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The greening of Guantanamo
Solar-powered lights serve as sentries where U.S. Marines once faced-off along the Cuban frontier. A team of Navy cops now rides bikes rather than gas-guzzling patrol cars in the searing Caribbean sunshine.
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Winter has been too bloomin' warm: Some spring plants are flowering
The unusually mild winter we've had so far may have an odd side effect: spring flowers and spring blooming shrubs are making their appearance earlier than they normally would.
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Alaska lawmakers plan to sell ANWR drilling during D.C. trip
A contingent of state representatives including House Speaker Mike Chenault are missing several days of the legislative session next week to head to Washington, D.C., and make a pitch — once again — for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Planting a garden? What's your rush?
"Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and Seasons" By Felder Rushing (Chelsea Green)
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Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along Calif. coast
Cruise ships and large commercial vessels will be barred from releasing sewage within three miles of the California coast under a rule signed Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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New estimate of Hanford cleanup is $112 billion
The new price of finishing cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation is $112 billion. It estiamtes the costs through 2065 for cleaning up radioactive and chemical waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons during World War II and the Cold War.
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S.C. bill would hurt efforts to block disputed Savannah harbor dredging
A bill in the South Carolina legislature would make it harder for environmentalists to sue to stop Savannah's disputed harbor dredging project. The measure also would hamper other suits brought by groups that want to see South Carolina's pollution control law enforced.
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California Fish and Game to sue Army Corps over levee tree ban
The state Department of Fish and Game in California plans to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers because the Corps requires that all trees and shrubs be cut down on levees. The Central Valley has little of its historic streamside habitat left, leaving the levees as habitat for many rare species.
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Try houseplants as gifts for Valentine's Day and beyond
Why give fresh flowers for Valentine's Day, only to know they will soon die. Instead, give an easy-care houseplant that keeps on living and giving.
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Edible landscaping takes food plants beyond bounds of vegetable patch
Food plants have jumped the fence from the kitchen garden.
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The Greening of Guántanamo
Solar-powered lights serve as sentries where U.S. Marines once faced-off along the Cuban frontier. A team of Navy cops now rides bikes rather than gas-guzzling patrol cars in the searing Caribbean sunshine at Guantanamo








