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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Otters are back – in every county in England
By Patrick Barkham and Camila Ruz The Guardian (UK) 18 August 2011 Return of otter shows English rivers are healthiest for 20 years, says Environment Agency It has been a long and perilous journey, but otters have finally managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Conseravtion, Politics, Science
Tagged biodiversity, Conservation, Eden, England, extinction, International Otter Survival Fund, Kent, Medway, organochlorine, otters, rivers, The Wildlife Trusts
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Carbon Capture Facility Breaks Ground in Illinois
By Staff environmentalleader.com August 25, 2011 Construction activities have begun at an Archer Daniels Midland Company ethanol plant that will be able to capture and store 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.[snip] Because all of the captured CO2 … Continue reading
Updated Tate water fountains save the environment one water bottle at a time
By HEIDI GHOLAMHOSSEINI redandblack.com (University of Georgia) August 29, 2011 The new water bottle refilling stations on campus do more than merely refilling bottles. Though it takes dollars to implement these new water fountains in University facilities, the new refill … Continue reading
Update: Enjoy a Rural Nature Walk/Students, Teachers Take it Outside
By Maureen C. Belt thepatch.com August 19, 2011 Here we are, the 19th of August, and the sunflowers are in full bloom, leaning their golden faces toward the rising sun. I never get tired of the summer flowers. I hope … Continue reading
Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste
By BETTINA WASSENER New York Times August 14, 2011 HONG KONG — Most people are familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint. Many may also know there is such a thing as a water footprint. But whoever heard of … Continue reading
US hog farm pollution threatens human health and the environment
By John McCabe thescavenger.net 14 August 2011 When pigs live in a natural, wild environment they walk and explore many miles a day, and sleep with other pigs in a bed of twigs and/or grass. They are clean, smart, and … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, Pollution, Religion & Spirituality
Tagged and the Call to Mercy, Boss Hog Series, cesspools, Dominion: The Power of Man, empathy for animals, factory farming, hog farms, hormones, Human Health, Matthew Scully, methemoglobinemia, New River, North Carolina, the Suffering of Animals
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PEI internships provide insights into environmental issues, students’ futures
By Nick DiUlio princeton.edu August 25, 2011 Several Princeton undergraduates spent this summer immersed in local environmental issues, gaining insights into both the area’s ecosystem and their own futures, by interning with four organizations focused on sustainability. The local sustainability … Continue reading
The War Against the Environment
by Dan Farber Legal Planet AUGUST 10, 2011 Salon has a recent article entitled, “The Worst Anti-Environmental Congress Ever?” The answer is definitely yes. As someone who has lived through the Gingrich and DeLay eras in Congress, I can say … Continue reading
Researchers Detail How A Distant Black Hole Devoured A Star
On March 28, 2011, NASA’s Swift detected intense X-ray flares thought to be caused by a black hole devouring a star. In one model, illustrated here, a sun-like star on an eccentric orbit plunges too close to its galaxy’s central … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science
Tagged Ashley Zauderer, black hole, David Burrows, gamma-ray, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Penn State University, star, Swift J1644+57, x-ray
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Climate scientist willing to face arrest at tar sands pipeline protest
Climate scientist Jason Box says oil sands are a moral issue that he feels compelled to address at Keystone XL pipeline protests By Elizabeth McGowan guardian.co.uk August 2011 His climatology career at Ohio State University is advancing swimmingly. He’s never … Continue reading