The rising tide laps at the feet of local children and fishermen and submerges all but the tops of the mangrove trees of Tiwoho village in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. At one degree of latitude north of the equator, the climate here is about the same all year round: hot, wet and perfect for the forests of salt-tolerant trees that grow along sheltered coastlines.
BETHEL, Vt. – Last year’s hurricanes and flooding not only engulfed homes and carried away roads and bridges in hard-hit areas of the country, it dispersed aggressive invasive species as well.
Australia has listed the koala as a threatened species in parts of the country due to its dwindling population, officials say.
PHNOM PENH, April 30 (Xinhua) — Cambodia is conducting a new research with foreign experts on conservation of the Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong River, both in Cambodia and the trans- boundary dolphin population shared with Laos, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement released Monday.
RAMBLE, Hanover – Minister of Education Reverend Ronald Thwaites has indicated that climate change could be included in the education curriculum at the primary level in the next school year, which begins in September.
By JIMMY CARTER — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Apr 29, 2012 For many reasons, it is time for Georgia and other states to abolish the death penalty. A recent poll showed 61 percent of Americans would …
San Diego Union-Tribune – April 27, 2012 – SAN DIEGO — Sheriff Bill Gore has sent a letter to local law enforcement agencies telling them that beginning Tuesday his department will no longer accept bookings …
I Hunt, Too, And The NRA Is For Me
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – by Matt Mangino – April 27, 2012 Last fall, I wrote a series of blogs on the Report of the Advisory Committee on Wrongful Convictions issued by the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission. …
by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office PROSECUTION RIGHT TO MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATIONS OF THE DEFENDANT In Verdin (43 C4th 1096), the Cal. Supremes ruled that the prosecution discovery statutes didn’t permit …
