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Renewable energy in the form of biodiesel and bioethanol leads to ecological disaster.
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More jungle is burned and wildlife habitat eliminated for "renewable energy" than we imagine.
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- Tags: diversity, ecology, sustainability
A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles.
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"A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles. ...A smarter, market-based permitting approach could motivate wind developers to conserve eagles even as the sector expands."
Beware of pine straw scammers
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Homeowners in the metro Atlanta area are reporting pine straw scammers. Here's what happens. A scammer offers to spread pine straw mulch, then presents the resident with an outrageous bill.
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- Tags: gardening, landscape maintenance, scams
You can help Monarch butterflies survive
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According to Richland County Urban Horticulture agent, Jackie Jordan, there are things you can do to help Monarch butterflies survive.
Monarch Butterflies are now officially endangered
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Fox News, among many other outlets, posted that the Monarch butterfly is now officially on the endangered species list. "The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its 'red list' of threatened species and categorized it as 'endangered' — two steps from extinct."