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• California Water Myths

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  Public Policy Institute of California / by Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Brian Gray, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Barton “Buzz” Thompson http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=890 [Website] California faces enormous challenges in establishing a sustainable path for water resource ...
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• Edge of Nature: visiting duck prefers its water salty

  
  Green OC — Authority: 129
  Seeing red-breasted mergansers, a species of duck that flocks to Orange County this time of year, will likely require a trip to the coast. The species famously prefers the near-shore ocean and bays to inland waterways when it isn’t breeding. Oddly, this species of merganser – the males easiest to recognize with ...
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• The New Harvest : Agricultural Innovation in Africa

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project, Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. http://tinyurl.com/yzuyneb [Project Background and Rationale] African agriculture is at the crossroads. Persistent food shortages are now being compounded by new threats arising from climate change. But Africa faces two major ...
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• New Books Just in Time for the Holidays

  
  North Atlantic Books Blog — Authority: 117
  The holidays are fast approaching and it is time to start thinking about gift giving (and receiving). With every topic covered from the Mayan calendar to metaphysics, Buddhism to health and healing, North Atlantic Books has the perfect book to match your loved ones’ interests, and some you’ll want to add to your ...
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• Electrical Forest: Made in Troy

  
  Art21 Blog — Authority: 134
  Noah Fischer, "Electrical Forest: Made in Troy," 2009 We invited artist Noah Fischer to write about his current project, Electrical Forest: Made in Troy , a site-specific installation in Troy, New York .  — Ed. During my initial research missions to Troy, New York I met a colorful bunch of historians, ...
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• Artificial Meat

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 597
  Recently, University of Maryland scientists used live pig stem cells to grow pig muscle tissue (aka meat)in a petre dish. Very Frankenstein--ah ha ha! But, fascinating. If the technique for growing meat at a large scale is continually advanced, one day all the meat in the freezer counter might have come from the same ...
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• BBC2’s Natural World in the Highlands - an iPlayer imperative

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  Tonight’s (3rd December) Natural World on BBC 2, filmed by Fergus Beeley and with the RSPB’s Mull Officer, Dave Sexton, as an adviser,  was one of the most inspirational tributes to Scotland imaginable.Shot at Loch Maree by a film-maker whose love of this place is in every frame of the film and in every word [...]
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• Charting Our Water Future : Economic Frameworks to Inform Decision-making

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  McKinsey & Co. http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Water/Charting_our_water_future.aspx This report shows that while meeting competing demands for water will be a considerable challenge, it is entirely possible to close the growing gap between water supply and demand. This report provides greater clarity on ...
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• Disaster Assistance : Improvements in Providing Federal Disaster Case Management Services Could Help Agencies Better Assist Victims

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10278t.pdf [Summary] This testimony addresses the following questions: 1) How did the federal government support disaster case management programs after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and how did federal agencies coordinate their efforts?; 2) What ...
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• ku # 661-64 ~ the word of god according to Mark - the Landscapist, not the apostle

  
  Journal — Authority: 132
  Fallen rock ~ Taughannock Falls, NY • click to embiggen Chasm walls / shale ~ Taughannock Falls, NY • click to embiggen Theres seems to be a bit of confusion re: yesterdays I once was blind, but now I see entry - ....aside from the fact that the turnip and the pope kind of look alike, Im not ...
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• ku # 659 ~ a mini cosmos

  
  Journal — Authority: 132
  Early ice ~ in a standing water @ the Jay rapids/falls • click to embiggen
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• Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/SCAR_ssg_ps/ACCE.htm [ British Antarctic Survey webpage ]  The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica’s climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week (Tuesday 1 December) by the ...
  6 days ago

• Energy-Water Nexus : Many Uncertainties Remain about National and Regional Effects of Increased Biofuel Production on Water Resources

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 140
  General Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10116.pdf [Summary]  In response to concerns about the nation’s energy dependence on imported oil, climate change, and other issues, the federal government has encouraged the use of biofuels. Water plays a crucial role in all stages of biofuel ...
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• Blogalogue, Part 2: About ETeam

  
  Art21 Blog — Authority: 134
  ETeam is comprised of Hajoe and Franziska. They were introduced to me by Cary Peppermint, who met them at an exhibition they all participated in, called Ebay . ETeam’s work includes mainly long-term projects, wherein time is just as much an artistic component of the final result as anything else… Just look at ...
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• Taking Home the Tools - Reflecting on the 2009 Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference

  
  The Cleanest Line — Authority: 418
  Todays post comes to us from Hans Cole, Patagonias Environmental Grants Manager. Hans job is all about supporting grassroots environmental groups through grant money and training, and helping to plan and run Patagonias environmental campaigns. He facilitates the Grants Council that decides which environmental ...
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• Is pre-suppositionalism a Biblical way of defending the faith?

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 474
  I’m a classical apologist, so I do use pre-suppositional arguments to question my opponents about whether their non-Christian worldviews can ground rationality and objective morality, etc. But I also use evidential arguments from nature and history. Some people think that evidential arguments should not be used and ...
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• Near-shore crab takes its lumps

  
  The Orange County Register - Tustin — Authority: 808
  Knobs and bumps are not unknown among crabs, but a crab that is among the world’s bumpiest thrives on Orange County shores.
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• River Park fence controversy

  
  The Sac Rag — Authority: 132
  Funny picture in the Bee’s report on the fence controversy in River Park : Bee photograph Are the “Stop the Fence” crowd asking to have the existing fence taken down as well? I’m not sure where I stand on the whole thing. If the residents were alarmed at being asked to pay for it, that would ...
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• Blogalogueing with EcoArtTech

  
  Art21 Blog — Authority: 134
  Behold! The experiment begins! Listen in on our first Systems vs. Networks conversation with Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech… PS. This is a better spelling of “blogalogueing” right? More of a hybrid of “blog” and “dialogue?” I really am trying to make this word happen.
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• Exploring the Makeshift Landscape

  
  Art21 Blog — Authority: 134
  Eirik Johnson, Untitled 2003 (#2 debris under the bridge) , 2003, from the series Borderlands We invited photographer Eirik Johnson to write about his ongoing exploration of humankind’s environmental impact.  Works in his most recent series, Sawdust Mountain , are on view at the Henry Art Gallery through ...
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