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Not so fast, EPA

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Solar energy program creates opportunity for low-income families in Lafayette

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Energy bills are no small matter for families with low income. According to a study by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, these families have gone from spending 12 percent of their after-tax income on energy costs in 2001 to 21 percent in 2012. ...

Pollination and pollution

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High temps interfere with pollination Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem looked into the effect temperature has on floral smells, a method flowers use...

U.S. ivory laws; Aerial seed bombing

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Most ivory sales now illegal in United States  On June 2 President Obama signed a measure introduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that...

Saving bison; Free trade palm oil

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Wild ‘N Free event focuses on saving bison Hundreds of bison are removed every year from the Yellowstone area in what land managers say is...

Former NIST director and notable physicist Katharine Gebbie dies at 84

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Dr. Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, former director of the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and mentor to four Nobel...

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OBAMA PERMITS SHELL OIL TO DRILL IN ARCTIC OCEAN...

Light pollution; Fracking regs shut down

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Night sky becomes light sky A new map of the sky reveals that light pollution is so prevalent, most Americans can’t see the Milky...

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RESEARCHERS TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A USABLE, HIGH ENERGY BIO-FUEL...

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MAKING IT RAIN...

Genetic change in hatchery fish; new Xenoturbella

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Fish hatcheries cause massive genetic changes after a single generation A study by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife has...

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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PROTEST BLM OVER PLANS TO INCREASE FRACKING ON FEDERAL LAND...

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Bark beetle kill causes increase in stream flow and affects water quality in Colorado...