The Sonoma County Water Agency plans this week to ask federal regulators for exclusive rights to study and develop wave-energy technology along the entire 41-mile county coastline, extending 12 miles out to sea, an expanse of about 490 square miles, said agency spokesman Cordel Stillman. A new California gold rush is on to stake out claims to prime stretches of ocean along the coast where prospectors hope to harness waves to produce energy. The latest entrant is Sonoma County, which is...

In 2004, Toronto Public Health conducted a study that linked overall air pollution to 1,700 premature deaths each year. The report outlines the significant burden of illness and health-related costs associated with current levels of smog-generating pollutants, greenhouse gases and air toxics emitted by vehicles and demonstrates the potential to improve health and reduce health care costs by reducing vehicle use and emissions. The report outlines the significant burden of illness and...

By the time they reach the edge of the marsh area, both are speaking in nearly a whisper so as not to disturb whatever wildlife might be nearby at the moment. Just through the trees there, you can see a rooftop, Quigg said, pointing to the top of a home in the Highland Creek subdivision peaking through the woods across the marsh. Quigg and Hefner, along with a few conservation groups, fear developments springing up around the 200-acre wetlands will lead to the exit or detriment of the...

The governor appoints eight Game and Fish Department advisors, each representing a multi-county section of the state, to serve as a liaison between the department and public. The area we hunt is state land (Walhalla area) and is made up of hundreds of acres of prime deer habitat. These public meetings, held each spring and fall, provide citizens with an opportunity to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions of their district advisors and agency personnel. The governor appoints...

But with federal inducements to plant more crops and the financial rewards of renting out the land, many farmers are ending land-preservation agreements. Prairie potholes are disappearing across Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas, and that's raising fears around the country. Potholes are considered key habitat for almost 200 species of migratory birds. The study also nots that land prices have quadrupled in many areas in the past decade and that landowners can do better renting their land...

This is at odds with the law commanding the Communications Commission of Kenya to ensure consumers are protected offering a raft of implementation avenues. But when CCK gives up implementation of number portability citing complexity, high costs, duopolists' disinterest, and no licence applicants for the service category, the issue escalates to bursting limits considering the prevailing high communication tariffs that hurt businesses but the service providers. Consumers are stuck without...

The concept-whereby large mammals are reintroduced across the continent to fill ecological gaps abandoned eons ago-was first posited publicly two decades ago by bio-geographer Paul Martin of the University of Arizona. In arguing for the introduction of lions, elephants, camels and other large mammals from around the world to North America, Martin cites the important role that so-called "megafauna" play in maintaining overall ecosystem integrity, including keeping predator/prey populations...

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Bruno despite opposition from residents who say an influx of children would pose "an ecological threat" to local wildlife. The characterization of children and daycare centres as an environmental risk to protected green space in the outer suburbs represents a new chapter in emerging new culture wars on the metropolitan periphery. Bruno, Gamache qualified the proposed daycare centre as "a true ecological threat" to an important natural habitat, namely the mountain. Sylvain Reid is seeking...