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China’s Basketball Giant Again Presses Case for Elephant Conservation

by Myrna Posted on September 25, 2013

A basketball giant revisits an orphanage for tiny victims of the ivory trade. View this article: China’s Basketball Giant Again Presses Case for Elephant Conservation ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: China’s Basketball Giant Again Presses Case for Elephant ConservationWill Hurricane Lull Blunt Coastal Shifts?Hopefully, Hurricane Lull Won’t Blunt Coastal Shifts ;

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China’s Basketball Giant Again Presses Case for Elephant Conservation

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E.P.A. Rules on Emissions at Existing Coal Plants Might Give States Leeway

by Myrna Posted on September 23, 2013

The states might be given latitude on how to reach carbon limits. Some states are already well on their way; others don’t see global warming as a pressing problem. Source:   E.P.A. Rules on Emissions at Existing Coal Plants Might Give States Leeway ; ;Related ArticlesChallenges Await Plan to Reduce EmissionsTowers of Steel? Look Again‘Old Smokey’ Is Long Gone From Miami, but Its Toxic Legacy Lingers ;

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E.P.A. Rules on Emissions at Existing Coal Plants Might Give States Leeway

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Appeal of Timber High Rises Widens

by Myrna Posted on September 23, 2013

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has developed a structural system that uses timber to construct tall buildings as an environmentally friendlier alternative to steel and concrete. Visit site –  Appeal of Timber High Rises Widens ; ;Related ArticlesArctic Ice Makes Comeback From Record Low, but Long-Term Decline May ContinueAdministration to Press Ahead With Carbon LimitsIn the Shadow of ‘Old Smokey,’ a Toxic Legacy ;

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Appeal of Timber High Rises Widens

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‘Old Smokey’ Is Long Gone From Miami, but Its Toxic Legacy Lingers

by Myrna Posted on September 22, 2013

Years after a trash incinerator stopped operating in the West Grove neighborhood, its legacy might be more ominous than soiled laundry: contaminants like arsenic remain in the soil. Link to article: ‘Old Smokey’ Is Long Gone From Miami, but Its Toxic Legacy Lingers ; ;Related ArticlesRussia Seizes Greenpeace Ship and Crew for InvestigationTexas Monthly: With Lakes Drying Up, Businesses Are ParchedArctic Ice Makes Comeback From Record Low, but Long-Term Decline May Continue ;

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‘Old Smokey’ Is Long Gone From Miami, but Its Toxic Legacy Lingers

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Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions

by Myrna Posted on September 20, 2013

A proposal from the Obama administration to limit carbon emissions might be curtailed in a legal quagmire if the required technology does not meet current standards. View original post here: Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions ; ;Related ArticlesU.S. Revives Aid Program for Clean EnergyAdministration to Press Ahead With Carbon LimitsThe Texas Tribune: Texas, Where Oil Rules, Turns Its Eye to Energy Efficiency ;

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Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions

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Administration to Press Ahead With Carbon Limits

by Myrna Posted on September 20, 2013

The proposed rules are an aggressive move by President Obama to bypass congress on climate change with executive actions. Source article –  Administration to Press Ahead With Carbon Limits ; ;Related ArticlesAdministration Presses Ahead With Limits on Emissions From Power PlantsDot Earth Blog: More on Population Growth and Planetary ProspectsThe Texas Tribune: Texas, Where Oil Rules, Turns Its Eye to Energy Efficiency ;

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Administration to Press Ahead With Carbon Limits

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An Ecologist Explains His Contested View of Planetary Limits

by Myrna Posted on September 16, 2013

An embattled ecologist defends his upbeat view of a human-dominated Earth. View article: An Ecologist Explains His Contested View of Planetary Limits Related Articles Dot Earth Blog: An Ecologist Explains His Contested View of Planetary Limits First Hurricane Brews After Silent First Half to the Atlantic Storm Season From the Fire Hose: Warming Slowdown, Deep-Ocean Waves, Canadian Crude

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Dot Earth Blog: Can Storytelling Be Factual and Effective?

by Myrna Posted on September 9, 2013

A scientist explores ways to communicate factually and effectively with a Hollywood script doctor and an improv star. Link:   Dot Earth Blog: Can Storytelling Be Factual and Effective? ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Assessing the Role of Global Warming in Extreme Weather of 2012Research Cites Role of Warming in ExtremesIn South Florida, a Polluted Bubble Ready to Burst ;

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Dot Earth Blog: Can Storytelling Be Factual and Effective?

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Khartoum Journal: As Floods Ravage Sudan, Young Volunteers Revive a Tradition of Aid

by Myrna Posted on August 29, 2013

As the Sudanese government has been slow to respond, critics say, the members of Nafeer, a volunteer youth-led initiative, have taken phone calls and headed out in trucks to deliver bags of aid. Read More: Khartoum Journal: As Floods Ravage Sudan, Young Volunteers Revive a Tradition of Aid ; ;Related ArticlesSummer Shorelines: Come On In, Paddlers, the Water’s Just Fine. Don’t Mind the Sewage.Entergy Announces Closing of Vermont Nuclear PlantCanvassing Central Park and Finding New Tenants ;

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Khartoum Journal: As Floods Ravage Sudan, Young Volunteers Revive a Tradition of Aid

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China Plans Its First Unmanned Moon Landing This Year

by Myrna Posted on August 29, 2013

The mission, due by the end of 2013, will be the country’s “first soft landing on an extraterrestrial body,” the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Visit site:  China Plans Its First Unmanned Moon Landing This Year ; ;Related ArticlesGus, New York’s Most Famous Polar Bear, Dies at 27Entergy Announces Closing of Vermont Nuclear PlantCanvassing Central Park and Finding New Tenants ;

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China Plans Its First Unmanned Moon Landing This Year

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