http://www.mail.com/subjects/12848-natural-resource-management.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12848-natural-resource-management.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming. Some are planning cities that will simply adapt to more water. But climate-proofing a city or coastline is expensive, as shown by New York Mayor Mi... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html 2013-06-16T19:27:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155368-assaults-increase-rangers-park-police.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. A total of 591 incidents were reported by six land and water agencies in 2012, up 38 percent from the previous year, the group says. More tha... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:18:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155368-assaults-increase-rangers-park-police.html 2013-06-16T16:18:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149326-court-sides-with-oklahoma-red-river-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday decisively sided with Oklahoma and rejected Texas' claim that it has a right under a 30-year-old agreement to cross their common border for water to serve the fast-growing Fort Worth area. The justices unanimously said that the Red River Compact "creates no cross-border rights in Texas." The case concerns a ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:40:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149326-court-sides-with-oklahoma-red-river-dispute.html 2013-06-13T18:40:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2145028-wildlife-agency-to-list-chimps-endangered.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday called for protection of all chimpanzees as endangered, an action that could affect use of the apes in medical research. The agency's plan would do away with a "split listing" that has labeled wild chimps as endangered but those in captivity as threatened, a status that offers less protection. The ag... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:58:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2145028-wildlife-agency-to-list-chimps-endangered.html 2013-06-11T20:58:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142860-thai-pet-shop-owner-with-14-rare-lions-arrested.html BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner. Birds, meerkats, tortoises, peafowls, capuchin monkeys and other species from overseas and Thailand were found at the warehouse, police Col. Ek Ekasart said. They said Montri Boonprom... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:26:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142860-thai-pet-shop-owner-with-14-rare-lions-arrested.html 2013-06-11T01:26:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142254-apple-revamps-iphone-ipad-software.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007. The new operating system, called iOS 7, strives for a clean, simple, translucent impression. Apple is redesigning all... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:07:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142254-apple-revamps-iphone-ipad-software.html 2013-06-10T23:07:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141500-egypt-warns-options-open-ethiopia-nile-dam.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Monday hardened his stance against Ethiopia and its construction of a Nile dam, warning that "all options are open" in dealing with the project that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage. Speaking in a live televised speech before hundreds of supporters, Mohammed Morsi said Egypt is not calling for war,... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:28:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141500-egypt-warns-options-open-ethiopia-nile-dam.html 2013-06-10T21:28:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2140056-music-service-mobile-software-expected-apple.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is switching from its decade-long practice of naming its Mac operating system updates after big cats. Instead, it's paying homage to the geography of its home state. Apple software head Craig Federighi says the next version of Mac OS X will be called "Mavericks," after an undersea rock formation that produces big waves near Half... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:29:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2140056-music-service-mobile-software-expected-apple.html 2013-06-10T18:29:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2140456-erin-brockovich-arrested-while-boating-nevada.html Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, was arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead near Las Vegas, authorities said Sunday. Brockovich was arrested late Friday night after breath tests showed her blood-alcohol level was just over tw... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:46:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2140456-erin-brockovich-arrested-while-boating-nevada.html 2013-06-10T00:46:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2140008-fight-green-building-leader-local-wood.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A building supplier phoned Pollard Lumber Co. about providing wood for a large government construction project in Georgia, but the deal broke down over a single question about how the family-owned sawmill has committed itself to environmentally friendly practices. The mill in rural Appling holds certification by a national forestry gr... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:45:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2140008-fight-green-building-leader-local-wood.html 2013-06-10T00:45:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138500-government-moves-to-wrap-up-gray-wolf-recovery.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday proposed removing the animal's remaining protections as an endangered species across the Lower 48 states. The ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:39:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138500-government-moves-to-wrap-up-gray-wolf-recovery.html 2013-06-08T08:39:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136682-obama-proposes-lifting-lower-48-wolf-protections.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts. State and federal agencies have spent more than $117 million restoring the predators since they were added to the endangered species list in 1974. ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:19:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136682-obama-proposes-lifting-lower-48-wolf-protections.html 2013-06-07T23:19:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2130406-fertility-drugs-nature-better-than-horse-roundups.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — A scathing independent scientific review of wild horse roundups in the West concludes the U.S. government would be better off investing in widespread fertility control of the mustangs and let nature cull any excess herds instead of spending millions to house them in overflowing holding pens. A 14-member panel assembled by the National Sc... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:46:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2130406-fertility-drugs-nature-better-than-horse-roundups.html 2013-06-05T23:46:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2131556-big-mako-shark-caught-calif-record.html HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A huge mako shark caught off the coast of Southern California could set a record, but a critic said it should have been released because sharks are threatened worldwide. Jason Johnston of Texas caught the 1,323-pound shark off Huntington Beach on Monday after a 2 1/2-hour battle, the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/15... