Alida Antonia Cornelius March 23, 2009 NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this announcement about their new online game that encourages students to learn more about estuaries....
Okay, technically "swamp lemurs". Last year, scientists discovered what they believed to be an as-yet-undiscovered species of lemur living in the eastern Madagascar wetlands. It took time to confirm that the...
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This a very smart move!–By Barney Zwartz , the Age, June 16, 2008"THE Catholic Church in Australia hopes to be contributing electricity to the national grid and to be mostly self-sufficient in water in 25 years.""The goal of the Greening...
"Global levels of methane had been roughly stable for almost a decade. Rising levels in the Arctic could mean that some of the methane stored away in permafrost is being released, which would have major climatic...
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"McCain campaign adviser: Mexican newspapers reported that Juan Hernández, who was minister for Mexicans living abroad under former President Vicente Fox, is working with Republican Sen. John McCain's...
"Speaking on the sidelines of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here Wednesday, Wetlands International representative Alex Kaat said the Kyoto Protocol supported the use of biofuels such as palm oil as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emission whereas in...
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Part FOUR of a FIVE-part series on Iraq's ethnic minorities. • Go to Part One: Iraq's Yazidis -- A Minority within a Minority• See Part Two: The Turkomans of Iraq -- A Minority with Major...
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""Protecting wetlands is one way we can help ensure a healthy New England environment," said Robert W. Varney, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office. "It’s very important that individuals and companies understand and comply with laws that protect both...
"Courses offer a variety of different looks
Narrow openings to fairways, greens surrounded by marshland highlights of Carolina National
By Alan Blondin
Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine
RANDALL HILL/Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine
BOLIVIA, N.C. - At Carolina National Golf Club you'll see...
"The ocean flowed into historic wetlands Thursday for the first time in more than a century after bulldozers peeled back the last layer of an earthen dam.
Environmentalists who worked for 30 years to restore the...
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Follow-up story to original VIDEO & stories Np! 50266 & Np! 52613:
"NO DUMPING!: 12 Billion tons of Waste to Be Dumped in Illegal Landfill in New Orleans East Vietnamese Community" & "Landfill Testing Called a...
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"Court Splits Over Wetlands Protections — WASHINGTON, June 19 — The Supreme Court set the stage for a re-examination of the 1972 Clean Water Act, as it narrowly ruled today in favor of two Michigan property owners who have sought to develop tracts...
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In New Orleans, the Chef Menteur landfill fight is on with the newly elected same-old mayor.
Before his narrow re-election, whose validity has been questioned all along by many established civil rights groups for not providing equal access to representative elections for...
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