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Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council: lake monitoring volunteers wanted
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to monitor lakes of all sizes throughout Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Antrim counties for the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. A free training will be offered from 10 a.m.-noon Friday,...Tags: Water, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Lakes and Ponds
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Alaska climate change case
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Alaskan village's claim that it should be able to sue oil companies and utilities for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chevron Corportion, Justice System, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters(Repeats Sunday item to additional subscribers) * EU emissions trading provoked ire from U.S., China, others * European officials gave UN agency fall deadline to show progress * Little decided so far, resolution may not be ready in time By Allison...Tags: International Organizations, United Nations, Weather, Politics, European Union
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise
The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Science, Conservation, Germany
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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Conservation, John Boehner, Global Warming
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Smith Islanders should direct ire at Washington
Tim Wheeler's report on the future of Smith Island and the state's idea to buy residents out so they may relocate tells a heartbreaking story of people whose attachment to the island goes back many years, 400 years in some cases ("Smith Islanders debating...
Tags: Weather, Politics, Environmental Issues, Conservation, U.S. Congress
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Smith Island denial
Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, 2010 Census, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Wind Power, United Nations, Weather, Science and Technology, Science
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Droughts
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Alien 'crazy ants' invading southern U.S.
An invasion of alien "crazy ants" is making many residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast long for the old days of pesky, biting fire ants. Like fire ants, these South American invaders seem to be fond of electrical equipment. But unlike their stinging red...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Conservation
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Google aims to be your personal cartographer to extend maps lead
SAN FRANCISCO -- With its three-dimensional satellite imagery of the planet, its block-by-block detail of neighborhoods and its ubiquitous driving directions, Google is already the king of online cartography. Now it's looking to lengthen its significant...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Museums, Environmental Issues, Networking, Nokia Corp.
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, White House, Weather, Environmental Issues, State of the Union Address
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