by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 22, 2010 | Environment, Topics
Jeniece Pettitt Tree-lined streets are safer and require less maintenance than barren roads, reports the Alliance for Community Trees. WASHINGTON — Cleaner water, better air quality, lower energy bills, safer streets and healthy communities. Achieving all of...
by Noor Wazwaz & Taylor Hall | Apr 22, 2010 | Environment, National Security
Lance Cpl. Kelly R. Chase/U.S. Marine Corps, Released Navy Secretary Mabus said transporting fuel and water by convoy is not only economically and environmentally costly, but also takes war-fighters away from their primary mission. WASHINGTON — The military...
by Justine Jablonska | Apr 22, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON – “Avatar” star Sigourney Weaver traveled to Brazil last week with the film’s director James Cameron, co-star Joel David Moore and an environmental group that’s working to halt the building of a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. That group – and others – say...
by Noor Wazwaz & Taylor Hall | Apr 21, 2010 | Environment
The view from Braddock Heights is a popular touchstone for life-long Frederick Country residents when they consider the changes the area has undergone since the first Earth Day. “All you could see was barge traffic and church steeples,” recalled County Commissioner...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 19, 2010 | Environment, Science + Technology
Jeniece Pettitt The California LGMA regulates lettuce, spinach, cabbage, arugula, chard and other leafy greens. WASHINGTON –The federal government is considering a national program patterned after California’s public-private agriculture partnership that...
by Noor Wazwaz & Taylor Hall | Apr 14, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Coal industry officials came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with two messages for Congress: Coal is an important energy source that’s essential to the nation’s prosperity, and safety remains a serious issue in the wake of a mine explosion...
