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Southern U.S. States Inch Towards Renewable Energy
Posted by Inter Press Service: Matthew Cardinale on October 29th, 2012
Inter Press Service: - With the U.S. East Coast virtually shutting down Monday with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the broader debate over transitioning to cleaner energy sources and slowing, if not halting, climate change is taking on ever greater urgency.
While some parts of the U.S. have been made significant strides towards such a shift, the south has generally lagged behind. That remains the case, but recent signs suggest that utility companies and even Republican officials are beginning to change their tune....
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Bird, Fish Kills Quite Common – and That’s the Problem
Posted by Inter Press Service: Matthew Cardinale on January 24th, 2011
Inter Press Service: The New Year brought a spate of incidents across the United States and around the world in which large numbers of birds appeared to have fallen out of the sky, and thousands of fish were found floating dead in rivers.
As media reports multiplied of mysterious mass wildlife deaths, and blogs and social media picked up on the story, the inevitable theories began circulating, ranging from the outlandish (a sign of the apocalypse) to the more plausible (a consequence of environmental damage, such...