Scientists reporting to the United Nations say that at our current rate, humans are causing the extinction of three animal or plant species every HOUR! They are saying that this is the worst run of mass extinction since the dinosaurs were wiped out millions of years ago. Of course these numbers are just estimates because there is no way anyone could verify them. However, it's still scary to think about them.

In 2002, a committee decided that the world needed to slow the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Now Europe says they will attempt to halt it althogether by 2010. I applaud them for their efforts. Maybe the U.S. will follow suit. Yeah right.