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This year I was diagnosed with asthma and evidently I have it bad. What’s the cause? Allergies. Lots of rain and late season snow have made grasses and trees that normally bloom at different times of the year bloom at the same time. It’s nice that everything is a verdant green at the same time [...]

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Forty Years Too Late

On January 19, 2011 By

Most won’t remember the huge legal battle that preceded the building of the New Melones Dam where rafters, Sierra Club and other groups fought to save miles of riparian waterline along the Stanislaus River. Now, 40 years after New Melones Dam was built and miles of river and riparian habitat were destroyed, one [...]

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Sea Ice Retreat Largest Ever

On September 17, 2008 By

NASA released data today showing the extent the arctic sea ice, located over the North Pole, had diminished due to rising global temperatures. The decline in sea ice is the largest since satellites were first used to monitor thec conditions of the worlds [...]

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This just kinda pisses me off. A former administrator of the Smithsonian Institution has come forward claiming exhibits on global warming were deliberately altered so as not to anger the Bush administration.
The EnviroLink Network: “The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering [...]

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A rash of recent big foot sightings in rural India is prompting authorities to investigate. What makes these sightings different is almost all have been within the last month.
Discovery Channel: “The bizarre sightings have been made in the Garo hills area of Meghalaya state, close to the borders with Bangladesh and [...]

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