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South Africa: Will Poisoning Horns Halt Rhino Poaching?

Photo: White rhinoceros (Digital Vision)

How far would you go to stop rhino poaching? Constantly outgunned by poachers' high-tech helicopters, machine guns, night-vision binoculars, bullet-proof vests and insane arsenal in the illegal trade of "medicinal" rhino horns that are worth more than gold, one pissed-off game manager outside of Johannesburg, South Africa wants to do the unthinkable: inject poison into horns as a deadly warning to would-be poachers and the consumers who would buy them....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Nissan LEAF to have 8-Year/100,000 Miles Battery Warranty

Nissan Leaf battery. Photo: Nissan

Matching the Chevy Volt
As predicted here, Nissan has decided to match GM and offer a 8-year/100k miles warranty on the battery pack of its LEAF electric car. It will be great for early adopters who will have one less thing to worry about (at least for the first 8 years or 100k miles), and it will be great for the transition to electrified transportation....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Dispatch From the Gulf Oil Spill: Breaking the Law to Save the Gulf

Jamie Hinton, Chief of the Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Dept, considers the barges. Image courtesy of Philippe Cousteau.

With the well capped and BP's promise of a "static kill" in the coming days, a sense of optimism, while tempered, seems to be rising in some of the communities of the Gulf. But there is something else simmering amongst the people and communities here, a desire to do something, to take control and positively impact this tragedy. In the case of Jamie Hinton, Chief of the Magn...Read the full story on TreeHugger