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Council on Environmental Quality meets 9 a.m. Weds., May 22, 2013, Hartford

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9:00 AM in the Holcombe Conference Room, 5th floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford. AGENDA 1. Call to order; establishment of a...Please visit the "How to Support Us" page on the w

Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A new stem cell discovery has reawakened controversy about human cloning — though technical challenges mean scientists are far from being able to create human babies as in Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi flick "The Island."

Restoration Local Offers Recommendations For Treating Water Damaged...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Hardwood floors are becoming increasingly popular, but as a result, they are also susceptible to problems caused by water damage. A restoration provider offers tips on handling this problem.(PRWeb May 17, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force; Public Teleconference/Webinar

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public teleconference/webinar of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANS Task Force). The ANS Task Force's purpose is to develop and implement a program for U.S. waters to prevent introducti

Researchers Develop Highest-resolution Global Forest Cover Dataset to Date

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation.

Road upgrade threat to last koala habitat

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

… , wildlife habitat UNSUSTAINABLE: Sunshine Coast Environment Council spokewoman Narelle McCarthy says … in the near future. Several environmental groups have taken up the … highway. However, the Sunshine Coa

What Can Bamboo Do About CO2?

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ecology Global Network: Efforts to thoroughly study the role that plants play in climate change mitigation are increasing. Most researchers focus on the promise of large, leafy forest trees to help remove carbon from the atmosphere; for example Lal (

Tundra Carbon Impact?

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Environmental News Network: There is a concern with the carbon stored in the form of frozen partially decomposed vegetation in the vast tundra of the north. When the permafrost melts, it may releases carbon in the form of carbon dioxide and methane,

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon pacing 88% higher than last years rate

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Mongabay: Satellite analysis by a Brazil-based NGO indicates that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to pace well ahead of last year, when the government passed a weakened version of its law governing use of forest lands. Imazon's near-

Invasive species: away-field advantage weaker than ecologists thought

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

ScienceDaily: For decades, ecologists have assumed the worst invasive species -- such as brown tree snakes and kudzu -- have an "away-field advantage." They succeed because they do better in their new territories than they do at home. A new study led

Angola: Agricultural, Transport, Fisheries Subsidies to Continue

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

[ANGOP]The Government will make adjustments to the fuels subsidies, but some sectors like agriculture, transport, fisheries and butane gas will continue to benefit due to their social importance.

Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance With the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Import Permit Program; Public Webcast

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a public webcast that will address the new import permit regulations for infectious biological agents, standards, and vectors; import permit

Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado and Kansas, Oil and Gas Leasing Environmental Impact Statement

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) are initiating the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). The EIS will disclose the effects of updating the potential oil and gas areas av

Bear euthanized after entering Lake Tahoe condo

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Nevada wildlife officials said they were forced to euthanize a bear that entered an Incline Village condominium because it posed a danger to the public.

New to nature No 104: Meenoplus roddenberryi

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The presence of isolated bug Meenoplus Roddenberryi on Gran Canaria suggests important things about the evolution of cave-dwelling speciesThings are looking up for bugs underground. Among the 132 cave-dwelling invertebrate species of the Canary Islan

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Arctic Deep Draft Ports Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announces its intention to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study the feasibility of improving the navigation infrastructure in the vicinity of Norton Sound and the Bering Strait with a focus

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revise Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

NMFS issues a regulation to increase the maximum retainable amounts (MRAs) of groundfish using arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) and Kamchatka flounder (Atheresthes evermanni) as basis species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

NMFS is prohibiting retention of Alaska plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2013 initial total allowable catch (ITAC) of Alaska plaice in the BSAI has been reached.

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; Horseshoe Crabs; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, 2013

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, has made a preliminary determination that the subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) application submitted by Limuli Laboratories of Cape May Court House, NJ, contains all the required information

Obama approves controversial natural gas export project

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

“The Department of Energy gave the green light to Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction’s proposal to send 1.4 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas overseas from a terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, for 25 years.” Read more &

Artificial Forest Nanosystem Mimics Photosynthesis, Researchers Say

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

U.S. scientists have developed what they say is the first integrated nanosystem capable of replicating the process of photosynthesis, a sort of “artificial forest” that could one day lead to the production of hydrogen that could be used to power fue

The states best state parks

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

We asked our readers to name their best and worst state parks and to share their photos to mark the 100th anniversary of Washington’s state parks system. And they did! Their responses were filled with memories of family camping and other outings. In

Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not "red tide"

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Washington State Department of Ecology says red algae blooms currently in the Puget Sound are harmless to people.

