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School Haze: EPA Helps Schools Cut Bus Emissions

Sep 30, 2016 10:59AM

To improve air quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering school districts up to $25,000 to retrofit or replace an older diesel-fueled bus to cut emissions.

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Constructive Campaigning: Meditate the Vote Supports Political Sanity

Sep 30, 2016 10:59AM

An Internet radio program is offering nonpartisan questions and apps that stimulate intelligent and inclusive discussions about politics on social media.

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Fracking Water: Action Needed to Protect U.S. Drinking Water Supplies

Aug 31, 2016 01:43PM

Organized opposition is building in key states to the environmentally risky practice of fracking, which continues to contaminate large volumes of precious drinking water supplies.

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Scrambling Species: Climate Change Favors Some Birds over Others

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

A warming planet strongly influences bird migration patterns, which in turn allows some species to thrive while others struggle to survive.

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Green Serenity: Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Farmers in Sikkim, in the Indian Himalayas, use only manure and compost on crops 12 years after pesticides and fertilizers were banned in the state.

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Moth Misery: Bright Lights Drive Them to Extinction

Jun 30, 2016 11:13AM

Entire ecosystems rest on the delicate wings of moths, yet they’re dying off in distressing numbers from causes ranging from pesticides to urban lights.

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Fish Fried: New Numbers Confirm Global Overfishing

Jun 30, 2016 11:13AM

By adding in fish taken illegally, caught recreationally or discarded from commercial catches, a new study shows that the total world catch is 50 percent higher than previously reported.

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Recycling Nutrients: Animal Droppings Help Forests Absorb CO2

Jun 30, 2016 11:13AM

Fruit-eating animal species such as toucans and spider monkeys—many of them declining in number—are key in spreading seeds of the CO2-absorbing trees that mitigate rising global temperatures.

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