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Greener Cities Will Push Cars To The Curb
What will our cities look like by mid-century as America's population expands a projected 36 percent, to some 440 million? Will they be more livable, green, vibrant? Can we do away with our tons of city-based industrial wastelands and remake our low-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Washington Post, Manhattan (New York City), Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Lionfish: If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em
In recent years, the Indo-Pacific lionfish — a dramatically striped, finned and armored aquarium fish — has invaded Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs. It has been spotted off the Southeastern United States, throughout the Caribbean Sea, in...
Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Environmental Issues, Invasive Species, Ecosystems, Bodies of Water
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Sleep Apnea, Ear Infection, Allergies, Parmesan Cheese, Biofeedback
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Mailbag: Even those without clout can dislike fire rings
I read Chris Epting's perspective on the beach fire issue this morning and I wanted to give you another perspective. I live in Huntington Beach about two blocks from the beach. I am not a "wealthy person" who is trying to keep others from beach...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Asthma, Southern California Edison Company, Melville
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Where have all the rabbits gone?
Zeus the wonder dog scared up a rabbit near the house the other day. Go ahead and mock me for mentioning it, but in the rabbit department, that's big news. Because in our suburban village, out on the western rind of Cook County, I haven't seen more...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Cook County Government, Tularemia , Wildlife
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Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails
An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....
Tags: Trade Agreements, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species, Hunting
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Oyster recovery "amazing" in Shore creek
Now for a bit of good news - and from an environmental group at that. Drew Koslow, the Choptank Riverkeeper, reports that while walking the shore of Harris Creek in Talbot County, he saw an "amazing" abundance of oysters growing in the intertidal zone,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Human Interest, Oysters, Barack Obama, Talbot County
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Human population underlies threats to coral survival
After three years of analysis, a team of federal scientists has come up with a list of the greatest threats to the survival of reef-building corals. And it has ranked the proximate threats, weighing into decades of scientific debate over the biggest...
Tags: National Marine Fisheries Service , Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coral Reefs, Conservation
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2012-13 #migratory #bird seasons and bag limits
Lehigh Valley WildThe Pennsylvania Game Commission released the state dates for migratory bird seasons and bag limits: 2012-13 WATERFOWL SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS DUCKS: North Zone: Ducks, sea ducks, coots and mergansers, Oct. 6-20, and Nov. 13-Jan. 5. South Zone: Ducks,... -
Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Political Systems, Federal Reserve, Finance
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Is Sandy a taste of things to come?
CNNWe should not be surprised. That's the view of many climate scientists as they survey the destruction wrought by the superstorm that ravaged the Northeast this week. The melting of Arctic ice, rising sea levels, the warming atmosphere and changes to...Tags: Global Change, Hurricane Irene (2011), Democratic Party, Technology, Princeton University
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Frogs indicate farmer impact on land
MANTADOR, N.D. - Farmers are plowing up millions of acres of grasslands and wetlands to put the land into crop production. The change could have a great effect on wildlife populations, including frogs that are a sign of a healthy wetland ecosystem. ''...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Wetlands, Science, U.S. Geological Survey
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