by Jess Zimmerman. We noted yesterday that 48 exotic animals had escaped from an Ohio farm, and that authorities were handling the problem by shooting them. That's enough of a downer, but the more details we hear the worse it gets . There ended up being more than 50 animals running amok, and 49 of them were killed, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers and 17 lions. Local police say they did try to sedate the animals instead of killing them, but they didn't really have tranquilizers suited to 300-pound wildcats.

More on SKCEA.org:

• It’s almost summer, we can start believing in climate change again
  by Jess Zimmerman. It's common knowledge that global warming deniers are prone to confusing climate with weather, as in this video that we posted last year but which I am embedding anyway because it's awesome. But a study in this month's Psychological Science confirm...
• Critical List: The shortest day of the year; some grey wolves to come off endangered species list
  by Sarah Laskow. Today marks the solstice : the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter. Things will only get better from here on out, as long as by “things” you mean “the amount of daylight available in the Northern hemisphere.” Grey wolves ...
• Put up your data and step away from the car
  Your driving and charging habits mean a great deal to companies selling Electric Vehicles (EV), to government when developing policy, to firms developing wireless communications or charging stations and to utility companies that will be required to supply the electricity. All of ...
• New study shows three-quarters of global temperature rise is humans’ fault
  by Sarah Laskow. A study published this weekend in Nature Geoscience has double-checked, and confirmed, the idea that climate change is mostly human-made. It uses "an alternative line of evidence" to prove that most observed climate change -- 74 percent of it -- comes from green...
• Arctic Melt Extreme in 2010, Again
  The extent of Arctic sea ice is reaching the third-lowest point ever recorded, as the annual summer melt slows. Both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route are open, and ships are navigating the once ice-locked channels....