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...same boat - and right now that boat runs on toxic sludge - but with continued innovation and tighter regulations, the planet's blue seas could soon be filled with green ships. Corbett predicts that if the new IMO standards are implemented, then the shipping industry could avoid contributing to more than 40,000 deaths in a single year. It would be a dramatic drop, but the ship engines would still be allowed to emit more sulfur dioxide than trucks and cars in the U.S. Solar Sailor's Dane sees the shipping industry's evolution away from oil as inevitable - even obvious...
...recommended in 2007 for an ambassadorial post abroad by then-U.S. ambassador Ronald Neumann, as a way for President Karzai to avoid political embarrassment...
...gives circuses until June 2010 to hand over their animals. Llamas, ponies and dogs, the most common performers here, can be easily reintegrated into comfortable habitats. And the country's performing tigers and bears have already been taken to neighboring countries by the owners of larger circuses to avoid confiscation. But small, family-owned circuses are unlikely to flee the country, which will leave two dozen lions and primates needing new homes...
...Antezana acknowledges the risks but says his volunteers know what they are getting into and that by treating the animals well, they avoid problems. "[The volunteers] come down aware of the work and the love that one has to have with the animal," he says. "If one comes passively, with love, the animals are in peace. This is the No. 1 basis for this work. Everything carries a risk, but thanks to the fact that we do it with love, that produces positive energy...
...unclear how many of Bolivia's circus animals will end up at one of these nature reserves. Officials want to avoid the reserves' being expanded as a result of the circus-animal ban. Even Goodall admits that Antezana shouldn't take on more animals because the reserves are maxed...