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Earth Day events have expanded beyond just a single day. April 22nd has morphed since the original Earth Day in 1970 into a quasi Earth Month. Eventually, I predict, this special day will transform completely into an Earth ForeverAfter...
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Sustainable Energy in America 2013 FactbookBloomberg Finance L.P. and The Business Council for Sustainable Energy have released a factbook summarizing the role played by sustainable energy technologies in the American energy picture as of the end of 2012...
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Tyson Foods Inc. announced a $4 million agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday regarding the accidental discharge of anhydrous ammonia.Between 2006 and 2010, Tyson Foods Inc. accidentally discharged anhydrous ammonia in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa on...
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A former high-ranking official with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and current Professor of Law at Georgetown University charged yesterday that Barack Obama's White House staff has effectively and illegally blocked several new environmental and...
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Since genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were introduced to our agriculture system in the 1990s, what have we learned? For starters, they have a poor environmental record. Although GM crops were first conceptualized as a way to improve yields and...
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After a major blunder by the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) with the forecast challenges of Hurricane Sandy last fall prompting no hurricane warnings for the northeast coast, a major change was announced today that broadens the definition of the...
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An endangered Florida panther rescued as a kitten and raised in captivity has been set free into the wild.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reported on Wednesday (April 3) that staff officials released the sandy-colored, 120...
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According to the National Weather Service office in Binghamton, New York, a record daily maximum snowfall was set in Syracuse, New York on Tuesday. Measurements indicate that a record snowfall of 10.5 inches fell at Syracuse Hancock Field yesterday...
Read more Dr. James Hansen announced on April 1 that he will retire from NASA this week, thus ending a 46-year-long career at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in Manhattan.Hansen plans to spend his retirement fighting...
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The National Weather Service (NWS) in Upton, NY has issued a fire weather watch for the entire Tri-State area from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. Gusty west winds, low relative humidities, and dry fine fuels may cause increased fire...
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