Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
International Herald Tribune - 36 minutes agoA paper company proposes to use a ring of industrial tree plantations to help stop leaks of greenhouse gases from a peat bog.
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5 homeowners earn Society awards
The Index-Journal - 26 minutes agoGreenwood County Historical Society named its first Architectural/Historic Preservation Award winners Sunday durings its annual meeting.
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Boro hungry fed in Forest Hills
YourNabe.com - 26 minutes agoThose whose lives have taken a turn for the worse came into the rooms in Forest Hills’ Queens Jewish Community Council this week mostly with their heads down, pushing carts that would soon be filled with blue plastic bags brimming with food for Thanksgiving.
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Grasslands Fair set at wildlife refuge
Arizona Daily Star - 26 minutes agoGrasslands stretching to the far horizon form the heart of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge — and the Grasslands Fair set for Saturday will celebrate life in this grand, scenic terrain.
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More input on Breckenridge forest health plan
Summit Daily News - 27 minutes agoSUMMIT COUNTY - A good deal of public response on a proposed forest health logging project has spurred the U.S. Forest Service to rethink its proposal. Some residents of the Peak 7 neighborhood are concerned the extensive logging proposed goes too far. Other locals have written letters of support for the project, saying the Forest Service needs to clear out dead trees to allow for new growth. "I ...
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Tensions rise over boro rail
YourNabe.com - 27 minutes agoResidents of Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village have long had a tempestuous relationship with the freight railroad that runs through the heart of the area, but an uneasy peace that existed since the settlement of a lawsuit earlier this year has deteriorated, with nine area civic associations banding together to pressure elected officials for change.
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Water experts tackle new types of pollution
Summit Daily News - 27 minutes agoSUMMIT COUNTY - Over the next few weeks, local residents and visitors will have the chance to help Summit County take the lead in protecting local streams and reservoirs from especially pesky pollutants that aren't easily cleaned by existing water treatment plants. An innovative voluntary take-back program at City Market will allow consumers to drop off certain types of unused and unwanted ...
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Bill: Won't you donate to ailing state?
Arizona Daily Star - 27 minutes agoPHOENIX — So how much are you willing to give, voluntarily, to help the state out of its financial hole?
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Summit County 'take-back' program aims to rid local waters of pollutants
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - 28 minutes agoSUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado - Over the next few weeks, local residents and visitors will have the chance to help Summit County take the lead in protecting local streams and reservoirs from especially pesky pollutants that aren't easily cleaned by existing water treatment plants. An innovative voluntary take-back program at City Market will allow consumers to drop off certain types of unused and ...
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Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 28 minutes agoTELUK MERANTI, Indonesia -- From the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia stretches for mile after mile in dense scrub and trees. One of the world's largest peat swamp forests, it is also one of its biggest vaults of carbon dioxide, a source of potentially lucrative currency as world governments struggle to hammer out a global climate treaty. The vault, though, is leaking.
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New Castle selectmen mull island acquisition
Portsmouth Herald - 28 minutes agoNEW CASTLE — The Board of Selectmen will hold a Special Town Meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the recreation building for residents to vote on a single warrant article — the proposed purchase of the Back Channel islands using up to $150,000 in...
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Garfield County still wondering how to handle pit liners
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - 28 minutes agoNow that the state has decided to stick to rules requiring disposal of "pit liners" used to contain holding ponds next to gas drilling pads, Garfield County is trying to figure out what it should do with the expected influx of liners. The county's oil and gas liaison official, Judy Jordan, announced at the Nov. 5 meeting of the county's Energy Advisory Board that a state agency announced ...
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Modest Atlantic hurricane season ends
UPI - 28 minutes agoBy JOSEPH CHRYSDALE United Press International The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with just three hurricanes, the weakest of which killed the most people and did the most damage.
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Forest Hills man enters latke-eating contest
YourNabe.com - 29 minutes agoForest Hills resident Bill Lust will be stuffing himself with as many latkes as he can on television next month to help raise money for a Long Island synagogue that has received thousands of phone calls for financial help this year.
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India Min: To Invest INR1.63 Trillion In Renewable Energy By 2017
Nasdaq - 29 minutes agoNEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India hopes to invest INR1.63 trillion ($35 billion) during 2012-17 in additional power generation capacity from renewable resources, India's minister for renewable energy said Monday.
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Off-roaders, hunters get scrutiny
Arizona Daily Star - 30 minutes agoA checkpoint staffed by several agencies Sunday in the Redington area sought to enforce rules on hunting and off-road-vehicle use.
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Green tribal housing going up in Hayes Township
Charlevoix Courier - 31 minutes agoA multi-million dollar housing project for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians slated for spring 2010 on 80 acres in Charlevoix County is happening much sooner than anticipated.
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Traffic fears dog plan for police academy
YourNabe.com - 31 minutes agoResidents and officials in College Point are experiencing a wide range of reactions in the wake of the 47-2 City Council vote last week to construct a new $1 billion police academy in College Point.
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Taconic crash prompts state to pass DWI laws
YourNabe.com - 31 minutes agoInspired in part by the wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway that killed three young Floral Park, L.I., sisters, the state Legislature passed what it called the strictest DWI laws in the country that would stiffen penalties for drunk drivers when there is a child in the vehicle.
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Endangered turtles wash ashore
Cape Cod Times - 31 minutes agoBeach patrols Saturday night turned up another half-dozen turtles, washed up on the sand, immobilized by the cold water and wind.
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Mega-jellyfish sting Japan fishing
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