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Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked oxygen from the water,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Fertilizer, Science, Gulf of Mexico, Health Organizations
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Most in U.S. concerned about sea level rise, poll finds
WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Americans is convinced that sea level rise resulting from climate change poses a significant threat to the United States and coastal communities should invest in preparing for the risks, according to a survey...Tags: Environmental Issues, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Oceans, Bodies of Water, Ecosystems
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Drought contributes to Neb. climate change debate
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A harsh summer drought that threatened Nebraska farms and ranches has prompted lawmakers to take a fresh look at climate change, an issue that has gotten little traction in the Legislature. A bill that would launch a state review of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Droughts, Justice System
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Spotlight on economics: Global food security in 2050
The book, “Who Will Feed China?: Wake-up Call for a Small Planet,” authored by Lester Brown in 1995, was a surprising wake-up call about world food security. Brown claimed that food production was not growing fast enough to feed China's increasing...Tags: World Bank Group, Environmental Issues, United States Census Bureau, Conservation, Africa
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A power to act on warming
WASHINGTON -- The test of President Obama's seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It's whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants -- one of the biggest sources of...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Keystone XL Pipeline, Conservation, Coal, Energy Resources
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Climate: Time to think of adapting to changes
Even though not everyone believes that climate change is a reality, changes are taking place that impact our work in the ag industry Moisture concerns continue. Even though snow means more work around farms and ranches, getting snow during the winter...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Agriculture, Water Supply, Ecosystems
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Operation Hubris
One of the great things about American politics is its capacity for punishing hubris. For the ancient Greeks, hubris didn't merely describe god-like arrogance. It was a crime, usually defined as taking too much pleasure in the humiliation of your foes....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Ronald Reagan, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Conservation
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Obama holds upper hand in budget, immigration fights, poll shows
WASHINGTON -- President Obama goes into a busy spring of legislative battles holding the upper hand over congressional Republicans on key issues, a newly released poll shows. In the fight over automatic spending cuts that are scheduled to begin March 1,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Immigration, Conservation
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Meteorologist Bernadette Woods says she is leaving WJZ-TV
The Baltimore SunWJZ meteorologist Bernadette Woods is leaving the CBS-owned station to join a non-profit firm in New Jersey focused on climate change, she said Wednesday night. Woods, who has been with WJZ for seven years, said she will remain at the station helping...Tags: Environmental Issues, The Pennsylvania State University, Conservation, Ecosystems, CBS Corp.
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Another Global Warming Indicator: Our Hummers Are Arriving Early
The evidence for global warming keeps on piling up, and the latest involves the early arrival of hummingbirds in the spring. Seems the hummers are getting to their summer breeding grounds a couple of weeks earlier than they used to, and scientists think...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Weather
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Winter or spring, snow worries are a Maryland tradition
Here's a question for a snowy day in spring: Will Marylanders, and Baltimoreans in particular, ever grow so accustomed to snow that they stop worrying so much about it? Could climate change do enough crazy things to the atmosphere to bring us more...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Environmental Issues, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Safeway Inc.
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Climate Change Spells Doom for the Middle East
As President Obama makes his first stop in Israel on his much-touted trip to the Middle East, I think it's appropriate to place the generations of strife in that region into an environmental context. No matter what happens between Israel and Palestine...
Tags: Pakistan, Environmental Issues, Saudi Arabia, Droughts, Conservation
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