US and Iran join forces to save cheetah >> Source: Times Online
Iran: Iranian and Western wildlife experts have joined forces to save the Asiatic cheetah from disappearing, despite a bitter dispute between their governments over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Iran's Department of Environment has teamed up with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to trap and track them before they disappear forever.
Hit by fuel price, which way will motorists turn? >> Source: Reuters
US: With oil prices near $140 a barrel, motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving their cars. Car and parts makers, oil companies and electricity generators are left guessing which way motorists will turn and what technology will win.
Climate change threat to Antarctic whales >> Source: Telegraph.co.uk
Antarctic: The WWF report that the rise in temperature predicted over the next 40 years will lead to a drop in winter sea ice coverage of Antarctic waters of up to 30% in some key whale areas, and any loss would reduce the amount of food available not only to whales but to fish, seals, seabirds and penguins as well.
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