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Ted Leach: We can slow global warming and still grow the economy - The Union Leader

Ted Leach: We can slow global warming and still grow the economyThe Union Leader, NH -7 minutes agoGlobal warming is a man-made problem, and it can be solved with human ingenuity. We need to clean up the problem we have created, and we need to start now. …

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Among local legislators’ priorities, immigration reform loses, environment wins (Naples Daily News)

Southwest Florida delegates shepherded through a flurry of legislation affecting criminal justice, energy, business and the environment as lawmakers completed a session marked by few dollars and minimal change.
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Students learn about habitat, environment, planet on Earth Day (Crookston Daily Times)

Sixth-graders from Crookston and Red Lake Falls learned about habitat, the environment and how the planet works in general at the Civic Arena on Tuesday, Earth Day.
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Church dialogue encounters to focus on the environment (Times of Malta)

The Institute for Pastoral Formation and the Environment Commission of the Church will be focusing on the environment in the second round of dialogue encounters with society called by the Diocesan Synod (1994-2003).
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Bacterial slime helps cause serious disease (EurekAlert!)

Leptospirosis is a serious but neglected emerging disease that infects humans through contaminated water. Now research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology shows for the first time how bacteria that cause the disease survive in the environment.
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Baikal Challanges Global Warming Idea - The Moscow Times

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Baikal Challanges Global Warming IdeaThe Moscow Times, Russia -3 hours ago05 May 2008BloombergNEW YORK — Lake Baikal is warming faster than the atmosphere, challenging the idea that large bodies of water can withstand global…World’s largest lake warming rapidlyDaily TimesWarming effecting world's largest lakeInTheNews.co.ukSiberian lake warms with global climate trendBombay NewsNDTV.comall 17 news articles

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Harassment, vulgarity part of office environment, staffers say (Dayton Daily News)

Ben Espy, Marc Dann’s executive assistant attorney general for administration, interviewed 23 witnesses during his investigation of sexual harassment allegations involving Anthony Gutierrez, the former director of general services. The interviews reveal an often unprofessional work environment that frequently scratched the surface of inappropriate behavior. Here are some excerpts from those …
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ENVIROMENT: Global warming? Next decade could be cooler - Daily Times

ENVIROMENT: Global warming? Next decade could be coolerDaily Times, Pakistan -54 minutes agoGlobal warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth’s temperature will rise as previously …Canadian schools sent brochures, DVDs from climate change skepticsVancouver SunScientists try to speak with authority, but real authority resides …Ottawa [...]

Hwy. 402 widening approved; Environment minister tells MPP Bob Bailey (Sarnia Observer)

Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey says Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen personally told him this week that the controversial widening of Highway 402 has been approved. Bailey said Friday that Gerretsen approached him at Queen’s Park and said he’d “signed off” on the mega-project. However, no formal confirmation [...]
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Venezuelan Ministry of the Environment Puts Breaks on Gold Mining Permits (Venezuelanalysis.com)

Mérida, May 2, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)– Toronto-based Crystallex Corporation announced Wednesday that the Venezuelan Ministry of the Environment denied a key gold mining permit for the company’s operation of the Las Cristinas mine, one of the largest gold deposits in Latin America.
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