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Progress slow in cleanup of Gulf Coast oil well disaster
WASHINGTON - Three years after the infamous BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast, lawmakers are still trying to nail down the effectiveness of past, present and future relief efforts backed by billions of dollars. Restoration efforts will receive anywhere...Tags: Justice System, Oil Spills, Science and Technology, BP Plc, Conservation
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Outdoors Almanac
Wolves on the Water results The 25th Annual Wolves on the Water walleye tournament was held June 1 at Walth's Bay on the Missouri River. The winning team of Tom Ochs, Rick Ochs and Bill Ochs weighed in 12 walleye, totaling over 12 pounds. Ninety-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Conservation, Agriculture, Washington, DC
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Looking forward to next climate change report
The president of the Lehigh Valley Vegetarians, Len Frenkel, wrote a very interesting Your View concerning global warming. Basic premise: The world will get warmer and warmer and warmer. Straight out of the climate science report, he mentions many onerous...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Issues, Weather, Science and Technology, Conservation
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South Florida county mayors join together to present a unified vision in Tallahassee
FORT LAUDERDALE The mayors of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are each extending a hand beyond their borders to cooperate on initiatives that will benefit the South Florida region. Their focus this year is to improve and adequately fund...
Tags: Port Everglades, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Port of Palm Beach
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Nature's context builds new, wild gardens
One of the best parts of my job is spending time with great horticultural minds. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a state conference that featured not one, but two talks by always impressive author/designer/photographer Rick Darke. His focus was...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Conservation, Plant Openings
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Florida to review proposed national science standards (which include hot topics of evolution, climate change)
Florida went through a bruising fight over evolution during the 2007-08 school year when it adopted new science standards that for the first time required the subject be taught in public schools. Now it will decide if it wants to sign on to another...Tags: The Huffington Post, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Conservation, Global Change
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Commentary: Partner with developers or plan for balance with nature?
In cruising cable channels recently, I happened onto a classic sci-fi movie called "Silent Running" about a crew of people operating a greenhouse aboard a spaceship. The captain (Bruce Dern) said to the crew, "Do you know why there are no flowers, no...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Global Change
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READER SUBMITTED: Ecology And Spirituality Program
LitchfieldWisdom House Retreat and Conference Center will hold its first Ecology and Spirituality Program on Saturday, June 1 from 2 to 3 p.m. This inaugural offering will consist of a conversation focusing on the recent decline of the bee population and its effect...Tags: Waterbury, Environmental Issues, Artists, Arts, Conservation
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The climate change guilt trip
A friend recently returned from a camping trip in the Sierra Nevada. His eyes shone as he described the opalescent sky, the vitality of wildlife in spring and the fun he'd had playing with his two young daughters during the mellow evenings. It had been...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Travel, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Prius, Politics
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NRCS helps build resiliency to climate change
As experts predict growing climate changes in the United States, the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service offers a variety of practices, programs and studies that help landowners build resiliency to its effects. Although agriculture sources...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Environmental Issues, Weather, Science and Technology, Conservation
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Cold truth
The times they are a-changin'. A little over a year ago, Chicagoans experienced an excessively hot spring — our warmest March on record. This year, the start to spring felt less like summer and more like an extended winter. Though domestic...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Global Change
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Brad Ashwell: Would Koch Brothers be good for journalism?
As you read this newspaper you are probably not thinking much about who owns it. But the question of who may be purchasing it along with several other major newspapers has the attention of many. The Tribune Company, which is the second largest media...Tags: Labor Legislation, Conservation, David Koch, PBS (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine
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