Environment

Scottish Sheep Shrinking Generation by Generation as Winters Grow Shorter Just as wool clothing shrinks in a hot wash, sheep on a remote Scottish island are getting smaller from one generation to the next as temperatures rise.

Wind Turbine Orders Slide 50% in First Half of Year, MAKE Consulting Says Wind turbine makers around the world reported 50 percent fewer orders in the first half of 2009 than a year earlier and the market won’t improve until the last three months of the year, an industry consultant said.

G-8's Host City Trembles Following 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Aftershocks L’Aquila, the Italian city hosting this year’s Group of Eight Summit, was shaken by a 4.1-magnitude aftershock, the latest tremor after a deadly earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Sims Metal Management Acquires Pennsylvania Recycler Fairless Iron & Metal Sims Metal Management Ltd., the world’s biggest recycler of scrap metal, acquired Pennsylvania- based metals recycler Fairless Iron & Metal LLC.

Exxon, Valero May Face New Curbs on Carcinogenic Gases Under Obama President Barack Obama is considering new curbs on U.S. oil refineries whose gas emissions pose a cancer risk to hundreds of thousands of people living near the plants, setting up a potential conflict with companies over the cost of new regulations.

Slaying Maltese Falcons, Rare Eagles Has Island's Birders Battling Hunters As evening fell at Mizieb reserve on the Mediterranean island of Malta, a dozen black kites migrating to Europe from Africa attempted to roost. Even with a European Union ban on spring hunting, gunshots rang out.

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