Environment
Environment
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ENVIRONMENT
Rocky Barker: Judge B. Lynn Winmill drives sage grouse plans
A federal judge ordered the Bureau of Land Management this month to place the needs of sage grouse above the needs of cattle ranchers.
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ENVIRONMENT
Do Your Part: Green goes high tech
We've all heard the excuses about going green - it's too time consuming, too expensive, and just too difficult. Now, some high tech tools are making it downright easy to be energy efficient and save money. Do Your Part to find out which ones you can incorporate into your family's life to make a ...
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ENVIRONMENT
Gym generates electricity and competition
For students at a University of California, Irvine gym, it might be the ultimate in multi-tasking: working out, generating electric power while they're doing it, and social networking for a bit of friendly competition.
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ENVIRONMENT
EarthTalk: Where to look to find out what personal care products are safe?
Dear EarthTalk: I know that there are many issues with personal care products being unsafe for our health, but where do I look to find out what's safe and what's not?
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ENVIRONMENT
Could you go a week without fast food?
Note to reader: This column addresses the "100 Days of Real Food" mini-pledge series, which details 14 weekly steps for cutting out highly processed food.
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ENVIRONMENT
U.S. clears path for offshore wind farms
Wind farms could soon be on the horizon for much of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast, both figuratively and literally. The Interior Department has completed a study examining how offshore wind development would affect the region, announcing Feb. 3 that it threatens "no significant environmental and socioeconomic...
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ENVIRONMENT
Pro-fracking movie gets $22K in two days on Kickstarter
In what may be interpreted as a backlash against the Oscar-nominated environmentalist film "Gasland," a new production titled "FrackNation" received an eye-popping $22,000 in donations during its first two days on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
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BOOKS
Study: New kids' books lack connection to nature
Take a minute to think about your favorite book from childhood. Do you envision lots of furry animals? A wise old tree? Kids in the forest? With environmental issues so prominent in the American mindset, one would think that the natural environment would play a larger role now in children's books...
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BOOKS
Book review: This will make you long for a cloudy day
I spotted "The Cloud Collector's Handbook" in a bin of shamelessly disregarded books near my editor's desk.






