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Author urges families to take steps for environment
Mary Pipher became one of America's best-known psychologists with books that addressed complex family issues. "Reviving Ophelia" was a groundbreaking call to arms about the societal pressures facing American adolescent girls. It spent three years on The...
Tags: Global Change, Conservation, Martin Luther King Jr., Keystone XL Pipeline, Reviews
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Xbox One: Microsoft focuses on managing content, not gaming
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesPERSPECTIVE At this morning's Xbox One reveal in Redmond, Wash., the new “Call of Duty” game received an extended preview […]... -
Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: State Parks, Global Warming, Global Change, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Lake Forest focuses on native plants
In a community known for nature preserves, prairies and dedication to open space, Lake Forest city officials and residents are focusing on the importance of native planting to help conserve water, promote a healthy ecosystem and connect better with...
Tags: Agriculture, Lake Bluff, Marketing, Grayslake, Conservation
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Students Earn International Science Fair Awards
StatewideFour Connecticut students captured Grand Awards, Friday, May 17, at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest pre-college science fair. The students traveled to the ISEF, in Phoenix, Ariz., to compete with...Tags: Global Change, Intel Corp., Awards and Prizes, NASA, Culture
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Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council: lake monitoring volunteers wanted
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to monitor lakes of all sizes throughout Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Antrim counties for the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. A free training will be offered from 10 a.m.-noon Friday,...Tags: Water, Conservation, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Issues
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Less meat eaten, more planet saved
A review of 12,000 papers on climate change in the May 15 issue of "Environmental Research Letters," found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities. Although we're unlikely to reverse climate change, we can mitigate its...
Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, Conservation, Canterbury, Environmental Issues
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Villages in Trinidad embrace threatened sea turtles, spark tourist boom
Associated PressGRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in...Tags: River Surfing, Global Change, Windsurfing, Lifestyle and Leisure, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise
The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Conservation, Tuberculosis, Science, Germany
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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Global Warming, Dick Cheney, Global Change, John Boehner, Conservation
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, Politics, Agriculture, Natural Disasters
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Wind Power, Global Change, Conservation, Renewable Energy, Science
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