A pair of children were quick to come to the rescue of a bald eagle they discovered tangled in fishing line in Florida. The line had tangled around the bird’s wing, and a fishing hook was stuck in the eagle’s beak. The two children, from Pasco County, brought the bird to a fire station for…
Florida Kids Find Bald Eagle Trapped in Fishing Line, Hook Through Its Beak, Rush to Its Rescue
February 1, 2021
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Half of GOP Senators Back Bill to Block Biden Energy Ban
Dozens of Senate Republicans are supporting a bill introduced by Sen. Cyntha Lummis (R-Wyo.) that would prohibit the president and certain other federal departments from blocking energy or mineral leasing permits on federal lands without congressional scrutiny. The Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2021 (pdf), supported by at least half of Senate…
Magnitude 5.5 Quake Hits Australia’s Northwest
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck in the northwest of Australia, Geoscience Australia said. The quake occurred in the Timor Sea at 6.47 a.m. AEDT on Saturday, about 300 kilometres north-northwest of the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia at a depth of 20 kilometres. No tsunami warning has been issued. This follows a 3.3 magnitude…
Conservationist Finds Message in a Bottle on Beach From 2,500 Miles Away, Meets Sender
While clearing trash from a beach, a conservationist working on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New Guinea made an amazing discovery. He discovered a sealed glass bottle half-buried in the sand, filled with grains of rice, seashells … and a handwritten message. The finder, Steve Amos, who has worked in Hawksbill sea turtle conservation and…
Tropical Cyclones Are Nearing Land More, Except in Atlantic
Tropical cyclones across the globe, except Atlantic hurricanes, are moving closer to land in recent decades, a new study found. Also called typhoons, tropical cyclones generally have been moving westward by about 18 miles per decade (30 kilometers) since 1982, putting them closer to land and coastal populations, a study in Thursday’s journal Science said….
Paul Crutzen, Who Shared Nobel for Ozone Work, Has Died
BERLIN—Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his work understanding the ozone hole and is credited with coining the term Anthropocene to describe the geological era shaped by mankind, has died. The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, where Crutzen was the director of atmospheric chemistry…
Nobel Prize Winner Paul Crutzen Dies at 87
Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his work understanding the ozone hole, has died. The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, where Crutzen was the director of atmospheric chemistry from 1980 until his retirement in 2000, confirmed that he died Thursday at the age of…
Vaccine Still Effective Against UK and African Strains, Pfizer Says
Pfizer announced small variations in the original COVID-19 virus and mutant strains are unlikely to lower their vaccines’ effectiveness. The news comes after suggestions that the pharmaceutical giant’s supply would not be fully effective in battling the new virus variants that recently emerged from the UK and South Africa. “The small differences in viral neutralisation observed…
Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry: ‘Those Laid off Oil and Gas Workers Can Work on Solar Panels’
January 28, 2021
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of the Biden administration John Kerry said Wednesday that those workers impacted by the administration’s fossil fuel policy can find jobs in solar panels or other growing industries. Kerry, who once served as secretary of state for the Obama administration said in a White House briefing that President Joe Biden…
Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry: Laid Off Oil and Gas Workers Can Work on Solar Panels
January 28, 2021
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of the Biden administration John Kerry said Wednesday that those workers impacted by the administration’s fossil fuel policy can find jobs in solar panels or other growing industries. Kerry, who once served as secretary of state for the Obama administration said in a White House briefing that President Joe Biden…
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