Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels?

 "Five things you may or may not know about sea turtles: They can live 80 years or longer. They're important to ocean and beach ecologies. They're immune to (and happily feed on) deadly box jellyfish. All seven species worldwide are either endangered or critically endangered. And solar panels might be their salvation.

People sometimes ask me why the Sierra Club is so focused on stopping dirty coal plants or fighting to get our country off of oil and onto clean, renewable energy sources. After all, you won't find pictures of wind turbines or solar panels in our Wilderness Calendar (at least not this year). Why not stick to protecting wild places and wild creatures -- like sea turtles and sequoia trees?"

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/michaelbrune/2011/04/sea-tu...

 

 

 

 

 

Un extrait et un poème de Prévert

 

The clash over immigration has existed within the European Union for sometime, most notably over how to contend with the Union’s eastern frontier. But it has grown more intense in recent weeks because of the collapse of regimes across North Africa and has been exacerbated by the NATO intervention in Libya, which was championed by France and Britain, while Germany demurred and Italy reluctanly joined. Extrait de Immigration is rattling European cohesion par Rachel Donadio pour le journal International Herald Tribune

 

Le conflit à propos de l'immigration   existe au sein de l'Union européenne depuis un certain temps, notamment sur la façon de composer avec la frontière orientale de l'Union. Mais il est devenu plus intense ces dernières semaines en raison de l'effondrement des régimes en Afrique du Nord et a été exacerbé par l'intervention de l'OTAN en Libye, qui a été défendue par la France et la Grande-Bretagne, tandis que l'Allemagne s’y refusa et que l'Italie s'y joignit à contrecœur. (ma traduction)