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Bills patterned after Utah’s are being prepared for filing next year in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and New Mexico as a new fight over states’ rights begins in the West. Continue reading here: Utah Asks U.S. to Give Back More Than 20 Million Acres of Land

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MSNBC News – March 22, 2012 - A 45-foot paper airplane with a 24-foot wingspan was launched yesterday outside of Tucson by the Pima Air & Space Museum. Aeronautical engineers designed the plane, inspired by 12-year-old Tucson ... See the original post: The Strange and Bizarre: 800-pound paper airplane soars over Arizona desert

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MSNBC – March 22, 2012 “Dictation” is one of the features of the new iPad, and it can be used to dictate notes, emails, text messages. But new iPad owners may want to use it sparingly ... Read the original post: iPad’s ‘Dictation’ sends info to Apple servers

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DHAKA] Researchers in the United States say agricultural waste from coconut and mango farming could generate significant amounts of off-grid electricity for rural communities in South and South-East Asia. Read more: Coconut and mango waste could help power Asia

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Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during its launch of an awareness-raising expedition down the Amazon River aboard the Rainbow Warrior. View post: Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020

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CLIMATE change is accelerating, with least year the 11th-warmest year since records began in 1850, despite the cooling influence of La Nina, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. View original post here: Warming world defies La Nina

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) - When bird watchers joined this year's Great Backyard Bird Count, they recorded the most unusual winter for birds in the count's 15-year history. Follow this link: In Wild Winter, Citizen Scientists See Where and Why Birds Traveled

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Energy secretary tells conference that growing pressure on water resources could worsen existing war and lead to new ones Read the original here: Water wars between countries could be just around the corner, Davey warns

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PLUMTREE, Zimbabwe, Mar 23, 2012 (IPS) - Job Mthombeni loves traditional food. One of his favourite culinary delights is Mopani worms, referred to locally as amacimbi, which means caterpillar in Ndebele. Original post: Zimbabwe's Mopani Worms Disappearing from Rural Diets

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The world's smallest dolphin is also the closest to extinction. New Zealand government figures show that Maui's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) are down to just 55 mature individuals, falling from 111 in 2005. Go here to read the rest: World's smallest dolphin: only 55 left, but continue to drown in nets