Waiting for the sun : Solar Power in India
Is the sun the answer to India’s energy problems…?
Norway whalers take first whales of hunting season: official
Norwegian whale hunters have harpooned the first three whales of the year, off Bear Island, nearly a month after the controversial hunting season began.
Japan tsunami Debris Moves Towards US and Canada
The tsunami swept as much debris into the ocean in one day as is usually dumped in a year, threatening wildlife and the Pacific’s ecology. Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska should get much of the debris, while most of California might be protected by currents pushing objects back out to sea. Hawaii, however, is in line for several deposits of tsunami trash.
US Appeals Court to Consider Shell’s Plan to Drill New Wells in Gulf of Mexico
A U.S. appeals court is set to hear a challenge from environmental groups seeking to block Shell from drilling 10 new deepwater wells off the coast of Alabama, one of the first drilling approvals since the disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.