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Saturday Jul 19 | The Wichita Eagle

Gore wants carbon-free electricity production

Al Gore called Thursday for a "man on the moon" effort to switch all of the nation's electricity production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years, Associated Press reported .

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Clay Center Dispatch

Citizens sought for watershed program

A number of agencies and organizations want to form a citizens group at the local watershed's grass roots to discuss watershed problems and advise state agencies what solutions should be implemented for ...

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Related Topix: Clay Center, KS, Riley, KS, Clay County, KS, Wichita, KS

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Earthlink

Report: Gov't tardy securing radioactive material

Radioactive material used for legitimate purposes in medical equipment and food, for instance, could be used to create an explosive device known as a dirty bomb.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Nuclear Energy

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Mason Valley News

Fire District acquires brush truck

Last Wednesday, while North Lyon County Fire Protection District Division Chief/Training Officer, Scott Huntley inspected a 1980 International Brush Truck that the District recently acquired, he talked about ...

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Star-Gazette

Bradford County and the Valley

Rep. Tina Pickett, R-Bradford, announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded grants to local governments in the 110th Legislative District.

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

State embargos wheat for safety

State agencies have embargoed wheat at three elevators and in 20 fields covering 1,545 acres in south-central Kansas until tests confirm that pesticide residues meet tolerances set by the U.S. Environmental ...

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Earthlink

APNewsBreak: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears

The Fish and Wildlife Service issued regulations this week providing legal protection to seven oil companies planning to search for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern coast of Alaska if "small ...

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

Topeka Capital-Journal

Most of state too wet for wheat harvest

The Kansas winter wheat harvest was well under way in a few dry places in the state, but fields elsewhere still were far too wet to cut after storms soaked the state.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Kansas, Kansas Government, Ashland, KS

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Chronicle-Telegram

Concerns put wetlands plan on ice

City Council put a plan to enhance the city's wetlands on hold Monday, citing public concern over the current maintenance of the 105-acre Elmwood Wetland Preserve.

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

Kansas City InfoZine

KDWP Stream Survey Crews Incorporate New Programs

Stream health surveys now involve local groups, larger streams Pratt, KS - infoZine - Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks stream survey crews will survey streams and rivers throughout Kansas this summer, ...

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Related Topix: Pratt, KS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Thu May 29, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Almost 90 twisters reported in past week

Nearly 90 tornadoes were reported in Kansas as of Monday in a rough weather week that also included storms with large hail and record rainfall.

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Related Topix: Dodge City, KS, Kansas, Weather, Greensburg, KS, Quinter, KS

Tue May 27, 2008

WAPT

Weather Service Says Dozen Tornadoes Hit Kansas

The National Weather Service said it was at least a dozen tornadoes that destroyed homes, downed trees and injured several people Friday across western and central Kansas.

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Related Topix: Weather

Sun May 25, 2008

KFOX

Twisters Pound Kansas For Second Night

Tornadoes have ripped through parts of central and western Kansas for the second night in a row.

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Related Topix: Weather

Sat May 24, 2008

SI.com

Twisters tear through Kansas, parts of Midwest

Emergency workers were picking through debris after tornadoes rampaged in western and central Kansas and northern Oklahoma for a second night in a row.

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Related Topix: Comanche County, KS, Gove County, KS

Fri May 23, 2008

Topeka Capital-Journal

Tornadoes hit western, central Kansas

Tornadoes rampaged in western and central Kansas for the second night in a row, destroying at least one house and causing widespread damage to farm buildings and power lines.

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Related Topix: Kiowa County, KS, Greensburg, KS

Wed May 21, 2008

WIBW-TV Topeka

Groups Try to Stop Circus From Chaining Elephants

A coalition of animal welfare groups says it has evidence that Ringling Bros. circus elephants are sometimes chained for days at a time, and the groups asked a judge Wednesday to halt the practice while a ...

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Related Topix: Animal Rights, Environmental Law, Law

Thu May 15, 2008

Kansas.com

US lists polar bear as threatened species

“It will protect polar bears while also protecting American jobs and businesses”

In this 2003 file photo provided by Subhankar Banerjee a polar bear walks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. via Kansas.com

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Related Topix: Global Warming

Tue May 13, 2008

GantDaily.com

DEP Issues Stay-Out Order to Owners of Vacant Punxsy Industrial Building

“The condition inside the building represents a hazardous environmental condition that poses a risk to those who are directly exposed to it”

After discovering a dangerous compound inside the former Berlin Metals building in Punxsutawney, the Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the property's owners to prevent the public from entering ... via GantDaily.com

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Sun Apr 27, 2008

KWCH

Kansas News and Weather

Missing Woman Found Updated: Wichita police are trying to locate 89-year-old Virginia Judd. via KWCH

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Related Topix: Sedgwick County, KS, Kansas

Fri Apr 25, 2008

WIBW-TV Topeka

Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears

“What we wanted to do was look at the whole picture because there's been a lot of attention on polar bears”

The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal. via WIBW-TV Topeka

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