Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as an invisible...

Senseless Slaughter of Whales

Japan’s appetite for whale meat wanes Three-quarters of the meat from whales caught [killed!] last summer was unsold, report reveals http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/14/japan-appetite-whale-meat-wanes Late last year, it was revealed the government...

How do you study a species that is so rare that it will probably become extinct in a few short decades? This is the question confronting those who study chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, in the wilds of Liberia, one of several African nations where the bushmeat trade is...