On Our Radar: Floating Architecture April 4, 2012, 9:39 am From amphibious homes to hospitals on stilts, architects and urban planners are exploring designs for floating buildings that can cope with rising seas or sudden floods. Advocates say that leaps of imagination are needed in view of the magnitude of the climate change challenge. Whole Foods says it will no longer sell seafood that is "red-rated" - that is, caught in overfished waters or through unsustainable fishing methods. The Republicans for Environmental Protection embrace a new name: ConservAmerica. Was the group running out of Republican members? Not exactly, the policy director says; the group wanted to emphasize the connection between environmental conservation and traditional conservative values. Grist Lawyers say plaintiffs are likely to appeal an Indonesian court's decision to throw out a lawsuit challenging a plan by a palm oil giant to clear a critical peat swamp. Yet a conservationist warns that the company has already begun burning trees to clear the swamp, one of the last redoubts of the Sumatran orangutan. The Sydney Morning Herald