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Turkish Authorities Say: Let Sleeping Bats Lie

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Photo via sirtrentalot at flickr

Hibernating bats in Havran, near Turkey's Aegean coast, can rest easy this winter, thanks to a decision by local authorities to hold off on pumping water into a nearby dam reservoir, an action that would have flooded their cave.

Source: TreeHugger

The TH Interview: Chris Page—The Green Yahoo

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Climate impact might not be the first thing on your mind when jumping on a search engine (unless you’re searching “climate impact”). But much is going on behind the scenes of these ethereal data dealers of search. Yahoo! has recruited its secret weapon in the climate battle, Christina Page, from the arsenal of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins’ brainy and prestigious “think-and-do tank,” (also a TH guest poster).

Source: TreeHugger