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At a reserve in southwestern China, a small group of wild pandas may be pushed closer to extinction in the wild. Researchers now report that last year’s earthquake destroyed almost a quarter of their fragile habitat. In a recent article published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, researchers say that landslides and mudflows occurring [...]
If you are not lucky enough to live in one of the Genesee County suburbs that offers curbside recycling you might be wondering where you can take products for recycling. The answer: C.B.C Recycling in downtown Flint. They have huge bins where you can dump your cardboard, newspapers, magazines, phonebooks, office paper, glass, tin and aluminum cans, [...]
Good news for the Visayan Spotted Deer, Cervus alfredi, said to be the rarest deer in the world. Evidence of two groups of the rare deer was found on the Philippine Islands. A team of specialists from the Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition (NIBE) found evidence of the deer at the North Negros Natural Park (NNNP) [...]
Earlier this month, the government of Ontario (Canada’s largest province by population) suspended the process for the building of two new nuclear reactors, citing skyrocketing costs and responsibility to taxpayers as the main deterrent. “Emission-free nuclear power remains a crucial aspect of Ontario’s supply mix,” Smitherman said Monday. “Unfortunately, the competitive bidding process has not [...]
