DAILY GRIST
DAILY GRIST
Environmental news from GRIST MAGAZINE
<http://grist.org>
1. ARE TOO!
Judge says Bush admin wrong in claiming NW wolves aren't endangered Yesterday, a federal judge rescinded the 2003 federal rule downgrading gray wolves in the Northwest U.S. from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Bush administration's decision was "not based on the present or future threats to the wolf or the best available science." Interior Secretary Gale Norton based the move on thriving wolf populations in the Northern Rocky Mountains -- in effect, said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity, "gerrymander[ing] the entire contiguous 48 states so that wolves in a few areas would make up for the absence of wolves in much-larger regions." The judge's decision also reverses a rule allowing ranchers in some parts of the West to shoot wolves that threaten their livestock. Ranchers upset by the ruling hinted that they might break the law. Glen Stonebrink of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association said ranchers "have to keep [wolves] from becoming established here, and I only know one way to do that."
straight to the source: Seattle Times, Associated Press, Jeff Barnard, 02 Feb 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4193>
straight to the source: The Oregonian, Michael Milstein, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4194>
straight to the source: Casper Star-Tribune, Whitney Royster, 02 Feb 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4195>
2. SEE HOTSPOT RUN
Ecologists identify nine new biodiversity "hot spots" The world's biodiversity, it seems, is in trouble. A new report compiled over four years by some 400 ecologists has identified nine new "hotspots" where animal and plant biodiversity is both high and imperiled. The 34 total hotspots identified since 2000 cover only 2.3 percent of the earth's surface but are home to three-quarters of the most threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians. Hotspots are "the environmental emergency rooms of our planet," said Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International and coeditor of the report, and they make conservation, if not easier, at least more focused. Conservationists and governments wondering where to invest their limited resources now have 34 excellent candidates, including newcomers in the mountains of central Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the entire nation of Japan.
straight to the source: The Guardian, John Vidal, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4190>
straight to the source: Nature.com, Jessica Ebert, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4191>
straight to the source: MSNBC.com, Reuters, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4192>
3. THE ALTIMA SACRIFICE
Nissan CEO not happy about making new hybrid Altima Automaker Nissan is releasing its first hybrid model, a version of its Altima sedan, next year, but it doesn't have to like it. In a speech at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said hybrids aren't profitable enough to make economic sense for the company. "They make a nice story, but they're not a good business story yet because the value is lower than their cost," he said. So why make hybrids at all? Oh right, that global-warming thing. Ghosn told reporters after the speech that a primary reason for going ahead with the hybrid Altima is California's impending greenhouse-gas emission standards for autos, intended to slow the accumulation of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. Meanwhile, seems no one told Toyota that hybrids weren't profitable. In addition to leasing its hybrid technology to behind-the-curve companies like Nissan, Toyota plans this year to nearly double U.S. production of its popular Prius sedan to some 100,000 vehicles.
straight to the source: The Detroit News, Associated Press, John Porretto, 30 Jan 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4187>
straight to the source: CNN Money, Reuters, 30 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4188>
straight to the source: Bloomberg.com, 29 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4189>
Environmental news from GRIST MAGAZINE
<http://grist.org>
1. ARE TOO!
Judge says Bush admin wrong in claiming NW wolves aren't endangered Yesterday, a federal judge rescinded the 2003 federal rule downgrading gray wolves in the Northwest U.S. from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Bush administration's decision was "not based on the present or future threats to the wolf or the best available science." Interior Secretary Gale Norton based the move on thriving wolf populations in the Northern Rocky Mountains -- in effect, said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity, "gerrymander[ing] the entire contiguous 48 states so that wolves in a few areas would make up for the absence of wolves in much-larger regions." The judge's decision also reverses a rule allowing ranchers in some parts of the West to shoot wolves that threaten their livestock. Ranchers upset by the ruling hinted that they might break the law. Glen Stonebrink of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association said ranchers "have to keep [wolves] from becoming established here, and I only know one way to do that."
straight to the source: Seattle Times, Associated Press, Jeff Barnard, 02 Feb 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4193>
straight to the source: The Oregonian, Michael Milstein, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4194>
straight to the source: Casper Star-Tribune, Whitney Royster, 02 Feb 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4195>
2. SEE HOTSPOT RUN
Ecologists identify nine new biodiversity "hot spots" The world's biodiversity, it seems, is in trouble. A new report compiled over four years by some 400 ecologists has identified nine new "hotspots" where animal and plant biodiversity is both high and imperiled. The 34 total hotspots identified since 2000 cover only 2.3 percent of the earth's surface but are home to three-quarters of the most threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians. Hotspots are "the environmental emergency rooms of our planet," said Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International and coeditor of the report, and they make conservation, if not easier, at least more focused. Conservationists and governments wondering where to invest their limited resources now have 34 excellent candidates, including newcomers in the mountains of central Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the entire nation of Japan.
straight to the source: The Guardian, John Vidal, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4190>
straight to the source: Nature.com, Jessica Ebert, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4191>
straight to the source: MSNBC.com, Reuters, 02 Feb 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4192>
3. THE ALTIMA SACRIFICE
Nissan CEO not happy about making new hybrid Altima Automaker Nissan is releasing its first hybrid model, a version of its Altima sedan, next year, but it doesn't have to like it. In a speech at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said hybrids aren't profitable enough to make economic sense for the company. "They make a nice story, but they're not a good business story yet because the value is lower than their cost," he said. So why make hybrids at all? Oh right, that global-warming thing. Ghosn told reporters after the speech that a primary reason for going ahead with the hybrid Altima is California's impending greenhouse-gas emission standards for autos, intended to slow the accumulation of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. Meanwhile, seems no one told Toyota that hybrids weren't profitable. In addition to leasing its hybrid technology to behind-the-curve companies like Nissan, Toyota plans this year to nearly double U.S. production of its popular Prius sedan to some 100,000 vehicles.
straight to the source: The Detroit News, Associated Press, John Porretto, 30 Jan 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4187>
straight to the source: CNN Money, Reuters, 30 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4188>
straight to the source: Bloomberg.com, 29 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4189>
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