A panda cub that was born barely a week ago at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington dies in her enclosure there. Zookeepers have not determined the cause; she had seemed healthy, and there were no signs of trauma, they say. [Associated Press]
A criminal investigation is under way after federal officials discover that Chevron fashioned a pipe to route hydrocarbon gases around monitoring equipment at its Richmond Refinery at San Francisco Bay for four years. The inquiry is unrelated to the Aug. 6 fire that destroyed part of the refinery. [The San Francisco Chronicle]
Scientists weigh the possibility that a fossilized forest that flourished more than 2.5 million years ago in the Canadian Arctic could return to life in decades to come as a result of global warming. [LiveScience]
Wyoming is the leading state in per-capita energy consumption, followed by Alaska, Louisiana and North Dakota, data from the Energy Information Administration show. All of those states have sprawling fossil fuel sectors, which tend to consume a great deal in the production process. [NBC News]
After washing ashore in Oregon and Alaska, debris from Japan?s March 2011 tsunami is now beginning to reach Hawaii. [Sky News]
Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/on-our-radar-mourning-a-panda-cub/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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