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Vilsack outlines vision for agricultural solutions to environmental challenges
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that the Federal government must increase collaboration with producers, researchers and industry to develop the next generation of solutions that will help agriculture mitigate and adapt to modern...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Tom Vilsack, Science and Technology
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Climate change could slash snowfall in Southern California mountains
Climate change is likely to wipe a lot of the white from those postcard winter scenes of Los Angeles ringed by snow-capped mountains, according to new research. A UCLA study released Friday projects a significant decline in snowfall on the ranges that...
Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, Environmental Issues, University of California, Los Angeles, Weather
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Climate change warnings
The latest word on climate change is not good — world emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent last year to set a new record, according to the International Energy Agency. At this pace, the agency reports, global temperatures...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Energy Resources
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Civic Center saves thousands through energy efficiency
Despite protests that the city of Newport Beach spent too much on its newly erected Civic Center, city officials are saying some respite may be in sight, especially in terms of energy savings. The City Council recently received a one-time check for...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Arts and Culture, Energy Saving, Architecture, Southern California Edison Company
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Greenhouse gases nearing highly dangerous levels, study finds
WASHINGTON — Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global temperatures by the end of the century and veer into a higher temperature zone that would...
Tags: Weather Statistics, Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress
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Put people ahead of cars
Baltimore City is at a transportation crossroads. We can move in the direction of a safer, healthier, more sustainable and economical city — the direction in which dozens of cities across America are moving — or fall back on prioritizing...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Cycling, Travel, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Passenger Cars
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Editorial: Quinn should sign the Peoples Gas bill
The company that supplies natural gas to Chicago has a problem, which means its customers have a problem. Peoples Gas delivers its product through some 2,000 miles of pipes that thread under the city's streets and sidewalks. Some of that pipe has been...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Energy Saving
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Pérez advances new statewide energy procurement policy
Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, put forth a legislative proposal Thursday for a new coordinated approach to state energy procurement that emphasizes affordability and reliability. The proposal also would help the state meet its greenhouse gas...Tags: Renewable Energy, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving
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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: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ecosystems, Weather, Agriculture
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Turning cow dung into electricity
Dairy farmer Ron Koetsier's 1,200 cows produce roughly 90 tons of manure daily, and for the last three decades, he has tried unsuccessfully to turn the stinky dung into energy to power his 450-acre farm in Visalia. He installed a nearly $1-million...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Science and Technology, Alternative Energy, Agriculture
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Len Frenkel: Higher CO2 levels sound new global warming warning
There is some bad news. Very bad news. Very, very bad news. In a recent issue of The Morning Call, there was a short item telling how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released information that, for the first time since records have...Tags: Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather, Science and Technology, Landforms
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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: Environmental Issues, Greenpeace, Conservation, Ecosystems, Trips and Vacations
Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 8, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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May 31, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 2, 2013
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