By Donald H. Harrison SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California – The giant sequoias can be awe-inspiring and not only for their size, says Matt Fagan, the National Park Service’s district interpreter. “There was a gentleman named Walter Fry who back in the early part of the 20th century (circa 1920) was a lumberman and he cut […]
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Smoke plumes from a fire pit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Thursday, Sept. 8, provided a sobering reminder of the slaughter of rhinos taking place in Africa to feed a voracious demand for rhino horn. In a ceremony that signaled to the world the United States is committed to
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San Diego County, The World We ShareLOS ANGELES — Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders embarked on a new era in California’s effort to combat climate change Thursday when the governor signed a law committing the state to some of the most drastic greenhouse gas emission reductions in the world. “What we’re doing here is far-sighted, as well as far-reaching,” Brown
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The World We Share, USAA leading conservationist announced Tuesday that it is too early to downgrade the giant panda’s conservation status fearing that the change might affect conservation efforts. Zhang Hemin’s statement comes shortly after the Chinese government’s State Forestry Administration said Monday that the change in status comes “too soon.” On Sunday, the International Union for Conservation of
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The World We ShareCarnival Corp. is going green in a big way with three new mega ships slated for delivery in 2020 and 2022. The Miami-based cruise company said Tuesday that the vessels will be powered by liquefied natural gas, considered to be the cleanest-burning fossil fuel. LNG-powered ships have become increasingly popular among cruise lines that have
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The World We ShareIn a triumph for the global movement to save whales from oblivion, the U.S. government on Tuesday removed most of the world’s humpback populations from the federal list of endangered species, with some glaring exceptions on the West Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that nine of 14 groups of whales around the
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The World We Share, USABy Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — Many unwanted puppies and kittens are born every day. Because of this, there are many homeless dogs and cats, and worse yet, owners who don’t believe in spaying or neutering because they believe it is bad for their pets, they don’t have the time or money, or it
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Mimi Pollack, The World We ShareFor half a century the Giant Panda has been a symbol of global attempts to preserve wildlife. Now there are signs that efforts to protect the iconic bears are showing some rewards. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has reported that the species is no longer “Endangered” – although the
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International, The World We ShareWhen most Americans were asleep on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama was speaking to a small group of domestic and foreign scientists and dignitaries in Hawaii. “Welcome to Hawaii. Aloha!” Obama said beginning his brief speech. “It’s not often I get to welcome folks to my home state.” The president spoke on the eve of
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The World We Share, USAOn the occasion of the National Park Service’s centennial this summer comes an irreverent question: Are the parks still relevant? Famously christened as America’s “best idea” by writer Wallace Stegner and reaffirmed in Ken Burns’ 2009 PBS documentary, it seems brazen, if not blasphemous, to pose the question. Over the last century, the national park
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The World We Share, USAAs night falls on Islamabad, thousands of wild boars descend from the hills above to roam the streets – for some they’re a pest, others see them as a free rubbish removal service. Islamabad (dpa) – The sight of herds of wild boars snuffling their way through mounds of garbage in the otherwise green and
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International, The World We ShareThis new interactive art installation designed specifically for pooches has hounds howling with excitement. The London, England exhibit features a whole host of pawesome creations – like an open car window simulator that blows air into dog’s faces; a play ball pit made to look like a giant dog food bowl; a magic water bowl
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International, The World We ShareAmericans may not have been able to visit Yosemite National Park with President Obama and the First Family earlier this summer, but they can get a glimpse of the president’s trip by watching a newly released virtual reality film of his experience. During Obama’s Yosemite trip ahead of the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, he
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The World We Share, USAThe last tiger in the war-torn Gaza Strip is settling in well to his new home in South Africa after being evacuated, a charity official involved in his rescue told Newsweek. Laziz, an eight-year-old male Bengal tiger, was removed from the Khan Younis zoo in the southern Gaza Strip, which has been dubbed the worst
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