fired power plants becoming an endangered species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

ANALYSIS BY LESTER R. BROWN IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United ...

8. Calling all New Jersey bat lovers
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a desire to help an endangered species and a love of bats! All expenses paid, with possible eligibility for tax benefits under a new state law. You may not know that New Jersey is home to nine bat species, ...

9. NASA Space Shuttle secrets stolen for China
(World/International)

... government. "Mr. Chung betrayed his adopted country and endangered our national security," said Acting United States Attorney George S. Cardona. The case against Chung resulted from an investigation ...

10. Journey to Africa: Uganda, Rwanda … and in search of mountain gorillas
(Life/Style)

... -- including chimpanzees and rare, tree-climbing lions. But our main goals are to visit with endangered mountain gorillas that exist nowhere else on Earth, and to make our own meager contribution to ...

11. Can the tuna be saved?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... an endangered species at the annual Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES) meeting in March. Bigeye, yellowfin and albacore are overfished in most fisheries, Fox said. Only ...

12. An environmental to do list for New Jersey’s new Governor
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Act. Continue Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat. The Governors' Environmental Protection Transition Subcommittee Report recommends suspending use of Department of Environmental Protection ...

13. Protecting Tigers is good for the environment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the profile of the endangered species on the international political agenda and to be in the vanguard of conservation efforts. "There has never been a well-funded, long-term, concerted campaign as this," ...

14. Christie's transition team issues 19 reports to reshape state government
(N.J./State)

... endangered species habitat and preserving open space. "There needs to be a recognition that agriculture, like every other business in New Jersey, has been over regulated and burdened by DEP rules,'' ...

15. Jeff Tittel: Christmas comes early for N.J. developers
(Opinion/Commentary)

... are locations that can be sewered and developed in high densities. These lands were removed because they consisted of high-value environmental resources, such as habitats for threatened and endangered ...

16. Siamese crocodiles clawing way back from brink of extinction
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the Siamese crocodile is listed as critically endangered on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Its precarious position explains why DNA test results announced this month ...

17. Environmentalists take two legal actions to block dredging of Delaware River
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act and Delaware law. The organizations are seeking ...

18. World crisis: 17,291 species are threatened with extinction
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Wild, with 188 Critically Endangered, 449 Endangered and 505 Vulnerable, which includes the Polar Bear. The Eastern Voalavo (Voalavo antsahabensis) appears on the IUCN Red List for the first time in the ...

19. Chris Daggett a wildcard in Somerset County elections, too
(N.J./State)

... official running with the backing of the Sierra Club, Daggett is that most endangered of species, a fairly liberal Republican. His habitat is an area once represented in Congress by Millicent Fenwick, ...

20. McKibben’s 350.org becomes a global rallying cry to save environment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of national parks and gave rise to an environmental movement that advocated for laws to protect water, air, and endangered species. But in recent years, McKibben says, the idea has shifted away from ...