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Shell: Divers Find No Signs of Grounding
Channel 2 NewsA spokesman for Shell Alaska said late Monday night that divers found no signs that one of its drilling ships grounded while being adrift Saturday evening. Curtis Smith said the underwater inspection done Monday showed "there was no contact with the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Oceans, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues
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Endangered Species Act a Battle Between Development, Federal Protection
Channel 2 NewsA polar cub is gaining weight and getting healthy at the Alaska Zoo after oil field workers discovered her abandoned on Alaska's North Slope earlier this month. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service credits her survival to the keen eyes of oil field workers,...Tags: Nature, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Daytona International Speedway, Tea Party Movement, Vatican City, Miami Hotels, New Orleans Saints
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Monarch enthusiasts expect fewer sightings
A suspended, striped body curls into a J-shape and shimmies violently, wriggling itself into pastel green-and-yellow coating and shaking off all its caterpillar parts except its little red heart. And then it stills — waiting for metamorphosis....
Tags: National Wildlife Federation, Ansell Limited, State Parks, Mexico
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International conservationists urge action on monarchs
Deep in mountainous evergreen forests of central Mexico, surveyors this winter measured hectares of oyamel trees, or “sacred fir,” where monarchs — some in clusters dense enough to bend younger trees or break branches — huddled...Tags: Ecosystems, Science and Technology, University of Kansas , Mexico, Conservation
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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Malaysia, Science and Technology, Bananas, Activism, Politics
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Five for your planner: Sunday, May 5
1. Food, music and prizes Bonanza Extravaganza will be Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at Hagerstown Speedway, 15112 National Pike, west of Hagerstown. Food, prizes and entertainment. 2 p.m. Friday, parking gates open, event opens at 5 p.m.; 8 a....
Tags: International Association of Fire Fighters, Little League Baseball, Entertainment, Movies
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Coca-Cola Co., Nature Conservancy, Conservation, Coca-Cola
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Award recognizes landowners who exemplify outstanding stewardship
PIERRE - Sand County Foundation, the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and the South Dakota Grassland Coalition are proud to announce The Guptill Ranch as the recipient of the 2013 Leopold Conservation Award, which honors South Dakota landowner...Tags: Values, Nature Conservancy, Natural Resource Industry, Health Insurance Cost, Environmental Issues
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Events set to mark bird day anniversary
The Potomac Valley Audubon Society has teamed with other organizations to put together a special series of local events in May to mark the 21st anniversary of International Migratory Bird Day. All but one of the local events will be free, and anyone...Tags: Mother's Day, Zoology, Wildlife
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Chinese poaching of rare mammal exposed by boating accident
A boating accident off the Philippines coast has exposed Chinese poaching of a protected species of scaly anteater, or pangolin, prized in traditional medicine. A 500-ton Chinese fishing vessel, the Min Long Yu, crashed into a coral reef April 8. When...Tags: Malaysia, China, Asthma, Philippines, UNESCO
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Ten strategies for wise water use through food and agriculture
Chicago, Ill. - March 22, 2013, is the 20th anniversary of World Water Day. Although about 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, only 0.001 percent is fresh and available for human consumption. The largest portion of this-70 percent-is...Tags: Global Change, Natural Disasters, Water Supply, Weather, Foods and Beverages
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