Turanor PlanetSolar, a futuristic-looking 100-foot catamaran, last week became the first vessel to circumnavigate the planet exclusively on power generated by the sun. The voyage, which began and ended in Monaco, lasted 19-plus months and included layovers in 28 countries, which were designed to promote the importance of solar energy. Traveling on an equatorial route [...]
environment
American Rivers today announced its annual list of Most Endangered Rivers, topped by America’s River, the Potomac, neighboring the U.S. legislature that’s rolling back measures to protect U.S. waterways. The organization, who last year celebrated the high-profile removal of dams on Washington State’s Elwha River and White Salmon River, releases a list of its top [...]
Yellowstone has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in conflict between bears and humans in the past five years: A new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comparing Yellowstone with Glacier shows that in 2011 there were 17 people charged by grizzlies in Glacier, while in Yellowstone 62 were charged — nearly four [...]
Fight to save ponderosa species gains atypical supporters.
As if sharks aren’t having a hard enough time these days, what with people hacking their fins for soup and New Zealanders surfing on their dead bodies, a new census of reef sharks in Pacific waters show that populations have crashed by 90 percent near inhabited islands. “We estimate that reef shark numbers have dropped [...]
After the December 2008 energy lease auction made famous by its disruption by activist Tim DeChristopher, the Obama administration retooled the planning process for balancing development with preservation. As Kimberly Hirai reports, the result has been anything but simple or easy. And as we say with stories like this, it’s wonky but worth reading. About [...]
Over the past decade a federal agency has been responsible for killing more than 50,000 animals using traps, snares, and poison. Even rare and endangered species have been killed. According to some very deep investigative work by the Sacramento Bee, the Department of Wildlife Services, a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and [...]
Wallpaper Wednesday: New Zealand Dew
Solar-Powered Catamaran Makes 1st Circumnavigation
The Daily Bike, May 16, 2012
Street Artist Pastes Healing in Navajo Nation
Dirtbag Gourmet: Margaritas with Climber Kelly Cordes
Links We Like, May 16, 2012
Shelter Co. Is A Sweet Way to Camp
Fracking, Congress Endanger America’s Rivers
The Daily Bike, May 15, 2012
Declination: Dancing With Unexploded Bombs in Laos
The List: 10 Famous Bears
Links We Like, May 15, 2012
Why You Should Row Across the Atlantic
Gear Review: Chris King Coffee Tamper
Yellowstone’s Grizzlies are More Dangerous Than Glacier’s
