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DNR research vessels back on water for surveys

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:06 -0400

MARQUETTE, Michigan - The state Department of Natural Resources' research vessels are back on the water, conducting annual surveys of Great Lakes fish populations.

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:16:22 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project.

NC Senate passes 2 major environmental repeals

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:23:07 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina Senate passed two major environmental rollbacks Wednesday ahead of a deadline over objections from Democratic lawmakers.

Study finds chemicals, drugs common in Minn. lakes

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:26:51 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Traces of chemicals from common household products, legal prescription medications and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes, according to a study released Monday.

State monitors health of Coastal Bend ecosystem

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:22:00 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The signs are all around us.

Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:02:51 -0400

GEORGETOWN, South Carolina - Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky.

Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:34:48 -0400

EPA methane report further divides fracking camps

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:55:21 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?

Chugiak, Eagle River teens studying construction

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:06:18 -0400

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska - How many people can say they know how to safely operate an electric saw? How about install shingles? Or build a shed?

Wis. woodchuck hunting bill gets cold reception

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:37:17 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A handful of animal lovers tore into a bill that would establish a Wisconsin woodchuck hunting season, blasting the measure as unnecessary during a hearing Wednesday and calling it another sign that legislators are obsessed with killing wildlife.

Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:02:47 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change.