Posts Tagged Environment

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Tax, trade and Syria on menu as UK’s Cameron rallies world leaders to G-8 summit in N.Ireland

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DNR: 750 acres in Charlevoix Co. to be protected

CHARLEVOIX, Mich. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says about 750 acres in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula will be protected, available for public use and managed as a working forest.

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Fracking fuels water fights in nation’s dry spots

In this Friday, June 7, 2013 photo farmer Kent Peppler stands for his photo in front of two gas wells on his land near Greeley, Colo. Both wells were fracked according to Peppler.  Peppler says he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land, in part because deep-pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation’s driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth’s surface.

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Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too

In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, cars are parked on an overfly on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand. Sea level rise projections show Bangkok could be at risk of inundation in 100 years unless preventive measures are taken. But when the capital and its outskirts were affected in 2011 by the worst flooding in half-a century, the immediate trigger was water run-off from northern provinces, where dams failed to contain unusually heavy rains. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming.

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Whey from NY’s Greek yogurt used to produce power

In this Jan. 13, 2012 photo, a worker moves fruit storage tanks at the Chobani Greek Yogurt plant in South Edmeston, N.Y. Whey, a byproduct of Greek yogurt production, is in some places being used to generate power. One New York state wastewater plant collects whey and combines it with anaerobic bacteria. The result is methane gas, a combustible fuel used to generate electricity.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Greek yogurt boom in New York is being harnessed to make electricity.

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