Ones that got away - May 06, 2009
“With Anaconda, we have an invention that changes conventional thinking and it can help to meet government targets for cutting CO2 by providing renewable wave energy from our coastal waters.”
Paul Auston, chairman Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd, comments on his company’s new wave power machine (BBC).
“The international trade community all agree that this EU ban is illegal.”
Canadian MP Gerry Byrne says Europe’s ban on seal fur from his country is not on (CTV).
“We have recovered a wolf population. The populations are viable, they are in great shape, they have extreme genetic diversity and so the Endangered Species Act did its job to bring wolves back.”
Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the western state of Montana, comments on the animal’s removal from the list of endangered species in the United States (AFP).
“We generally admit a signal as being something which is newly emerged, like turning on a light bulb. However, if we have a light bulb which has been left turned on continuously, turning it off can be a good signal, too.”
Dong-Hwan Choe, of the University of California, Riverside, comments on his research showing ants produce an ‘I’m still alive’ chemical to stop colleagues throwing their bodies out of the nest (NY Times).
