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Good fences make safe lions
During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...
Tags: National Parks, Tanzania, Tourism and Leisure, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Students, U. Mich. volunteers blitzing Belle Isle
DETROIT (AP) — About 80 students from a Detroit high school have braved a wet, chilly spring morning to conduct a biodiversity survey on Belle Isle with help from University of Michigan researchers and volunteers. The group gathered Wednesday at...Tags: Belle Isle, Marine Science, Environmental Issues, University of Michigan, 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: Global Change, China, Executive Branch, Politics, Environmental Politics
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Lucie L. Snodgrass: Md. farmers do their part
Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has led to enormous growth in understanding the consequences we face if we do not take care of our natural resources. It has led to more action to protect our planet’s land, water, air, wildlife and human...Tags: Global Change, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Earth Day
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McManus: A tax everyone can love
The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...
Tags: Global Change, Primaries, John McCain, White House, George W. Bush
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Setting new 'green' standards at Linton Springs Elementary School
It was Dirty Finger Club Day at Linton Springs Elementary School, near Eldersburg. Out in the vegetable garden — one of a dozen "outdoor classrooms" in the meadows, wetlands and woodlands of school's spacious grounds — Anna Letaw, a...
Tags: Biology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wetlands, Education, Conservation
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It's Earth Day! Here are 7 ways to honor the planet
Happy Earth Day! It’s been 43 years since Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson celebrated the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. It’s not yet a federal holiday, but Earth Day is celebrated by schoolkids from coast to coast (along with many...
Tags: Global Change, Al Gore, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Nobel Prize Awards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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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: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Druid Hill, Environmental Pollution, Earth Day
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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: Transportation Accidents, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, 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: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Global Warming, Jerry Brown
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Things to do this weekend. More events added!
Saturday, April 20 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Bass Buddies: Painting Like the Masters. Designed for children 4-6, art class allows participants to explore their creative side with painting, drawing or sculpting and may include a science experiment, museum...
Tags: Honey, Edward M. Burke, Personal Service, Tourism and Leisure, The Amazing Race (tv program)
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Celebrate Earth Day at Ordway Prairie Preserve
With the continual disappearance of grasslands and wetlands and huge changes occurring rapidly in the landscape and environment, now is the time to stop and really think about and pay homage to our planet. And Earth Day is the perfect time to do so....Tags: Nature Conservancy, China, Environmental Issues, Photography, Arts and Culture
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