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Wired February 2007 Michael Behar	Reservoir Logs A submersible robot called the Sawfish can harvest healthy timber from long-forgotten underwater forests. Clear-cutting never looked so green.
ifeminists January 31, 2007 Wendy McElroy	Continuing to Defame the 'Duke 3' as Rapists Every day it becomes clearer: the three Duke University students accused of kidnapping and sexual assault are innocent. Why does defamation of the accused continue?
ifeminists January 31, 2007 Carey Roberts	Twilight Zone Politics at the UN At the United Nations, the mantras of "gender equality" and "female empowerment" have crowded out notions of what ordinary persons used to call "fairness" and "truth."
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Wal-Mart's Green Goal A new initiative could help the company, its customers, and the environment. The prospect of saving greenbacks while going green should leave Wal-Mart investors feeling good that the company is doing the right thing -- and profiting in the process.
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher	Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
Geotimes January 2007 Sally Adee	Anti-Icers Make Airport Runoff Toxic Researchers examining the environmental harm done by airplane de-icing and anti-icing fluid runoff have found that such runoff from airports located near bodies of water -- including 45 of the 50 busiest airports in the US -- could spell trouble for aquatic ecosystems.
This Old House Keith Pandolfi	Green Resolutions Giving up carbohydrates and quitting smoking are hard. Saving money, conserving energy, and making the world a better place are easy
Smithsonian February 2007 Susan McGrath	The Vanishing Little noticed by the outside world, perhaps the most dramatic decline of a wild animal in history has been taking place in India and Pakistan. Large vultures, vitally necessary and once numbering in the tens of millions, now face extinction. But why?
Smithsonian February 2007 Eric Jaffe	Soaring Hopes Vulture conservationists in India had a happy New Year indeed: The first chick to breed in captivity hatched on January 1, and a second hatched four days later.
Smithsonian February 2007 Virginia Morell	Ahead in the Clouds The no-nonsense atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone hole. Now, as a leader of a major United Nations report -- out this month -- she's going after global warming.
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