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Ocean Task Force Has a Big, Deep Blue Job Ahead (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

BELLEVUE, Wash. - Washington already has a major effort underway to clean up Puget Sound, while a task force meeting around the country is charged with creating the first national policy for managing... More

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Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Farmers Offered Conservation Opportunity (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota farmers are being advised that a deadline is nearing for what is being called a "great opportunity." September 30 is the last day to sign up for the Conservation... More

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Feds Asked to Help Reduce Pollution Over MN Wilderness (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Several conservation groups are calling on the federal government to require the state to reduce haze over Minnesota's national parks and wilderness areas. Chuck Laszewski with the... More

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Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Florida Swimming In Troubled Waters With A D+ For Clean Water Protections (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - "Clean up your act." That's the message to Florida and other Gulf states from the Gulf Restoration Network (GRN), which released its "report card" on Wednesday. The conservation... More

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Signs of Life :: Act Two for Clean Water (www.yesmagazine.org) TMC

The U.S. Senate may be poised to undo a Bush-era policy that undercut protection of the nation’s waterways.

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Eco-pirates of the Antarctic - Beyond the Multiplex (www.salon.com) TMC

A bizarre and breathtaking high-seas adventure set in the remote, spectacular Ross Sea off Antarctica, "At the Edge of the World" is the summer season's most surprising and thought-provoking... More

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Brown Is the New Green in Trendy Los Angeles (www.truthdig.com) TMC

It takes a lot of someone else’s water to keep L.A.’s palm trees growing and its Jacuzzis bubbling, but Angelenos are defying their moochy reputation and conserving like nobody’s business. The... More

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Forest Service Told to “Park It” on Snowy Range A-T-V Parking Lot Plan (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

LARAMIE, Wyo. - The message is clear. More than 90 percent of those commenting say "thumbs down" on Forest Service plans for a 10-acre snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) parking lot on the Snowy... More

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Despite federal ruling, Colorado sticks to its guns on roadless rule (coloradoindependent.com) TMC

While conservation groups called Wednesday’s federal appeals court decision reinstating the Clinton-era roadless rule a major victory, the state of Colorado contends its own revised rule is still a... More

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Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

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Peeing in the shower goes, um, viral (www.grist.org) TMC

Today brings news—oh, and wildly spreading it is—of an ad campaign in Brazil aimed at convincing people to save water by peeing in the shower. Here is the video, and here is the website, if you... More

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Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

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