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"GENEVA -- Seagrass meadows, which are vital for the survival of much marine life and a source of household materials in Europe and Africa, face a mounting threat from global warming, a report said on Friday.
The report, from the Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature...
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"Eleven potential drinking water contaminants will not be regulated, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined Thursday.
Officials said the contaminants either don't occur nationally in public water systems, or occur at levels that don't pose a health concern, the EPA said in a news...
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"An international group of 23 prominent doctors and public health researchers and officials is warning that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer.
One of those who signed, Dr. Ronald Herberman, the head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, went so far as to advise his...
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"If climate change is left unchecked, the costs to Illinois from flood abatement, water treatment, shipping, farming and related goods and services will skyrocket to at least $43 billion annually by the 2030s, according to a study released this week.
The report by the University of Maryland...
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"Tired of a lack of leadership at the national level, Western leaders are taking charge on curbing climate change by proposing a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
The Western Climate Initiative -- a coalition of seven states, including Washington and four Canadian provinces -- on...
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"A federal appeals court yesterday ruled in favor of environmentalists seeking protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, giving those activists a victory in a long-running fight to prevent whale-ship collisions.
The decision, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
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"Under a subpoena threat from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Environmental Protection Agency late Wednesday sent the panel a copy of its Dec. 5 proposal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act -- as a brief loan...
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"In its final days in power, the Bush White House is rushing to have federal agencies water down the regulation of hazardous substances, lawmakers and public health experts say. A panel of scientific advisers this week denounced an Environmental Protection Agency plan to quickly alter the way it...
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"BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Hurricane Dolly, which unleashed a fury of winds and rain on the US-Mexico coastline, weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday but concern remained over flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley.
The Bush administration declared 15 of the Texas counties hit hardest by...
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In a move opposed by many small trucking businesses, the California Air Resources Board has proposed new regulations in an effort to curb diesel emissions from trucks.
The agency says it is taking the action to reduce the 9,000 annual deaths attributed to poor air quality in the state. But...
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Does this woman really want more cowbells…?
Cowbells are a cruelty to animals!
Most people are not willing to see this obvious fact.
There are even people who claim that cowbells "cause rest and silence".
Imagine that! Would this not imply that as soon as cows just sit around quietly in the meadows without cowbells, they cause unrest and noise?!
If you really like the sound of cowbells...
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Den Marc by Marc Jacobs Tate embroidered shopper in grau habe ich Euch ja schon einmal vorgestellt, war von der Farbe aber nicht unbedingt angetan….und hier ist die andere Farbe, die der Marc by Marc Jacobs Tate oversized tote eine bessere Platzierung verschafft. Diese Tote in ultra-strahlendem Pink hat in etwa die gleichen Maße wie die mausgraue Kollegin, ca. 57,15 cm (B) x 45,72 cm (H) x 12,7cm (T). Mit einem Preis von 175 € ein weiteres, ideales Einsteigermodell. Vielleicht können wir...
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Nicht immer ein grund zur trauer: todesanzeigen…
Gott hat gefallen gefunden an der Ilse von Hinten!
Nach dem eigenen persönlichen golgatha wird uns die verheissungsvolle erlösung in der frucht des todes zuteil…?!
Tod oder nicht tod?
Todesanzeigensammlung.de
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Today I write something for Bertold… enjoy it
Zögernd
als könnte ich sie
mit meiner Aufmerksamkeit verletzen,
betaste ich
die Unfertigkeit der Welt
mit meinen Augen
Zwischen den Dingen
sind Fäden gesponnen,
die zerfallen könnten,
wenn ich sie wahrnehme.
Ich stehe still,
ich höre auf zu atmen,
schliesse die Augen und wage,
nichts mehr zu wollen.
Gerade jetzt
wird meine Zukunft gebore.
Ich weiss nicht, was sein wird,
aber ich vertraue mich
dem Geheimnis an.
— Ulrich...
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