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• Best of BTR: The Ugly Truth About Child Beauty Pageants

  
  Blog Talk Radio blog — Authority: 136
  The ugly truth about child beauty pageants by  Talk in the Shadows  in FASHION From Toddlers & Tiaras to Little Miss Perfect, learn what it is about child beauty pageants that make moms go to obsessive lengths in hopes of winning. what’s next for eliminated ‘VoIce’ artists vedo & ...
  4 days ago

• Grant awarded to protect critical lands in Delaware Bayshore

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  More than 800 acres of valuable coastal lands in the Delaware Bayshore, will be conserved and protected thanks to a federal grant awarded to DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s North American Wetlands Conservation Act award of $1 million will be used, along with matching ...
  6 days ago

• Wildlife Rescued Following Diesel Spill

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  The fuel tanker explosion that has closed a stretch of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg also caused about 2,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel to flow into a nearby wetlands, prompting a rapid response to contain and clean up the spill, and rescue affected wildlife. Efforts continue today at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary, ...
  1 week ago

• 2013 CRP Open for Enrollment

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  Beginning on Monday, May 13, agricultural producers and/or landowners will have the opportunity to enroll eligible land into many different continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practices. There are more than 200,000 acres available in South Dakota for enrollment in the Pheasant SAFE, Western SD Grassland ...
  2 weeks ago

• Record nitrate levels in Raccoon, Des Moines threaten Des Moines-area tap water

  
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  Des Moines Water Works turned on the world’s largest nitrate-removal facility Friday morning for the first time since 2007 after levels of health-threatening nitrates hit records in both the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, two of the main drinking-water sources. The predicament shows that voluntary conservation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kirtland’s Warblers, piping plovers, and dunes: this week in environmental news

  
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  The Kirtland’s warbler. Photo: Cindy Mead. By Allison Raeck, MNA Intern Every Friday, MNA shares recent environmental news stories from around the state and country. Here’s some of what happened this week in environmental and nature news: Michigan’s ever famous, endangered Kirtland’s Warbler (mlive): ...
  2 weeks ago

• Illinois Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) today released its 2013 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (MRP). Outlining a revised and aggressive set of actions to track and remove Asian carp in the Upper Illinois River and the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), the 2013 MRP is again designed to ...
  2 weeks ago

• MidAmerican Energy still mum on new wind-turbine sites

  
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  MidAmerican Energy on Thursday said it will announce the locations of up to 656  new  wind turbines in coming weeks, along with the name of a vendor and contractor for the $1.9 billion project, the largest economic development investment in the state’s history. The investor-owned utility announced the plans ...
  2 weeks ago

• Drought eases, but western Iowa still dry

  
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  Iowa’s drought continued to ease through Tuesday, leaving less than 42 percent of the state either abnormally dry or in drought. The drought now is limited to western Iowa counties, mostly the northwest corner but also running down the Missouri River Valley a bit. The areas considered dry or in drought dropped 12 ...
  2 weeks ago

• ENSO Plastics Drives Innovation to Address Plastic Pollution

  
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  ENSO Plastics announces solutions to make plastics more responsible, giving brands more environmental possibilities for plastic packaging. Mesa, AZ — (SBWIRE) — 05/07/2013 — In the ongoing pursuit to address the growing global plastic pollution issue, environmental plastic solution provider ENSO Plastics ...
  2 weeks ago

• Farmers struggle to get in fields, just 8 percent of corn planted

  
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  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday reported that Iowa farmers managed to plant 8 percent of the corn crop by Sunday, far below average. Over the past five years, Iowans had planted 56 percent of the corn by this date, on average. Wet, cold conditions have delayed the work. Warmer and drier conditions Monday ...
  2 weeks ago

• High Fire Risk in New York State

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  With dry weather conditions prevailing, New York State is now at a high danger of wildfires, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) cautioned today. New Yorkers who reside in smaller communities should be aware that all residential brush burning is prohibited during the state’s historically ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcoming Green Events In NYC

  
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• Fire restrictions coming to state lands

  
  Outdoor News Daily — Authority: 153
  Spring winds and record drought are creating high fire danger throughout the state. In response, fire restrictions on state lands throughout the state, including those belonging to the State Game Commission, go into effect at 8 a.m. May 8. Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary-designate David Martin and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Utah miners picket MidAmerican Energy over health, safety issues

  
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  A busload of miners and retired colleagues on Friday picketed outside the Ruan Center, home of Utah mine owner MidAmerican Energy. The members of United Mine Workers of America work at Deer Creek mine near Huntington, Utah. The mine is run by MidAmerican, a subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Waste Wise: Packing It In

  
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  Consider biodegradeable plastic packaging. It’s been touted as a good thing: If the material cannot be or is not recycled or re-used then it has the added benefit of degrading naturally once composted or landfilled. It seems product manufacturers, in an effort to be more sustainable, have focused on making plastic ...
  3 weeks ago

• DNR: Most streams now running normally as drought eases

  
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    The Iowa Department of Natural Resources on Thursday reported that most streams across the state are running normally after record April rainfall eased drought conditions. Roughly the eastern half of the state is drought-free, while western Iowa still is dry, DNR said in its latest water report. The statewide April ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tidal energy scheme in Pembrokeshire to receive EU support

  
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  A Tidal energy project off the coast of Pembrokeshire has received £1.6m from the European Union to help develop its new generator. The DeltaStream generator will be placed on the Ramsey Sound seabed in 2014 and will be subject to [...] The post Tidal energy scheme in Pembrokeshire to receive EU support appeared ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drought conditions unchanged, western Iowa still dry

  
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  After weeks of steady improvement, drought conditions in Iowa remained unchanged in the week that ended Tuesday, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported. Nearly 54 percent of the state, generally in western counties, remained either abnormally dry or in drought. Three months ago, the whole state was. The Drought Monitor ...
  3 weeks ago

• 11MW solar farm to be built in Cornwall

  
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  Solar Power Portal reports that British Solar Renewables have secured planning permission to develop an 11MW solar farm on a Sheep and Llama farm in Truro, Cornwall. The solar farm is expected to be made up of around 45,000 solar [...] The post 11MW solar farm to be built in Cornwall appeared first on Apollo ...
  3 weeks ago

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