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A roundup of news snippets

• An independent expert recommends an up to $16 billion fine for Chevron’s role in polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. • “Eco-fur” doesn’t fly. • More funding is needed to fix the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. • A Paris airport will tap geothermal energy. • The sun still isn’t causing global warming.

Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia

Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special “Toad Day Out” for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls “the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man.” The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention […]

Chinese environmental activist jailed

Chinese activist Hu Jia, a high-profile campaigner for human rights, religious freedom, and environmental protection, has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system” and will be jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Hydrogen-powered plane makes successful flight

A plane powered by hydrogen fuel cells made three successful test flights earlier this year, Boeing officials announced Thursday. The propeller-driven two-seater, carrying passengers, climbed to 3,300 feet on the power of lithium batteries, then cruised at 60 miles per hour for about 20 minutes powered solely by fuel cells. Sounds like they’ve got the […]