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To Rebuild NYC's Beaches, A Native Plant Savings And Loan

2013-06-19 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Across the New York region, people are still working to rebuild homes and businesses after the havoc wrought by Hurricane Sandy. But the storm also devastated the dunes and native flora of New York's beaches. When the city replants grasses on those dunes, it will be able to draw on seeds from precisely the grasses that used to thrive there. That's because of a very special kind of bank: a seed bank run by the Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island. Heather Lea Liljengren has been a seed...

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NYC's Penn Station to host 'beach party'

2013-05-30 15:25:27| Railroads - Topix.net

New Jersey Transit will host a fashion show and "beach party' in the terminal Thursday to highlight its summer transportation packages.

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Flagstaff co. to help curb NYC's rat population

2013-03-24 23:12:06| Biotech - Topix.net

SenesTech cofounders Loretta Mayer, Ph.D. , left, and Cheryl Dyer, Ph.D. stand in the company's lab Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in East Flagstaff, Ariz.

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Phillip Phillips to Play NYC's JetBlue Airways Terminal

2013-02-06 05:01:44| Airlines - Topix.net

What could possibly improve the huge hassle of air travel? How about the sweet sounds of Phillip Phillips singing his smash hit "Home"? That's what JetBlue passengers traveling through New York's JFK Airport will experience on February 18, when Phillip becomes the latest participant in the airline's exclusive concert series, "Live from T5." The ... (more)

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