Tag: Ohio

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  Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America

  Analysis bridges differences between various climate change models to predict North American climate change with high certainty. Will skeptics finally be convinced?

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  Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First

  A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.

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  Midwest Coal Plants to Shut Down Sooner Than Expected: One Step Closer to a Clean Energy Future?

  10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected.

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  States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do

  Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.

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  Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Buys Earthquake Insurance After Quake Caused By Fracking

  Two days after the earthquake caused by a nearby fracking well the mayor said, "I called my insurance man and got earthquake insurance.”

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  4.0 Earthquake Caused by Fracking in Ohio Was Felt in Toronto

  After a series of 11 earthquakes in nine months, a fracking operation near Youngstown has been suspended.

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  "There Goes the Neighborhood." Two Ways to Deal with Foreclosed Homes

  While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

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  The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow)

  Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.

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  49 Animals Killed After Suicidal Owner Released Them

  For more than twelve tense hours, heavily armed police officers near Zanesville, Ohio scoured the region for big cats, bears, and other exotic animals set loose from a local wildlife farm -- ultimately killing nearly 50 of the 56

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  Dozens of Exotic Animals Escape From Ohio Wildlife Farm

  Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly

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  A Christian Perspective on Organic Dairy Farming and Positive Child Labor (Video)

  From retiring dairy cows to asking whether

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  Walgreens Plans 130 Solar-powered Stores Nationwide

  With research showing the installed cost of solar dropping 11% in just 6 months, it's little wonder that corporations like Wal-Mart are ramping up their plans to go solar aggressively. Walgreens made headline back in 2006 for its commitment to solar,

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  Campbell Soup Announces 9.8MW Solar PPA for Ohio Factory

  Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease

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  Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways

  Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half

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  What To Do With Discarded Christmas Trees? A Habitat For Fish And For People

  While many cities have programs that turn leftover Christmas Trees into mulch and wood chips, (in NYC they call it Mulchfest, and you can go home with a bag of mulch). But in recent years, other uses such as structural aquatic

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  Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie

  Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of

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  Walleye Bones Can 'Hear' the Sound of Overfishing

  A university study on Lake Erie walleye may help scientists spot rivers that are at risk of overfishing. Researchers at Ohio State analyzed chemicals found in walleye ear bones, and were able to figure out which fish returned to

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  Stock Value Makes The Politics Of BP's Gusher Local - Far From The Gulf

  This post is a one sentence reality check for readers focused on environmental ethics and oil poisoned marine life in the Gulf of Mexico. From Cleveland.com: "Ohio's five public retirement