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Analyzing Water Samples Collected from Forest to Faucet
2016-05-04 16:45:47| PortlandOnline
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The unique challenges of conserving forest giants
2016-04-23 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The redwood and sequoia trees in California, the baobab trees in Madagascar, and the rose gum Eucalyptus trees in northeastern Australia are only a few of the spectacular large, old trees still growing today. Protecting these trees, some hundreds or thousands of years old, requires thinking long-term about concerns such as their unique habitat needs and the impacts of climate change, researchers write in a Forum published April 22, Earth Day, in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. "How many of us as...
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Forest managers kick prevention early gear wildfire season
2016-04-21 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Forest officials are beginning their forest fire preparations early this year to try and head off what they fear will be a bad fire season due to drought and chronically overgrown forests. The US Forest Service's task of putting out the nation's major forest fires has grown exponentially as fires have increased in both size and number. Unable to persuade Congress to increase its budget accordingly, forest officials are instead scheduling their preventative efforts earlier on the calendar. Alaska...
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An urgent plea for governments to stem the murder of forest guardians
2016-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In early March, Indigenous Honduran activist Berta Caceres was gunned down in her own home in response to her protests against a dam that threatens to displace hundreds of her people. A few weeks later, another member of her community, Nelson Garcia, was murdered for the same reason. Berta received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015 in recognition of her efforts, and was an inspiration to Indigenous Peoples around the world. During my official visit to Honduras last November, she facilitated...
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Graphic Anti-Abortion Fliers Upset Some Lake Forest Residents
2016-03-31 21:14:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
An Ohio-based anti-abortion group has been exercising its First Amendment rights in Lake Forest by canvasing homes with fliers showing graphic photos of aborted fetuses. The fliers that were distributed by Created Equal this week accuse Stericycle, a Lake Forest-based medical waste disposal company, of handling aborted fetuses, the Daily North Shore reports .
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