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• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 112
  When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.   When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt.     A habitat is a more permanent ecosystem ...
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• Poet Laureate Tackles Climate Change and Copenhagen Conference

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 148
  Image from www.dpchallenge.com The Twelve Days of Christmas is supposed to be a pleasant little Christmas song about the lovely gifts that “my true love gave to me.” But in the hands, or is that pen, of the new and first female Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, it has become a raging blast at the injustices and grim ...
  5 days ago

• Spill is among worst ever on North Slope {Alaska}

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Officials have found a 24-inch jagged rupture in a pipeline that began pouring oil and water Nov. 29, creating one of the biggest North Slope crude oil spills ever. The on-scene coordinator for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Tom DeRuyter, said Tuesday that the breach on the bottom of the pipe was ...
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• Washington Post: Social Factors More Persuasive than Facts

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  Scientists who study the natural world can be uncomfortable with human’s basic irrationality. But for psychologists and scientists who study human behavior, it’s a fact of life. Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a story called “Its Natural to Behave Irrationally,” which explores possibilities for ...
  6 days ago

• Green Patent Applications To Get Accelerated Examination at USPTO

  
  Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog — Authority: 394
       Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it will pilot a program to accelerate the examination of certain “green” technology patent applications. Under the pilot program, patent applications meeting certain criteria will be accelerated in order to "further the development and ...
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• 107 charged in New York deer jacking crackdown

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 161
  New York officials are cracking down on deer jacking. Officers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation recently charged dozens of people from the lower Hudson Valley to the Canadian border in northern New York with illegally hunting deer at night with a spotlight.
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• Presentation: Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  I had tons of fun presenting to the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts last week. I really enjoy it when I have a full day to work with and we can cover both the water words “method” and the application of it to controversial situations. Here are the presentations for you to download:Click here to [...]
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• Presentation: Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  It was an honor to deliver the closing keynote and a marketing workshop at the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council’s Turning a New Leaf conference last week! My wife and I intend to put a few of the tips I picked up to work at our new home, which currently has a backyard full of English [...]
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• MiaGreen 2010 Expo and Conference – THE Green Conference of the Americas!

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 133
  Miami Beach, Florida will be the setting for the 2010 edition of the MiaGreen Conference and exposition.  Building on the success of the inaugural event in June 2009, this second annual green conference is expected to draw a wide crowd of attendees seeking to participate in the global Green Revolution, and aims at ...
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• Birdfeeders Found to Cause Evolution of New Species

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 148
  A new species of the blackcap bird soon to take flight? Image via BBC Up until now, most people have likely regarded bird-feeders as merely a pleasant addition to their gardens. But scientists have just discovered that bird-feeder… Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Birdfeeders Found to Cause ...
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• Biodiversity: The ‘Cinderella’ of the Environmental Agenda?

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 148
  Photo taken from Earthwatch’s Cheetah expedition. Credit: Vicky Potts, Earthwatch Training for my swim of the London Channel at Oxford University’s Rosenblatt pool , I am humbled by achievement, and that’s before I even enter the gates. The sports complex adjoins the running track where Roger Bannister broke the ...
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• And Another Chance for Fast Fundraising!

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  Here’s another “we’ll share our corporate profits with the nonprofit that gets the most votes” kind of thing. This time, I voted for the Potomac Riverkeeper — because they asked me to. You need to have a lot of Facebook friends, twitter followers, and email subscribers to have any chance of winning these ...
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• Job: Outreach and Watershed Programs Coordinator

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  The Northern Virginia Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking a creative and enthusiastic team member to support its efforts to protect natural resources in Fairfax County, Virginia. Applicants should demonstrate experience:Facilitating hands-on watershed stewardship opportunitiesDeveloping and implementing ...
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• Simple, Straightforward, Successful Photo Use

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  Even when they’re selling an opportunity to get away from everybody, commercial marketers still go out of their way to include faces in the advertisement. This ad is a a simple, straightforward, and successful example of using a Foolproof Photo.
  2 weeks ago

• New Water Blog for Georgia

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  Check out Georgia Water Wire, the new blog from my client, the Georgia River Network.
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• Gas Drilling Threatens City’s Water Supply

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 141
  A controversial plan to allow drilling for natural gas near a major watershed may put city dwellers at risk, says Assemblyman William Colton.At the Gravesend/Bensonhurst pol’s request, the Department of Environmental Conservation extended the public comment period from November 30 to December 31, but they have not ...
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• Global Warming: Good News/Bad News

  
  Water Words That Work - Blog About Environmental Awareness and Communication — Authority: 417
  Here’s the good news: About three out of four Americans believe in global warming. Here’s the bad news, that’s down from four out of five just a few years ago. That’s according to a new environmental poll sponsored by the Washington Post.The demographic breakouts here are the standard ones for environmental ...
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• Plowing Ahead

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 148
  Debate continues on the most efficient, environmentally-safe way to plow fields in this age of economies of scale and conservationism.  Dane County land conservation director Kevin Connors says farmers like Schroeder plowed wit]h horses because “it was all that they could do.”  No-till and conservation tillage ...
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• At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
  NOT INTERESTED Lisa Wujnovich and her husband, Mark Dunau, refuse to sign a lease to allow natural gas drilling on their 50 farmland acres in Hancock, N.Y.
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• Instead of Walking Miles, Indian Farmers Use Cellphones to Operate Irrigation Pumps

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 148
  Photo: Flickr, CC Better for Farmer and Saves Lots of Water Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), a telecom company in India, has launched a new service that allows farmers to operate their irrigation pumps remotely using a SMS-capable cellphone. This is extremely useful because the alternative often is for the farmers to ...
  2 weeks ago

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