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A special outing thanks to the Cove
I would like to thank the middle management of Coveleski Regional Stadium who donated their tickets for the April 17 game. These tickets allowed special needs students from Riley High School to attend a Silver Hawks game. For some students, this was their...Tags: Utah Jazz, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Executive Branch, Board of Directors
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Happy 400 ppm Week!
Happy 400 ppm week! What’d you get me? This past week the Earth passed a wondrous milestone: atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached 400 parts per million, a level not seen on the planet in at least two million years but probably more like ten...
Tags: Alternative Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Renewable Energy
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Global Change, Electricity Production and Distribution, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Scurrying away from Obamacare
''Like rats leaving the ship" would be the fitting description of members of Congress now wanting to exempt themselves from the Obamacare law. Now that the law is starting to unravel and they just realized it includes them, they want protection from...Tags: Interior Policy, Global Change, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Environmental Issues
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Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says
WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species....
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Change, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Goshen College switches to 100 percent renewable energy
GOSHEN — Goshen College from now on will purchase all its electricity from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, college leaders announced Monday. The change will reduce the college’s carbon footprint by about 45 percent,...Tags: Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Colleges and Universities, Hybrid Vehicles, Environmental Issues
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Global warming ruins SoCal Mother's Day
News flash: Global warming hits California! That’s right -- the Golden State has become the Golden Baking State, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. For example, in Johnny Carson’s “beautiful downtown Burbank” on...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Al Gore, Global Change, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site
Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth's atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation's climate observers. The National Oceanic and...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceans, Science and Technology, Bodies of Water, Environmental Issues
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, Global Change, Conservation
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Davie student wins state science and engineering fair
Rachel Sereix of University School in Davie bested about 1,000 other entries to win the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida. The sophomore's winning work was titled "Examining the Global Carbon Crisis: The Impact of Increased Carbon Dioxide on...Tags: Biology, Science, Invention and Innovation, Science and Technology, Broward County
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A move toward sustainability
I think Our Opinion missed the obvious solution when rethinking Michigan's beverage container program ("Bottle bill's suggested twist," March 12) -- Indiana should have its own bottle law. Hoosiers would not be fraudulently cashing in beverage...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Don't let Donnelly off the hook on gun legislation
On a day our president called "shameful," the Senate defeated four gun control measures. On the weakest highly compromised Toomey-Manchin measure, expanding background checks, our two senators split their votes; Republican Dan Coats voted no, Democrat Joe...Tags: Firearms, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Harry Reid, Interior Policy, Global Change
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