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Dolphins: Unexpected treasure hunters

Mon, May 20, 2013 4:50 PM
by Marshall Honorof, TechNewsDaily
The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program combines technology and biology to train bottlenose dolphins to find sea mines, enemy divers and even artifacts.

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Video: Jane Goodall on why monkeys matter

Fri, Sep 04, 2009 1:26 PM

Dr. Jane Goodall appears on GMA to deliver a somber reminder to the world that even in times of economic hardship, conservation matters.
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Duke Energy quits the ACCCE
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 1:22 PM by Shea Gunther
Citing the ACCCE's opposition to climate change legislation, Duke Energy drops their membership in the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy.
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The Pope blames atheists for global warming
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 11:58 AM by Shea Gunther
Pope Benedict XVI thinks the Flying Spaghetti Monster and His noodly followers are causing global warming.
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Video: Controversy surrounding wild horse roundup

Fri, Sep 04, 2009 10:38 AM

NBC's Kerry Sanders reports on a heated debate in Wyoming over a plan to round up herds of wild horses.
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In Brazil, the meat industry searches for a solution to deforestation
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 5:30 PM by Cool Green Science Blog
A contributor to the problem also tries to be part of the solution by changing behavior in the Amazon.
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Video: Pickens on oil

Thu, Sep 03, 2009 5:03 PM

T. Boone Pickens discusses oil's next move and fixing America's oil crisis.
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Detroit homes swallowed up by nature
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 3:03 PM by Shea Gunther
The land is naturally taking back thousands of abandoned homes in Detroit, swallowing them up in an orgy of green shoots.
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Getting nude for Mother Earth
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 10:45 AM by Shea Gunther
Environmentalists protesting the construction of a huge new coal-fired power plant in the UK got naked in the offices of PR giant and power plant consultant Edelman.
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Birthplace of dogs discovered
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 9:32 AM by Michael d'Estries
Man and dog became the best of buds roughly 16,000 years ago.
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Giant frog farms aimed at saving wild brethren
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 3:09 PM by Michael d'Estries
As the European appetite grows for frog meat, Asian species may be eaten into extinction.
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Midweek roundup: Energy & Earth
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 2:54 PM by Shea Gunther
Verizon is sponsoring a pro-dirty energy rally, California is on fire, and a huge new venture capital fund targets green tech.
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Japan suspends dolphin slaughter in Taiji

Wed, Sep 02, 2009 2:18 PM

Activists on the scene report that the annual dolphin killings, set to begin on Sept. 1, have not yet begun.
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Biking in the U.S. vs. Amsterdam
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 1:07 PM by Shea Gunther
Washington, D.C., is opening up a new bike shelter outside Union Station, a small step in a long race in which we're lagging far behind.
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Video: Quake hits Indonesia, kills at least 15

Wed, Sep 02, 2009 9:53 AM

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the main island of Java.
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Big business lacking in green executives
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 4:28 PM by Shea Gunther
Only 54 of our nation's 1,000 largest corporations have people at the top keeping an eye on the green bottom line.
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