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READER SUBMITTED: Plainville High School Classes Increase Biodiversity
PlainvilleStudents in Leanne Nolan's Advanced Placement Environmental Science classes at Plainville High School are increasing biodiversity at the high school by creating a garden bed outside of the school's cafeteria patio area. The students recently planted a...Tags: Schools, Marine Science, Environmental Issues, Plainville, Conservation
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Study finds for first time frogs and other amphibians declining at alarming rate around US
Associated PressGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday that populations of...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Issues, Science, Environmental Pollution, Conservation
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The Galapagos are now just a click away: Google photographs famous islands for Street View
Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution....Tags: Environmental Issues, Car Guides and Reviews, Charles Darwin, Travel, Google Inc.
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Weather, Global Change, Conservation
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: Beverage Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, Kansas State University
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McDonald's offers Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey free food for a year
Charles Ramsey, who famously aided in the escape of Cleveland kidnap victims while holding a Big Mac, has been offered free food for a year from McDonald's. The fast-food chain got stung after sending out a tweet following the ordeal that mentioned...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Gina DeJesus, Kidnapping, Michelle Knight, Environmental Issues
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Outdoor attractions
This list is not all-inclusive BEACHES CLARK STREET BEACH Clark Street at Sheridan Road Evanston cityofevanston.org The beach is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. daily May 25 through June 14. From June 15 through Sept. 2 the beach is open from...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wildlife, Canoeing and Kayaking, Biology
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Wind Power, Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Landforms
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Letters: Politics and climate catastrophe
Re "Oklahoma twister 'was a monster,'" May 21 It is heartbreaking to read of homes destroyed, lives upended, children killed and hundreds left homeless. We know that, without effective action to combat climate change, these events will become more...Tags: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Weather, Conservation
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Alarming declines seen in frogs, salamanders
Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States. In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, scientists with the U.S....
Tags: Salt, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of the Interior, Natural Resources, Conservation
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, Environmental Issues, Gerald Henry, Environmental Pollution
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In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency goal at risk
ReutersBy David Stanway and Niu Shuping BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food...Tags: Guangzhou (China), Arable Farming, Food Industry, Environmental Issues, China
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