In another win for marine life, Peru started the new year by enacting regulations to protect the world’s largest known population of giant manta rays. Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/worlds-largest-population-of-giant-manta-rays-gets-more-protection-in-peru.html#ixzz42K4PaBVw
Last seen in 1870, Jerdon’s tree frog is alive and (mostly) well in India Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-rediscover-tree-frog-thought-extinct-over-century-180957902/#ErIXJkr6HkWlUEmk.99
Better electricity sharing across states would dampen the effects of variable weather on wind and solar power Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/us-could-switch-mostly-renewable-energy-no-batteries-needed-180957925/#AEM2iyfs2w3hjEap.99
In December the French government passed a law banning supermarkets from throwing away unsold food. The law requires stores there to donate unwanted food to charities or food banks. Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/viva-la-france-country-bans-supermarkets-from-tossing-out-food.html#ixzz42K1yCdTR
