2/12 Reuters: Environment

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Environment Antarctic tourism dips; cap sought February 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm ROTHERA BASE, Antarctica (Reuters) - Economic downturn is curbing tourism to Antarctica in a respite to a long-term surge that environmentalists want to cap to avert damage to the world's last big wilderness. Climate change nudges American birds northward February 11, 2009 at 5:44 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change is pushing American birds northward, with some finches and chickadees moving hundreds of miles (km) into Canada, an Audubon Society study reported on Tuesday. Ocean advocates slam expanded U.S. offshore drilling February 11, 2009 at 3:50 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ocean advocates from Hollywood to North Carolina's fragile beaches on Wednesday assailed a proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling along the entire U.S. East Coast and four parts of California. Tesla says likely to be profitable by mid-2009 February 11, 2009 at 3:22 pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electric car start-up Tesla Motors Inc on Wednesday said it should be profitable by the middle of this year and that it sold out of its Roadster sports car model until early November. Congress seen backing renewables standard February 11, 2009 at 12:42 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is enough support in Congress to pass legislation requiring utilities to generate a portion of their electricity supplies from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources, the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said on Tuesday. Hundreds of dolphins stranded at Philippine bay February 11, 2009 at 11:22 am PILAR, Philippines (Reuters) - Dozens of Philippine fishing boats tried to stop hundreds of disoriented dolphins from beaching themselves near the mouth of Manila Bay on Tuesday, officials said. Merged climate, pollution fight seen saving cash February 11, 2009 at 10:48 am OSLO (Reuters) - Merging separate fights against air pollution and climate change could save cash and encourage developing nations such as China to do more to curb global warming, researchers said Wednesday. Greens accuse biotech industry of inflating GM data February 11, 2009 at 6:32 am BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A leading European environment group accused the biotech industry on Wednesday of inflating global planting data for genetically modified crops, saying the figures gave a false picture of how far GM farming was accepted.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.