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97X Green Room – Phantom Planet (California)

From The 97X Green Room Vault. Phantom Planet performs “California” in the 97X Green Room, March 23, 2004.

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Cleaner Water Helps Corals Combat Climate Change (Duh.)

clear water coral photo
Photo via Paul and Jill

Intuitively, everyone already knows this, but a new study has confirmed that seawater free from pollution helps corals survive the impacts of climate change. Coral reef ecologist Robert van Woesik from the Florida Institute of Technology and his team demonstrated that as the waters around the Florida Keys warmed, the corals living in cleaner water continued to thrive while those in more polluted water suffered. Their findings provide evidence that policies around wastewater discharge and water pollution can help corals surviv…Read the full story on TreeHugger

Court Asked to Stop Planting of Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

FORT PIERCE, Florida, July 7, 2010 (ENS) – An alliance of conservation organizations is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its approval of open-air field tests of a genetically engineered…

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Gulf Sea Turtle Eggs to Be Moved to Cleaner Waters

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, July 1, 2010 (ENS) – To protect the eggs of endangered sea turtles from the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. and Florida wildlife experts are planning to relocate…

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