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300 dpi 5 col x 9.25 in / 246x235 mm / 837x799 pixels Reid Brown color illustration of allergy season with a swollen faced man with red, watery eyes standing in tall grass and under a pollenating bee. San Jose Mercury News 2001

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Increase in greenhouse gases reaches ominous milestone

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Wednesday, May 15:
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Report says more woes for Appalachian coal mining

LOUISVILLE — Hard times are expected to continue in the Appalachian region that was once the heart of the nation's coal production, according to a new report.
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Climate change melting Mount Everest glaciers, research finds

A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth's highest peak by 13 percent in the last 50 years, researchers have found.
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Beach litter mars U.S. – and world's – coastlines

It’s a beach bummer. Shorelines worldwide are clogged with trash, so much so that during their annual cleanup last year, volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy picked up refuse that weighed as much as 10 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.
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Scientists track giant whales by their earthshaking calls

At first, the whale chatter was just a nuisance.
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Lovely yellow petals belie weedy menace

Who would think this soft landscape, with its undulating blue waves of wildflowers, flitting butterflies and calls of meadowlark, could be the scene of such battle.
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Surveillance cameras installed in Louisville to catch illegal dumping

The city of Louisville is placing 19 new surveillance cameras in trouble spots to crack down on illegal dumping.
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired plants

On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century.
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Do Your Part: Pick non-polluting lawn equipment

The sounds of spring are most definitely here. You know, the loud buzz of the lawn mowers, the piercing sound of leaf blowers, the incessant whir of the trimmers. Not only is there the noise pollution to contend with, there is also the air, land, and water pollution that comes with gas powered lawn...
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Big trout saved from close call with extinction

Hour after hour, Brian Dunn lofted his fly line into the turquoise-blue water of this shimmering desert lake north of Reno.