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Animals, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 17th, 2012,
A French bulldog in Berlin, Germany has stepped up to the plate and adopted 6 wild boar piglets after their mother was killed by a hunter. The bulldog, named Baby, has previously been a surrogate mother for rabbits, kittens and a raccoon. The piglets were found alone in a forest. Berlin has ample woodland and is home to an estimated 10,000 wild boar, whose population has made a resurgence in recent years. From the Guardian: The piglets were brought into the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin on Saturday, three days old and shivering from cold. Baby ran over and snuggled…
Tags: Berlin, bulldog, French, Germany, piglets, wild boar
Climate Change, Nature, Science & Technology, Sep 14th, 2010,
Carbon and methane stored in Siberia’s permafrost are being released as Russia’s Arctic experiences warmer temperatures, which cause the permafrost to recede. So far there is insufficient data to gauge just what percentage of methane in the atmosphere is a result of particular natural sources such as swamps and melting permafrost. Manmade sources of methane include power generation, rice farming, livestock agriculture and landfills. From a report by Russia’s BCM News: The fact is that the permafrost covers millions of kilometers of swamps. While melting, swamps send to the atmosphere tons of methane, which, in turn, leads to more significant…
Tags: arctic, carbon, Climate change, French, German, Lidar, melting, methane, Nevada, permafrost, Russia, satellite, Siberia
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Jun 18th, 2010,
Southeast France is battling the worst flooding in 180 years as a result of Tuesday’s heavy rains. Continuing thunderstorms and blackouts have plagued the area and made rescue efforts difficult, but water levels have now begun to subside and today’s improved weather is a blessing for cleanup crews. From a report in the Irish Times: While rescue operations had wound down yesterday, the authorities did not exclude the possibility of further bodies being found as the muddy water receded. According to an article in the Telegraph, the French weather agency Meteo France issued warnings of further heavy rains from potential…
Tags: Draguignan, flooding, floods, France, French, rains, Riviera, Southeast
Climate Change, Politics, May 25th, 2010,
The United States and France have a strange rivalry. American revolutionaries were helped by France and in turn inspired French republicans. One hundred years later, France gave the Statue of Liberty to the US as a centennial gift. Things soured after the World Wars and years of hegemonic struggle vis-à-vis Anglo vs. Franco cultural-linguistic dominance. Huh? In other words, to quote the Dandy Warhols: ‘a long time ago, we used to be friends’. Nowadays anything the French do seems to raise hackles on the back of many red-blooded American necks, at the very least for ‘red state’ Americans. On the…
Tags: American, environment, Europe, Exxon, France, French, offshore, oil, spill, turbine, United States, US, Valdez, wind, windmills
Climate Change, Politics, Dec 31st, 2009,
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' src='http://gf2.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/3975.jpg' alt='sarkozys-carbon-tax-ruled-unconstitutional' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> Even conservatives these days are taking climate change seriously. In Europe, anyway. But right-leaning eco-warriors still face difficulties when they try to get anything done. Yesterday the Guardian reported that a long-standing conservative MP John Gummer is leaving Parliament to ‘focus on international climate change campaign’. I say, well done. And Sarkozy… poor Nicolas Sarkozy, the sometimes comical President of France, member of the center-right UMP and pretender to the Green throne of Europe, suffered a defeat when his carbon tax was unexpectedly ruled unconstitutional by a court in France. Well, perhaps Sarkozy’s carbon tax isn’t all it was cracked…
Tags: carbon tax, court, France, French, Guardian, President, ruled, Sarkozy, unconstitutional
