News at Eleven: Humans aren't being true to themselves

and are cutting back on their own chances for survival by failing to take care of other life and the planet, the nation's poet laureate said Tuesday.

W.S. Merwin told scientists and others working to protect Hawaii's natural resources at a meeting in Waikiki that they were doing work of "desperate importance" as species become extinct at an increasingly rapid rate around the world.

The problem is particularly acute in Hawaii, which has more endangered species than any other state and is sometimes called the endangered species capital of the world.

from The Seattle Post Intelligencer (via AP): US poet laureate says humans failing themselves

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