The forests in the western United States and Canada are dying at an alarming rate, according to a study published today, and this is a trend that they are linking directly to global warming. The study says that...
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The Bark Beetle, or Pine Beetle, from New Mexico to British Columbia, is destroying forests faster than people can even attempt to save them. Green forests are turning to red as trees die and the beetles move...
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Alberta is going to introduce a $28 million research project that aims to convert trees killed by moutain pine beetles into newsprint."The project will focus on the development of new sensors by the Alberta...
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How widespread is the pine beetle problem? Colorado is in major forest fire danger this summer and beyond. This infestation has been going on since 1996 in Colorado (and British Columbia). It's just starting to...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless amounts of Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger...
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Mexico planted 250 million trees in 2007: Calderon
Mon Dec 24, 2:33 PM ET
President Felipe Calderon on Sunday said Mexico in 2007...
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Here's an interesting article that posits the writer's strike is having a significant effect on the US presidential race.It argues that many 'young' voters are left without their major source of political news...
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Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat
Saturday, November 10 2007 @ 12:27 PM PST
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IndigenousPorcupine Clinic, located in the small community of...
The fire is gone for some months now but it will probably take years for people and nature to fully recover.
"The scorched Hill of Kronos at ancient Olympia stands as a symbol of the inferno that swept across...
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"Washington's new tensions with its northern neighbor and largest trading partner appear to be over perceived Canadian reticence to support US imperial adventures in the Middle East. But the vast resources of...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill) style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...
A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida’s largest lake
has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats — and
archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels
rise...
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"It doesn't look like the heart of a green revolution. The smoke stacks stick up jarringly above the line of pine trees and don't make for the most scenic view as you meander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake.
But it is this power plant that has helped the small...
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This issue is another of a long line of maladies that harm Aboriginal peoples worldwide. The Sami people of Scandinavia seem to have found ways of addressing alcohol abuse as have the Incas via traditional...
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I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else. "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday.
The pine wood nematodes were found...