Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.
Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 97-108 of 1407
» View herald-mail.com items only
    Apr 29, 2013 |Story| AM News

  1. Going Green: 'Save the Salamanders' -- decline those chopsticks

    I really enjoy eating out and I really enjoy finding unique cuisines I haven't tried before or only get the chance to eat on rare occasions.
    Contributing writer
    I really enjoy eating out and I really enjoy finding unique cuisines I haven't tried before or only get the chance to eat on rare occasions. One of my favorite foods is sushi. I always use chopsticks to eat sushi, because it's the right way to eat it...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Sushi and Sashimi, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages, Conservation

    2. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Climate change will make flights bumpier, study says

    In the future, white-knuckle fliers may be able to blame those brutally bumpy flights over the Atlantic Ocean on greenhouse gases. Turbulence will be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, heating up the atmosphere,...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Atlantic Ocean, American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Industry

    3. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  3. EPA methane report further divides fracking camps

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?
    Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssac
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Overweight

    4. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  4. UAA Senses Time is Right to Launch Startup Companies

    The University of Alaska Anchorage is getting into the business of creating businesses -- and it’s announced its first startup company, a venture created to sell new sensor platforms.
    Channel 2 News
    The University of Alaska Anchorage is getting into the business of creating businesses -- and it’s announced its first startup company, a venture created to sell new sensor platforms. In the past, universities have had the reputation of being ivory...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Alternative Energy, Startups, Education, New Products

    5. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. Local students win C-SPAN documentary contest

    They’re still in school but they’re already making their TV debut – on C-SPAN. Eight South Florida students won C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition that asks middle and high school students to produce five to eight minute...

    Tags: C-SPAN (tv network), Education, Students, Falcon Cove Middle School, Fort Lauderdale

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules

    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.
    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Defense Fund

    7. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Iraqi immigrant wins Goldman Environmental Prize

    During his 30-year reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein repeatedly plunged the country into war, even transforming an ancestral marshland some say is the "historical" Garden of Eden into a battleground.
    During his 30-year reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein repeatedly plunged the country into war, even transforming an ancestral marshland some say is the "historical" Garden of Eden into a battleground. To punish political enemies, Hussein built canals with...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Politics, Immigration, Wetlands, Everglades

    8. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Former O.C. resident wins $150,000 prize for restoring Iraq marshland

    Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi immigrant and former Fullerton resident who returned to Iraq in 2003 to lead a marshlands restoration project, has received the Goldman Environmental Prize, a $150,000 prize awarded to six environmentalists annually.
    Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi immigrant and former Fullerton resident who returned to Iraq in 2003 to lead a marshlands restoration project, has received the Goldman Environmental Prize, a $150,000 prize awarded to six environmentalists annually. Alwash led...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Politics, Wetlands, Everglades, Conservation

    9. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change

    The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Students, Technology, Google Inc., Science

    10. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. TSA to soon allow fliers to carry small folding knives on planes

    The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
    The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But a group of flight attendants is doing everything it can to halt the...

    Tags: Science and Technology, American Airlines, Inc., U.S. Department of Transportation, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    11. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. With rare chickweed in bloom, ecologists gather in Baltimore to celebrate biodiversity

    Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as rare as it is splashy in spring.
    Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as...

    Tags: Science and Technology, National Aquarium Baltimore, Nature Conservancy, Inventories, Baltimore County

    12. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor

    <strong>Tackle real problems</strong>
    Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Lawyers, Finance

< Previous • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9  10 11-118 • Next >
Original site for Ecosystems topic gallery.