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	Kansas City Violates Air Quality Standards 0 Comments The Kansas City area has violated air quality standards and may be forced to impose new restrictions on the producers of smog. (Full Story)
	Forest Service Says Trees Can Slow Climate Change 0 Comments The nation's top Forest Service official says national forests can store more carbon to slow global warming, but he warns that such a goal must be balanced against the risk of catastrophic wildfires. (Full Story)
	Led By China, Carbon Pollution Up Despite Economy 2 Comments In the past, global recessions have at least been accompanied by a drop in pollution. But not this time. (Full Story)
	S. Korea Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target 0 Comments South Korea is promising to cut its greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily by 2020, even without a global treaty in place. (Full Story)
	Job Prospects Drawing Students To Ag Schools 0 Comments Enrollment at the nation's largest agriculture schools is increasing, but most of the graduates seem focused more on science and environmental issues than harvesting crops. (Full Story)
	Dell Eyes New Green Move With Bamboo Packaging 0 Comments Bamboo has sprouted all over. It's being used everywhere from floorboards to tableware to inline skates and T-shirts, as consumers increasingly seek out products considered gentler on the Earth. (Full Story)
	Derby Residents Soon Eligible For Recycling Rewards Program 2 Comments New Rewards-for-Recycling Program Offers Residents Economic Benefits for Recycling (Full Story)
	Group Urges Government To Invest In Electric Cars 0 Comments A group of automakers, utilities and battery makers is urging the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation. (Full Story)
	Jellyfish Invasions Up, Warming To Blame 0 Comments Scientists say increasing invasions of fishing grounds by jellyfish are putting livelihoods at risk and climate change is to blame. (Full Story)
	Temperature Records: More Highs Than Lows 0 Comments Record high temperatures are occurring more than twice as often as record lows. (Full Story)
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"Extinct" Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival
Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia.
Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life
Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found. In a paper published in Science, they warned that this has serious implications for ecosystems in the Arctic.
Smart Grid Riding On the Information Superhighway
If Internet companies and some utilities have their way, the smart grid will rely on the existing infrastructure of the information superhighway in order to function. They argue that by relying on existing standards like Internet Protocol (IP), the smart grid will grow faster and more organically than if utilities adopt an assortment of proprietary methods.
Armed With Many Weapons, We Are Killing Our Oceans
It's not just ruthless whaling and foolhardy fishing practices that are plaguing the world's oceans. Underwater, things are bad all over — from the acidifying Atlantic to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A perfect storm of climate change, pollution, and rapacious global fishing practices has the potential to gravely imperil Earth's oceans and their intricate, highly sensitive ecosystems.
Introducing America's First Green Pro Sports Team
The NightHawks--who claim to be the nation's longest-running minor-league basketball franchise--have gone green, changing their name, attracting green-friendly sponsors like Honest Tea and Sweet Green and CarbonFund.org, and holding an introductory event at which the promise of a bamboo court, hemp nets and uniforms made from either recycled plastic or recycled bamboo were floated.
ISLAM’S GREEN INITIATIVE
The UK-based the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), in working with the U.N., recently hosted 200 representatives from nine major world religions spanning over 60 different religious organizations. Baha’i, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Shintoists, Taoists and Sikhs all gathered at London’s Windsor Castle with a united environmental agenda. In an era of increasing religious divide, a once little thought of topic known as “the environment” was able to bring together ancient faith groups to discuss a modern solution. And with Islam at the forefront of today’s news, Muslim leaders proved Islam’s ability to adapt and meet new needs.
Ladybugs Taken Hostage by Wasps!
A University of Montreal entomologist is investigating a type of wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae) present in Quebec that forces ladybugs (Coccinella maculata) to carry their larvae. These wasps lay their eggs on the ladybug's body, a common practice in the insect world, yet they don't kill their host.