The Farm Institute has an exciting 2009 brochure of summer activities and programs for all ages. Go to
http://www.farminstitute.org/programs/
2009summer/2009summerbrochure.pdf
to learn all about it and sign up.

THE WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER
Development Associate Position
The Woods Hole Research Center is seeking a fundraising professional to join its development team. The Development Associate will manage the Center’s Annual Fund and serve as the administrator of its Raiser’s Edge database. Reporting to the Director of Development, the Development Associate is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Annual Fund including solicitations, donor acquisition strategies, gift processing, and acknowledgements.Application deadline: April 24th, 2009, or until position filled. Start: Spring 2009. Salary Range: $45,000 to $60,000 with benefits. Application Instructions: To apply, send cover letter referencing Job # DAML01, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references to jobopenings@whrc.org.

David Vaughan says the break-up is a 'really strong indication' of warming

An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped.

Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in the region.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
science/nature/7984054.stm

Asian oysters will not be allowed in the Chesapeake Bay, state and federal officials announced yesterday, seemingly ending a five-year flirtation with the idea that a Chinese bivalve could resurrect one of America's most famous shellfish grounds.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/story/2009/04/06/ST2009040602019.html

To a public raised on vampire movies, bats are loathsome, frightening creatures - blind, flying rodents that all carry rabies, suck human blood, and get impossibly tangled in long hair.

None of it is true. But scientists trying to drum up a public outcry - and government funding - to stop a mysterious illness ravaging bat populations from Vermont to Virginia believe these myths are thwarting their efforts. The researchers say they are learning a harsh truth about the public's desire to save animals: Cuteness rules.

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/04/06/
sick_bats_pr_problem_could_prove_to_be_deadly/

ST. LOUIS — Chatting with a visitor about energy issues in the back of the Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church here, a group of women exploded in laughter at the idea that their electric rates were among the lowest in the nation.

One of the 21 coal-fired power plants in Missouri that emit more than 75 million tons of carbon dioxide annually and generate 80 percent of the state’s electricity.

“We can barely afford what we have now,” said Renee Daniels-Hanner, 48, an office manager who lives with her husband, a postal employee, and their teenage daughter in a three-bedroom brick home in the city’s Baden neighborhood.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/09coal.html?_r=1&hpw