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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Wildlife, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Regional Authority
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Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersWATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not that they lack water, like...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Water Supply, High Blood Pressure, Energy Resources
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Oncology, University of Maryland, College Park, Human Interest, Raymond James Financial Incorporated, Winter Park
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Bill would protect water-authority lands from artifact looters
Treasure hunters have long pilfered arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on state lands, risking jail time if caught. But a loophole in state law meant that looters didn't face consequences for their thievery on Lake County Water...
Tags: Wildlife, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Laws, Government
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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Wildlife, Firearms, Energy Resources, Agriculture
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Use gypsum to build soils and buffer weather
Chicago - Ohio farmer Les Seiler has applied gypsum to his fields for the past five years. His farm is based in Fulton County, Ohio, 40 miles west of Toledo and near the Michigan border where Seiler says cold and wet spring weather is “guaranteed.”...Tags: Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, New Products, Weather Reports, Colleges and Universities
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Natural Resources Commission OKs Conrad Station Nature Preserve in NW Indiana's Newton County
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Natural Resources Commission has approved a 342-acre nature preserve in the tallgrass prairie region of the state's northwest corner. The commission approved the Conrad Station Nature Preserve in Newton County...Tags: Environmental Issues, Nature Conservancy, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, Energy Resources
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Goshen College to buy electricity from renewable energy sources to reduce carbon footprint
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Goshen College has announced it will purchase all its electricity from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. College President Jim Brenneman says the school signed up to take part in Northern Indiana Public...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Hybrid Vehicles, Alternative Energy
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COLUMN-African minerals and the illusion of fair value: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - "With Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty,...Tags: Prices, Metal and Mineral, The New York Times, United Nations, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Ag calendar - May 14
Franklin County Dairy Princess Pageant — The 46th annual Franklin County Dairy Princess Pageant is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at Kauffman Ruritan Community Center, 7289 Ruritan Drive, Chambersburg, Pa. A buffet-style meal of chicken and ham will be...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Jefferson County (Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Farms
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Land grant university system helped farmers become students
I am constantly amazed between what I think people know and what they actually know. This reality manifests itself in many ways. Just the other day I heard a radio trivia contest and the question was in what city is Independence Hall? The answer given was...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Environmental Issues, Financial Aid, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Students
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Many countries badly mismanage oil, mining resources: study
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 80 percent of the world's major oil and gas-producing and mining countries fail to meet "satisfactory standards" for managing their natural resources, according to a report tracking global resource mismanagement and...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral, National Government, Government, Energy Resources
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