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CEA News - Wildlife: Polar bears out in the cold as sea ice crumbles Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:05:23 EST

Canadian Wildlife Service's Ian Stirling reports that global warming is altering ice formation in the Beaufort Sea, resulting in the creation of secure ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife


CEA News - Wildlife: Salmon fisheries shut down off California and Oregon coasts Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:28 EST

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has shut down both commercial and sport chinook fisheries off the California and Oregon coastlines as a result ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife


CEA News - Climate Change: California PUC customers carry the freight for green think tank Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:03:29 EST

Californians will be paying a surcharge on their monthly power and gas bills that will fund the California Institute for Climate Solutions to the tune ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change


CEA News - Climate Change: Japan invests big in carbon emissions offsets Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:01:01 EST

In order to meet its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse-gas-reduction targets, Japan will purchase an additional 100 million tonnes of United Nations-issued ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change


CEA News - Climate Change: Democratic presidential wannabes court Al Gore Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:57:47 EST

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are singing the praises of climate-change guru and superdelegate Al Gore on the campaign trail. Gore, who has ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change


CEA News - Wildlife: Beach debris threatens marine wildlife Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:56:34 EST

Plastic litter on Britain's beaches has increased by 126 percent since 1994, according to a Marine Conservation Society's survey of 354 beaches in ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife


CEA News - Environmental Health: To waste or not to waste Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:55:14 EST

Canadians toss out more than 140,000 tonnes of computer equipment, phones, television, stereos and home appliances every year, most of which contain ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Environmental Health


CEA News - Habitats: Environmentalists put B.C. premier on Great Bear countdown Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:48 EST

ForestEthics, Sierra Club BC and Greenpeace have using a billboard campaign to publicly count down the 12 months remaining for B.C. Premier Gordon ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Habitats


CEA News - Habitats: Oil spill nets CN Rail three charges from feds Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:17:33 EST

An oil spill in 2005 into Wabamun Lake near Edmonton, Alberta, has resulted in three charges being laid by Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Habitats


CEA News - Climate Change: In like a lion, out like a very warm lamb Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:16:31 EST

Despite record snowfall and low temperatures around the world, climate experts forecast that 2008 may rank among the top 10 years since weather records ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change




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July 4 cookout geography quiz: where do hot dogs come from? - TheDay

July 4 cookout geography quiz: where do hot dogs come from?
TheDay, CT - 14 hours ago
Chances are 1 in 4 that your hot dog or pork sausage comes from Iowa, home to 17.6 million, or one-fourth, of the nation's market hogs and pigs. ...
Geography Institute to Feature Place-Based Learning - ReadMedia (Press Release)

Geography Institute to Feature Place-Based Learning
ReadMedia (Press Release), NY - 20 hours ago
... 1003)(readMedia)-- SUNY Plattsburgh's Educational Services Departments and the North Country Teacher Resource Center are sponsoring a Geography Summer ...
Nextbook Festival: Jewish Geography - Santa Monica Mirror

Santa Monica Mirror

Nextbook Festival: Jewish Geography
Santa Monica Mirror, CA - 3 Jul 2008
Jews are wanderers, not always by choice, and the theme of Nextbook’s second Los Angeles area festival, held at UCLA on June 29, was “Jewish Geography. ...
Geography affects health care quality - SmartBrief

Geography affects health care quality
SmartBrief, DC - 2 Jul 2008
Research shows that geography affects health care quality, especially in areas of prevention, diagnosis and ongoing treatment. ...
Geography Trumps Ideology - North Coast Journal

Geography Trumps Ideology
North Coast Journal, CA - 3 Jul 2008
Meanwhile, the now infamous Code Enforcement Unit exploded onto the transitional political geography. As rural hippies organized a response, the Humboldt ...

National Geographic News Feed

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Space "Ribbon," Calif. Wildfires, More
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A beach full of red balloons, a new Argo setting sail, and a U.S. flag lit up by lightning are among this week's most colorful events.

George Washington's Boyhood Home Found
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Wig curlers, a pipe with Masonic carvings, and a half million other artifacts were also part of the discovery, which will help scholars fill in large gaps in the story of the first U.S. president's early life.

Everglades Rescue "Out on a Limb" Without Federal Aid
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Some environmentalists fear that the historic land deal could be seriously hampered unless the U.S. Congress follows through on a funding commitment it made almost 20 years ago.

Penguin Chicks Frozen by Global Warming?
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Young penguins are freezing to death as rainfall increases in Antarctica—one of many factors endangering two-thirds of penguin species, a new paper says. With video.

VIDEO: Puppies Trained for Land-Mine Duty
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A litter of puppies, bred from dogs in Bosnia, are undergoing training to help sniff out unexploded munitions that litter the Cambodian countryside.


Discovery Channel News Feed

Madagascar Hopes Tourism Saves 'Noah's Ark'
Madagascar hopes promoting ecotourism may help save wildlife.
Penguin Woes Signal Trouble at Sea
Are dwindling penguins the tuxedo-clad version of the canary in the coal mine?


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