Mount St. Helens 33rd blast anniversary Saturday

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people, knocked down a forest and filled the sky and rivers with volcanic ash.

Addivant Showcases New Identity and Unveils Renewable Resource-Derived Products at Feiplastic 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Addivant™ USA, LLC, the global leader in specialty additives, will exhibit in Booth E 68 during Feiplastic 2013, 17th International Plastic Trade Fair, a global meeting of industry leaders to be held from May 20th-

Living Green Infrastructure Declaration

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An online Living Green Infrastructure Declaration has been created to encourage government and the private sector to plan and build greener, healthier, more beautiful communities. Living green infrastructure advocates, including Green Roofs for Healt

Wildlife Bandits: How Criminology Can Fight Poaching

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Newark, N.J. — With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds, criminologists haven't typically concerned themselves with crimes against wildlife and the environment. But with poaching raging out of control in several areas of the world, that may b

Front-row seats to climate change

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians. In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife.

Research into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight into Ecosystem Resiliency

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

When the University of California, Santa Barbara, doctoral student Seeta Sistla and her adviser, environmental studies professor Josh Schimel, went north not long ago to study how long-term warming in the Arctic affects carbon storage, they had

Bloodthirsty factual TV shows demonise wildlife

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Major US TV channels are promoting hysterical and outdated ideas about wildlife in popular, blood-soaked showsMost people's wild beasts live in the TV.What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball w

Topography of Eastern Seaboard Muddles Ancient Sea Level Changes

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

(Science Daily) The distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding surface of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain are the direct result of fluctuations in topography in the region and could have implications on understanding long-term climate change

Biologists Hope To Save Mysterious Marbled Murrelet | Video

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The marbled murrelet is the only shorebird that nests in trees. The marbled murrelet's central California population could go extinct because Steller's jays are stealing and eating their eggs, but California state biologists hope to save them.

Swine Flu Found in Elephant Seals

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This is the first time marine mammals have been found to carry the 2009 H1N1 flu strain.

Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Barriers remain, but it may be time to talk about human cloning.

Documents seized from Smit Amandla Marine

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Documents relate to contract for management of patrol vessels belonging to Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Resources Press Release

Council on Environmental Quality meets 9 a.m. Weds., May 22, 2013, Hartford

Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate

Restoration Local Offers Recommendations For Treating Water Damaged...

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force; Public Teleconference/Webinar

Researchers Develop Highest-resolution Global Forest Cover Dataset to Date

Road upgrade threat to last koala habitat

What Can Bamboo Do About CO2?

Tundra Carbon Impact?

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon pacing 88% higher than last years rate

Invasive species: away-field advantage weaker than ecologists thought

Angola: Agricultural, Transport, Fisheries Subsidies to Continue

Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance With the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Import Permit Program; Public Webcast

Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado and Kansas, Oil and Gas Leasing Environmental Impact Statement

Bear euthanized after entering Lake Tahoe condo

New to nature No 104: Meenoplus roddenberryi

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Arctic Deep Draft Ports Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revise Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; Horseshoe Crabs; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, 2013

Obama approves controversial natural gas export project

Artificial Forest Nanosystem Mimics Photosynthesis, Researchers Say

The states best state parks

Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not "red tide"

Mount St. Helens 33rd blast anniversary Saturday

Addivant Showcases New Identity and Unveils Renewable Resource-Derived Products at Feiplastic 2013

Living Green Infrastructure Declaration

Wildlife Bandits: How Criminology Can Fight Poaching

Front-row seats to climate change

Research into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight into Ecosystem Resiliency

Bloodthirsty factual TV shows demonise wildlife

Topography of Eastern Seaboard Muddles Ancient Sea Level Changes

Biologists Hope To Save Mysterious Marbled Murrelet | Video

Swine Flu Found in Elephant Seals

Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate

Documents seized from Smit Amandla Marine

Artificial Forest Nanosystem Mimics Photosynthesis, Researchers Say

Living Green Infrastructure Declaration