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Study Finds Large Animals in India are Facing Extinction Even in Protected Areas

March 11, 2010

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The Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in India. Image credit: Raveesh Vyas

India has had a system of wildlife sanctuaries since 1928. Now, there are more than 500 in the country ranging from dedicated tiger and bird reserves to more general areas intend to protect habitats rich in biological diversity.

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The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution

March 10, 2010

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Photo: Public domain

Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention
Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half? Post 2007 diesel trucks are even better, with a reduction of soot particles by about 95% and NOx by at least 3/4. That’s a pretty big difference (though it doesn’t solve CO2 emissions), and it esp…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests

March 10, 2010

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Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr.

Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, surely the world’s most famous Armenian-American rock star, sent a me…Read the full story on TreeHugger