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USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive

If you need information on land use changes over time, or on current land uses and character, you may want to check out decades-worth of globe-spanning satellite images that USGS has made freely available to the public.
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Hot Times for Summer of 2007

The summer of 2007 was another hot one in the US and worldwide.
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Ontario Schools Launch Environmental Curriculum

On June 22, Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne announced that as of January 2008, all elementary and secondary schools in the Canadian province will provide environmental education.
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Dead Zone Count Rises to About 250 Worldwide

It's the time of year when dead zones are prominent all over the northern hemisphere and their causes are varied.
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Look for Cleanups of Local Rivers, Lakes and Shores

Covering for the slovenly among us, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are expected to participate in an annual trash collection effort on Sept. 15, 2007, along the shores of the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers.
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Mixed News for Great Lakes

US and Canadian government agencies acknowledged the glass is only half full with the June 7, 2007, release of their State of the Great Lakes Highlights Report.
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Transported Firewood Can Be Source of Lethal Plant Disease

As campers and picnickers head outdoors in greater numbers for the summer season, many government agencies are urging them to not bring their own firewood.
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Mercury: The Dark Side of Energy-Efficient Lighting

Around the world, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are widely touted — and sometimes required — as energy-efficient replacements for standard incandescent bulbs.

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Mexican Rice Shipments Cause Stir Over U.S. Genetic Engineering

Greenpeace Mexico revealed what the federal Health Secretariat knew since October: that 47 of 51 samples of US rice import shipments tested positive for contamination.
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Are Carbon Offsets for Real?

Even Al Gore, tweaked by conservatives for his multi-home, jet-setting lifestyle, has defended his bona fides by touting his family's purchase of carbon offsets.
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