<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- GreenSpot]]> http://www.kentucky.com/1022/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com GreenSpot 60 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:26 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[The greening of Guantanamo]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065634/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065634/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Winter has been too bloomin' warm: Some spring plants are flowering]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063420/winter-has-been-too-bloomin-warm.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063420/winter-has-been-too-bloomin-warm.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19 EST 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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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska lawmakers plan to sell ANWR drilling during D.C. trip]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063117/alaska-lawmakers-plan-to-sell.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063117/alaska-lawmakers-plan-to-sell.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55 EST 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 —

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]]> <![CDATA[Planting a garden? What's your rush?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062990/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062990/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and Seasons" By Felder Rushing (Chelsea Green)

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]]> <![CDATA[Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along Calif. coast]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062437/cruise-ships-banned-from-releasing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062437/cruise-ships-banned-from-releasing.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST 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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]]> <![CDATA[New estimate of Hanford cleanup is $112 billion]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061859/new-estimate-of-hanford-cleanup.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061859/new-estimate-of-hanford-cleanup.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:15 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[S.C. bill would hurt efforts to block disputed Savannah harbor dredging]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061843/sc-bill-would-hurt-efforts-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061843/sc-bill-would-hurt-efforts-to.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:03 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[California Fish and Game to sue Army Corps over levee tree ban]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061870/california-fish-and-game-to-sue.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061870/california-fish-and-game-to-sue.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:31 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Try houseplants as gifts for Valentine's Day and beyond]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061651/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061651/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST 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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]]> <![CDATA[Edible landscaping takes food plants beyond bounds of vegetable patch]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061650/edible-landscaping-takes-food.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061650/edible-landscaping-takes-food.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Food plants have jumped the fence from the kitchen garden.

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]]> <![CDATA[The Greening of Guántanamo]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2061019/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2061019/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Coal group tries to block climate scientist's lecture at Penn State]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060677/coal-group-tries-to-block-climate.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060677/coal-group-tries-to-block-climate.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:59 EST A coal and gas interest group wants Penn State to disinvite a climate scientist scheduled to give a talk at the university.

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]]> <![CDATA[Eric Sharp: dollars and sense over Asian carp]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060349/eric-sharp-dollars-and-sense-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060349/eric-sharp-dollars-and-sense-over.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST A coalition of environmental and civic groups wants the Great Lakes states and the federal government to spend from $3.5 billion to $9 billion to close off the Chicago Sanitary…

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]]> <![CDATA[New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060348/new-beach-water-rules-enough-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060348/new-beach-water-rules-enough-to.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST When Congress approved the Beach Act in 2000, I was hopeful. The law required the Environmental Protection Agency to develop federal standards for water quality that would protect beach users…

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]]> <![CDATA[Experts disagree on trap, neuter, release program for feral cats]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060347/experts-disagree-on-trap-neuter.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060347/experts-disagree-on-trap-neuter.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST In an area of Akron, Ohio, that residents don't want disclosed live three colonies of wild, or feral, cats.

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]]> <![CDATA[The case of the pooping cat]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060318/the-case-of-the-pooping-cat.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060318/the-case-of-the-pooping-cat.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST On the afternoon of Nov. 2, the case of Duke the Cat, described by his alleged victim "as the smartest cat that I've ever seen," ended up in Seattle Municipal…

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]]> <![CDATA[Should the world bribe Ecuador to protect that country's rain forests?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2060145/should-the-world-bribe-ecuador.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2060145/should-the-world-bribe-ecuador.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, Feb. 6:

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]]> <![CDATA[House panel approves bill to let billboard companies cut trees]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059261/house-panel-approves-billboard.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059261/house-panel-approves-billboard.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:55 EST FRANKFORT — The House Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would allow billboard owners to cut trees obstructing their roadside signs.

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]]> <![CDATA[What happened to the cold winter weather and snow?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059530/what-happened-to-the-cold-winter.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059530/what-happened-to-the-cold-winter.html Washington Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:55 EST Winter's been so mild in much of the United States this year that you can slip out some sunny afternoons to the golf course or bike path. Many snow shovels…

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]]> <![CDATA[Storms may have killed off many stink bugs]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058933/storms-may-have-killed-off-many.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058933/storms-may-have-killed-off-many.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The combined fury of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee may have drowned much of the region's stink bug population, but scientists are still hesitant to say that homeowners will…

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