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2131556-big-mako-shark-caught-calif-record.html 2013-06-05T21:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129742-epa-spend-billions-to-upgrade-aging-water-systems.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says nearly $400 billion in infrastructure spending is needed over the next two decades to ensure that Americans continue to have safe drinking water. The agency says that thousands of miles of pipes and tens of thousands of treatment plants, storage tanks and water distribution systems are due for upg... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:10:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129742-epa-spend-billions-to-upgrade-aging-water-systems.html 2013-06-04T22:10:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2128838-forest-service-to-hire-500-fewer-firefighters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As dry conditions set the stage for another difficult fire season, the Forest Service said Tuesday it will hire 500 fewer firefighters than last year because of automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress. The agency will still be able to fight wildfires across the West in spite of the force reduction of about 5 percent, Forest Service C... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2128838-forest-service-to-hire-500-fewer-firefighters.html 2013-06-04T20:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2121580-mexico-wildfires-evacuations.html PECOS, N.M. (AP) — Fire crews are battling two wildfires in New Mexico that have scorched thousands of acres, spurred evacuation calls for dozens of homes and shut down a state highway. Officials said the fire in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest more than doubled in size by Friday night and was still totally uncontained. That prompted New Mexico Gov.... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:18:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2121580-mexico-wildfires-evacuations.html 2013-06-01T08:18:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2118314-tudor-warship-artifacts-to-open-uk-museum.html LONDON (AP) — The remains of a Tudor warship that sank more than 400 years ago will be displayed along with thousands of its artifacts for the first time at a new British museum. Museum officials and historians say the 27 million-pound ($41 million) museum not only allows visitors to view the wreck of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship, but also provide... Thu, 30 May 2013 13:59:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2118314-tudor-warship-artifacts-to-open-uk-museum.html 2013-05-30T13:59:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2115562-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus (AP) — The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death. It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confront... Wed, 29 May 2013 06:17:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2115562-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html 2013-05-29T06:17:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2113158-officials-gunman-texas-rampage-was-marine.html EDEN, Texas (AP) — A man suspected in a West Texas shooting rampage that left one woman dead and five others wounded was a Marine who was wanted for questioning in a slaying in North Carolina, officials said Monday. The rampage Sunday morning ended when Esteban J. Smith, 23, of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, N.C., died in a gunfight with an agency tr... Tue, 28 May 2013 01:09:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2113158-officials-gunman-texas-rampage-was-marine.html 2013-05-28T01:09:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2109788-correction-marching-monsanto-story.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story May 25 about protests against seed developer Monsanto Co., The Associated Press erroneously reported that insecticide resistance is a common trait for genetically modified seeds. Many are modified to resist insects, not insecticides. A corrected version of the story is below: Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto Dem... Mon, 27 May 2013 16:33:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2109788-correction-marching-monsanto-story.html 2013-05-27T16:33:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105472-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10 years old, were taken to their new, much larger home, by the international animal charity group Four Paws, which helped sedate and transport ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105472-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html 2013-05-23T15:11:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94. Miller was also known for his work as a curator on an internationa... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:17:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html 2013-05-23T03:17:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. State officials hope the plan will reinvigorate — and reshape — the debate over whether to drill on the refuge's coastal plain. The plan was announced at an event hos... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html 2013-05-20T20:15:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html 2013-05-18T16:57:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natu... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:38:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html 2013-05-16T22:38:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html DETROIT (AP) — Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get the top "good" rating in the results released Thursday. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was rated as "acceptable." But fas... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html 2013-05-16T20:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even tho... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html 2013-05-14T21:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084404-kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-parliament-pay.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya's parliament as civil society activists protested what they called parliament's greedy salary demands. Police fired tear gas and water cannons and swung their batons to disperse the protesters, who gathered in what was dubbed the "Occupy... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084404-kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-parliament-pay.html 2013-05-14T16:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081770-elephant-protectors-kenya-arrested-with-ivory.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say that two employees of an elephant conservation group in one of Kenya's most popular wildlife parks have been charged with ivory smuggling. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants confirmed the charges in a statement Monday. The group said it is confident that an investigation will exonerate the two, a mother and a son. A spo... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:20:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081770-elephant-protectors-kenya-arrested-with-ivory.html 2013-05-13T14:20:47Z