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French wine could get pricey, climate change study says
That bottle of Bordeaux you put aside may become even rarer in the next few decades as climate change could reduce wine grape production in traditional parts of the world and move it elsewhere, researchers say. Danish Cabernet, anyone? Wine grape...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Viniculture, Ecosystems, Science and Technology, Grapes
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Ten strategies for wise water use through food and agriculture
Chicago, Ill. - March 22, 2013, is the 20th anniversary of World Water Day. Although about 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, only 0.001 percent is fresh and available for human consumption. The largest portion of this-70 percent-is...Tags: Conservation, Think Tanks, Research, Water Supply, World Water Day
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Climate change will make flights bumpier, study says
In the future, white-knuckle fliers may be able to blame those brutally bumpy flights over the Atlantic Ocean on greenhouse gases. Turbulence will be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, heating up the atmosphere,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Atlantic Ocean, Ecosystems, Science and Technology, American Airlines, Inc.
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A Nation Clogged By Wasteful Car Culture
The Hartford CourantI learned a little after the fact that the writer Jane Holtz Kay passed away late last year at age 74. She was a lot of things — architecture critic for The Nation, preservationist, Boston activist. She was also the author of a book that put her...Tags: Authors, Highway Transportation, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Ecosystems
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Survey finds majority of pastors don't believe in global warming
Russ Rankin writes in the LifeWay website that most pastors believe in God, but not global warming: While many churches are acting "green," the majority of pastors disagree global warming is real and man made. The percentage of skeptics has dropped...
Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Politics, Weather, Protestantism
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Local students win C-SPAN documentary contest
They’re still in school but they’re already making their TV debut – on C-SPAN. Eight South Florida students won C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition that asks middle and high school students to produce five to eight minute...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Education, Ecosystems
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States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules
WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Standards
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U.S. needs a better disaster plan
If the highest goal of fiscal reform is to reduce spending and better the lives of Americans, here's an idea that fits the bill: Improve the way the federal government responds to the growing number of natural disasters. Natural disasters have become...
Tags: Floods, National Government, Politics, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Buckle up: Climate change may cause bumpier flights
Are you the kind of air traveler who turns green when your plane encounters air turbulence? Do you always have a beverage in your hand when the captain illuminates the "fasten seat belts" sign and apologizes for a bit of mid-flight "chop"? If so, you...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Transportation Delays, Ecosystems, Weather, Conservation
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Jerry Brown makes cosmic case for carbon reduction
BEIJING -- Gov. Jerry Brown used a stage at one of China’s most prestigious universities Thursday to make his pitch for environmental policies that he said could help reverse the global impacts of climate change and boost the economies of China...
Tags: China, Environmental Politics, Executive Branch, Conservation, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Meteorological Disasters, Weather Reports, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Interior Policy, Space Programs, Employment Opportunities, Heavy Engineering, U.S. Congress
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