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Earth Day takes on climate change, sustainability
Today is Earth Day, a day when environmentalists and concerned citizens around the world demonstrate their caring for the health of their communities, the natural world and the planet. Forty-three years ago, the first Earth Day drew an estimated 20...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Druid Hill, Conservation
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Climate change may boost turbulence
In the future, white-knuckle fliers may be able to blame those brutally bumpy flights over the Atlantic on greenhouse gases. Turbulence will be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, heating up the atmosphere,...Tags: Science and Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents, Ecosystems, Air and Space Accidents
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Cap-and-trade programs in California and Quebec to merge
SACRAMENTO — California's air quality officials soon may be adding a new phrase to their bureaucratic vocabulary: "le rechauffement climatique." That's French for global warming. The California Air Resources Board on Friday linked its program...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Ecosystems, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, Environmental Issues
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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: Science and Technology, Grapes, Ecosystems, Viniculture, Wines
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New science standards call for teaching climate change and more
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last year by California and 25 other states in...
Tags: Lotteries, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science
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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: Federal Aviation Administration, Science and Technology, Air Transportation Industry, Atlantic Ocean, Transportation Accidents
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Burb's Eye View: Learning how to live green
The white, discarded barrels at the food-processing plant may have looked like junk. To Justin Okin, they were a means to harvest the sky. Three of the 60-gallon barrels came home with him one day for less than $10; their previous owner was happy to see...
Tags: Ecosystems, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Weather
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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: Protestantism, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Politics, Weather
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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, Students, Falcon Cove Middle School, Ecosystems, Education
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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: Science and Technology, Environmental Cleanup, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, Ecosystems
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New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...Tags: Students, Geography, Labor Markets, Engineering, Ecosystems
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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: Disasters and Accidents, Floods, Government, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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