From the daily archives: Sunday, September 13, 2009

Idaho man gets federal money to develop his idea of putting solar panels in highways

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This would be a way to deploy solar power collectors without disrupting remote and pristine public lands-

It also seems to me that a way to use the electricity to power a new generation of vehicle might also be possible.

Idaho man gets federal money to develop his idea of putting solar panels in [...]

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Tase me bro

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Deputy, trooper stun elk to free it from fence - AP

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Interior Releases New Rules for Disturbances to Bald and Golden Eagles

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New rules will supposedly still protect eagles-

I also read the actual new regulations. One thing I didn’t know is that while bald eagle populations continue to grow, golden eagles might be in decline.

Interior Releases New Rules for Disturbances to Bald and Golden Eagles. By Allison Winter. New York Times.

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Are Tigers 'Brainier' Than Lions?

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For their body size, tigers have bigger brains than African lions-

Are tigers ‘brianier’ than lions? Science Daily

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Cause of spread of "mad elk", "mad deer" disease found

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It’s in their droppings, and the infectious prions never go away!

Really, really bad news about chronic wasting disease.  Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals. By Sandra Blakeslee. New York Times.

“Dr. Aiken said prions tended to bind to clay in soil and to persist indefinitely. When deer graze on infected [...]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey