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Earth Day weekend: Not just another marketing opportunity
Earth Day weekend is upon us. I can tell because my email inbox is jammed with pitches for "green" products and corporate campaigns: Clothing made from recycled plastic bottles; natural skin care products; hybrid auto accessories, even pet waste...
Tags: Earth Day, Cheap Trick (music group), National Aquarium Baltimore, Science and Technology, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Use houseplants to fill in a garden's empty spaces
![By mid-July, "black holes" often develop in the garden. Spring ephemeral flowers such as Virginia bluebells have died away. Tulip leaves and stems have browned and even the daffodil foliage has mostly faded and can safely be removed. Bleeding heart foliage is yellowed and ready to be cut back. Pansies may be peckish. So tidy up and fill any blanks with annuals -- you may find them on sale -- or with containers.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-07/47973503-10135735-187105.jpg "By mid-July, "black holes\" often develop in the garden. Spring ephemeral flowers such as Virginia bluebells have died away. Tulip leaves and stems have browned and even the daffodil foliage has mostly faded and can safely be removed. Bleeding heart foliage is yellowed and ready to be cut back. Pansies may be peckish. So tidy up and fill any blanks with annuals -- you may find them on sale -- or with containers.")
Special to the TribuneBy mid-July, "black holes" often develop in the garden. Spring ephemeral flowers such as Virginia bluebells have died away. Tulip leaves and stems have browned and even the daffodil foliage has mostly faded and can safely be removed. Bleeding heart...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Natural Resources, Wildlife, Death
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Calls come earlier this year for S.D. bat business
The owners of a South Dakota roofing company say they're getting more calls these days for their side business, which is bat removal and control. Jim and Laura Woods, of Canton, said their bat business is usually not as busy this time of year. Generally... -
Western Maryland wind project faces limits to protect bats, birds
Maryland's first industrial-scale wind energy project would be required under a federal plan issued Monday to slow down its turbines at certain times of the year to reduce the number of endangered bats that might be killed by the long, spinning blades....Tags: Conservation, Business Enterprises, Science and Technology, Landforms, Environmental Issues
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Could the Ebola Outbreak Spread to the U.S.?
CNNUGANDA -- Fourteen people have died so far from the Ebola outbreak that began earlier this month in Western Uganda. According to the World Health Organization, the first case is believed to be from the Nyanswiga village in Nyamarunda, a sub-county of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Diarrhea, Africa, Ebola hemorrhagic fever , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Maryland gardens warm up to tropical trend
Tropicals will be hot this gardening season.
Forgive the pun, but growers and garden centers are responding to a demand from homeowners for the luxurious foliage and lipstick colors of plants more suited to the South.
And they are offering much more...Tags: Photography and Video, Hobbies, Video Supplies and Services, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Corona del Mar Today: Diapers being dumped on Coast Highway
A stretch of East Coast Highway in Corona del Mar has become the dumping ground for used adult diapers, but city officials say there's not much they can do unless they catch the culprits in the act. The diapers first began to appear near the Cameo...Tags: Politics, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Public Officials, Africa
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Missing Indiana caver's body found half-mile from car
LEAVENWORTH, Ind. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran and caving enthusiast took his own life about half a mile from where he left his car on a rural road but more than four months passed before four young spelunkers exploring where they weren't allowed...Tags: Conservation, Georgetown, Landforms, Landforms, Environmental Issues
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Fungus Kills Millions Of Bats - Experts Fear It Could Spread West
FOX40 NewsWildlife Biologists are concerned about a deadly fungus that is rapidly spreading among bat populations. The "white-nose syndrome," as it is known, has killed as many as 6.7 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada since 2006, according to...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, White Nose Syndrome, Agricultural Research and Technology, Natural Resources
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New guidelines may protect bats
Daily American Staff WriterWith wind being one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world, environmentalists are warning that winged creatures are increasingly endangered by turbines. In September an endangered Indiana bat was found dead at the North Allegheny Wind Farm...Tags: Conservation, Duke Energy Corporation, Environmental Issues, Fencing, Alternative Energy
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Animals, Petting Farms & Ranches
Acts 2 Acres 4250 NWS 43rd Street, Coconut Creek Pony parties! We also have a petting zoo. Paint a pony and lots more! www.acts2acres.com 954-326-2528 Air K9z Frisbee dogs at your event! www.airK9z.com 954-605-0014 Animal Kingdom Serving the tri-...Tags: Coconut Creek, Africa, Wildlife, Everglades, Science
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SAFE BATS: Iowa's DNR is keeping the Maquoketa Caves State Park caves closed this summer to help protect bats from a deadly disease
Staff WriterThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources wants to help slow or stop the spread of a disease that's been killing bats across the country, so the caves at Maquoketa Caves State Park will remain closed for the upcoming summer season. Earlier this month,...Tags: Landforms, Skin, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Health
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