Human factor suspected in mass beaching of whales in Australia, Times Online, UK - Officials of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service are still trying to figure out why 192 whales and 7 dolphins beached themselves on Naracoopa Beach on King Island, Tasmania. 54 pilot whales and five dolphins were saved. The rest were already dead even before anyone could reach them.

Fears that the mass stranding on an Australian beach on Sunday was caused by human disturbance were raised because two species of cetacean came ashore simultaneously.

Valley pioneer Gordon Moore provides tech compass during tough times, Mercury News - During his journeys into jungles and other unpopulated places, however, Moore became increasingly concerned. He noticed the wilderness disappearing, replaced by hotels and highways and hordes of people. So with $5 billion worth of Intel stock, he and his wife in 2000 established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to provide grants focusing heavily on protecting the environment.

Earth Day organizers hoping for an army of volunteers, AP - Earth Day organizers are hoping an army of volunteers will heed President Barack Obama’s call to service and turn out for the annual celebration next month to make lasting improvements to the nation’s parks, schools and beaches. Simultaneous service projects are planned in New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco and six other major cities April 17-19.

Global Warming Protest Frozen Out by Massive Snowfall, Fox News - Global warming activists stormed Washington Monday for what was billed as the nation’s largest act of civil disobedience to fight climate change — only to see the nation’s capital virtually shut down by a major winter storm.

Blind Passenger Wants Apology, Moscow Times - Pavel Obiukh, a legally blind, disabled rights activist denied boarding on an S7 flight last month, demanded on Monday that the airline change its rules on disabled passengers and issue him a public apology or face a lawsuit.  S7, the second-largest airline in Russia, said it had only acted according to the law when it refused to fly Obiukh from Moscow to Kazan on Feb. 18.

The ultimate travel companion, DailyBreeze.com - Eric Bjorndahl, 26, and his brother David, 27, launched TravBuddy in November 2005.  The site has 1.5 million registered members, who have posted 1.7 million travel photos and written 106,000 travel blogs.  The site also includes 30,000 reviews of specific travel sites and hotels around the world.

Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by PLing
Filed under: Travel News