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18 hrs ago | Sun Journal

I am 7th grneration in a

HIGHLAND PLANTATION a ' Longtime environmental activist and wind-power supporter Jonathan Carter of Lexington Township joined forces this month with a grassroots coalition trying to stop sprawling industrial wind farms atop Maine's mountains.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Activism, Maine, Science, Brunswick, ME

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The View

Together, we can follow Missouri town's ecology-friendly example

Columbia, Mo., Mayor Darwin Hindman visited Columbia, Md., Nov. 3 and took a bike ride around Columbia with about 30 bike enthusiasts.

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Related Topix: Columbia, MO, Science

Thu Nov 19, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Scientists find frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens

Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States.

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Related Topix: Science

The Daily Breeze

PVP lecture: Living with nature in the land of fire

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and Terranea Resort are sponsoring a free lecture Tuesday titled "Southern California Wildfires: Balancing Fire Hazard and Natural Resources." Jon E. Keeley, a respected expert on fire, local ecology and post-fire regeneration, will present science- and research-based information about wildfires and how ...

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Related Topix: Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, Science, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Examiner.com

Hamburg's Eco-city and the Creative Industrial Complex

Hamburg Germany is a wealthy European port city known for paramount sustainable development.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Science

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Boat Sinks Near Harbor Island Resulting In Diesel Oil Spill

Investigators on Harbor Island are trying to figure out what caused a large boat to sink at the mouth of the Duwamish River.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Science

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Recent EPA Catalog Records

Analytical Tools Interface for Landscape Assessments

Environmental management practices are trending away from simple, local-scale assessments toward complex, multiple-stressor regional assessments.

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Related Topix: Science, Environmental Law, Law

Recent EPA Catalog Records

Assessment Tools for the Evaluation of Risk

ASTER was developed by the U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN to assist regulators in performing ecological risk assessments.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Duluth, MN

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Laudator Temporis Acti

Ecology and Pseudo-Ecology

Excerpts from Oliver Rackham, "Ecology and Pseudo-Ecology: The Example of Ancient Greece," in Graham Shipley and John Salmon, edd., Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture , pp.

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Related Topix: Science

High Plains Journal

UW's reclamation center offers research, training to reclaim disturbed Wyoming lands

With temperatures dipping and winter planning how to best sock the state, it's time for--planting? Energy companies wait until late October to plant seeds to help reclaim disturbed areas.

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Related Topix: Wyoming Government, Wyoming, University of Wyoming, Science

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Freshnews

Research and Markets: Mathematical Methods in Biology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report " Mathematical Methods in Biology " to their offering.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science

Fri Nov 13, 2009

R & D

Kansas University researchers turn sewage to fuel

Kansas University researchers are working to turn microbes from treated sewage into a commercially viable biofuel, fluid that one day could be used to power the nation's cars, trucks, airplanes and other modes of transportation.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Science, Agriculture

Thu Nov 12, 2009

CiteULike

Network thinking in ecology and evolution

Abstract Although pairwise interactions have always had a key role in ecology and evolutionary biology, the recent increase in the amount and availability of biological data has placed a new focus on the complex networks embedded in biological systems.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Computer Science

The Capital-Journal

Prof sends monarchs to space

Chip Taylor is used to people giving him strange looks. As director of Monarch Watch and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas, Taylor has placed radio tags on butterflies and tracked them across pastures and plains.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Science, University of Kansas, Entomology

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Science, Industry and Business

Studies show marine reserves can be an effective tool for managing fisheries

Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, UC Santa Cruz, North America, World News, Mexico,

RedOrbit

California's Ancient Kelp Forest In Decline

The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush than those in the recent past.

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Related Topix: Science, UC Davis, Moss Landing, CA, UC Santa Barbara

Physics Org

Amphibians as environmental omen disputed

Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters .

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Related Topix: Science, University of South Dakota, Washington State University, Yale University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Entomology

News.com.au

Bacteria's growing body of evidence

They're our nearest neighbours and closest friends - but they can also turn nasty.

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Related Topix: Science

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Group takes stand against wind a

While government, private and educational entities work in earnest to bring large-scale wind turbines to Maine, a newly formed group of concerned residents says the promises being made to Maine people are too good to be true.

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Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Science, John Baldacci, US Governors

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat

FSU professor in charge of 'Operation Dead Zone'

Kevin Craig may have the largest lab of any biology professor at Florida State University.

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Related Topix: Florida State University, Houston Metro, Galveston Metro, Galveston, TX, Science

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