Environmental News for April 18, 2011

EARTH DAY ''JUBILEE'' PLANNED AT UCONN AVERY POINT
TheDay.com
From 7 to 8:30 pm Thursday, the college will host a presentation on a five-day field ecology class that brought Mitchell students and faculty members to Bermuda for environmental service learning focused on the human impact on the island's habitats. …

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Choose between industry and ecology in 'Anno 2070'
Times LIVE
Quiz time: identify the next number in the sequence 1602, 1503, 1701, and 1404. Is it 1305? 1800 perhaps? Not according to makers of the historical city-building Anno series, whose next entry will be set in 2070. The PC series focuses on specific …

Study: Fracking May Be More Harmful Than Coal Use
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Robert Howarth, ecology and environmental biology, along with Prof. Anthony Ingraffea, civil and environmental engineering, and Renee Santoro, a research technician in ecology and evolutionary biology, the study contends that hydraulic fracturing, …

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Long-haul, costly recovery for ecology
Tampabay.com
The lapses in safety, training, equipment and regulation that contributed to last year's BP oil disaster are well known. But it will take years or decades to fully measure the ecological damage from 206 million gallons of oil that flooded into the Gulf …
Oil companies making unrealistic projections about spill-fighting abilities …al.com (blog)
BP oil spill: One year later, scientists await money, answersCharleston Gazette
Documents reveal BP's attempt to influence Gulf spill researchDigitalJournal.com
News24 -Nieman Watchdog (blog)
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YSU students, faculty to be honored next week
Youngstown Vindicator
For excellence in scholarship: Ganesaratnam K. Balendiran, chemistry; John J. Feldmeier, physics and astronomy; Don Martin, counseling and special education; Gang Peng, management; Rachael J. Pohle-Krauza, human ecology; Bradley A. Shellito, geography; …

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Earth Day Hike
Independent Publishing Group
On Friday, April 22 from 1 to 3 pm, meet at the Sebago Lake Ecology Center, on the intersection of Routes 237 and 35 in Standish. The event is free but registration is required. Email sebagolake@pwd.org for more information.
Events meld Earth Day, Good FridayPress Herald

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Sweet solution: Sugarcane helps cool climate
Times of India
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology found the important agro-industrial plants help lower the temperature of the surrounding air by reflecting sunlight back into space and "exhaling" cooler water. …
How Sweet It Is – The Benefits of Growing Sugarcane For BiofuelsInventorspot
Sugar cane ethanol cools climate when it replaces cattle pastureMongabay.com
Win-win for sugarcane biofuel cropsScience a Gogo
Food Ingredients First (press release)
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Hydraulic oil spill Friday near Othello contained
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
By the Herald staff SPOKANE — A spill of hydraulic oil into Potholes East Canal, near Othello, was stopped and contained Friday, according to the Washington Department of Ecology. Potholes East Canal drains out of Potholes Reservoir. …

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