Siberia’s Baikal: The Greatest Lake

You know, we Siberians live in fear of being exiled to Moscow, says Leonid Yevseyev, and we both laugh. Yevseyev, a native-born Siberian, is beside me on a promontory as we l...

Information of Interest, Sep 2012

1. Climate Change and Security: Risks and Opportunities (www.lloyds.com) – A Lloyd’s of London – International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 360° Risk Insight Report, Climate Change an...

Visual Dysfunction vs. ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosed Child Behavior Disorders

Children presenting with inattention that can contribute to behavior disorders are often misdiagnosed and/or misrepresented. Teachers and parents commonly characterize these children as being difficul...

EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, ...

Running Out of Time: Climate Change Policy Failures

In January 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly announced that 2010 tied 2005 as the hottest years in...

The Need to Protect the Scientific Deliberative Process

A situation has arisen involving scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that should concern all those who value the principles of academic freedom and responsibility, and believe th...

What is Good Water Stewardship?

With a growing awareness of the value and fragility of our water resources, it was expected there would be increased interest in knowing more about how we as a society interact with water. But what do...

Information of Interest, Aug 2012

1. U.S. Navy Issues New Energy Policy to Drive Consumption Reduction (www.navy.mil) – The U.S. Navy issued a new energy policy that will drive energy consumption reduction at all Navy installations,...

USACE Albuquerque District Returning Rivers to Their Natural Path

Think about it; rarely does a perfectly straight line occur in nature. When men bend or straighten elements of nature to suit human purposes, it can result in unforeseen circumstances. Throughout hist...

USGS Climate Science at ESA – Species, Ecosystems, and Fire

About 4,000 people are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore., Aug. 5-10. The theme of this year’s conference is “Life on Earth: Preserving, U...

Students’ Robot Submarines Enter the Ring in Gladiator-Themed Competition

July 19, 2012, Thirty-two teams of high school and college engineering students are putting underwater robots through their paces in gladiator-themed missions at the 15th annual RoboSub Competition, J...

Outrage as World Bank Funds Power Lines Linked to Controversial Dam

Human rights organizations, including Survival International and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely criticized a decision by the World Bank to fund power lines in Ethiopia linked to the controversial G...

Face of Defense: Mine Detection Dogs Clear Afghan Roads

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 13, 2012 – Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Black moved back toward the mine clearance vehicle to watch from a safe distance as a team traced the wire of a suspected improv...

Obama Administration Releases Report on Progress and Next Steps in Restoring the Everglades

Over $1.5 Billion Invested in the Everglades Since 2009; USDA To Fund Fourth Year of Easements for Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat Improvements in the Northern Everglades Watershed KISSIMMEE, FL., Jul...

Study: Indians Lag Behind Peers in Tests

Test scores of American Indian students nationwide still lag significantly behind their peers of other races, according to a recent study that focused on the academic progress of indigenous peoples. A...

Slow Living Summit A Visit to Brattleboro Vermont

The Slow Living Summit is part of a particularly “green” end-of-May weekend in Brattleboro, Vermont, which is a prelude to the town’s homage to National Dairy Month – a parade featuring cows p...

Saving Serengeti

It is one of the most famous names in the world. Almost any schoolchild, no matter where, can tell you about it. Many companies and services have adopted the appellation. Sunglasses and clothing lines...

Information of Interest, July 2012

1. BP Energy Outlook 2030 Projects Long-Term Energy Trends (www.bp.com) – BP’s Energy Outlook 2030 “highlights the growing role of developing economies in global energy consumption and the incre...

Naval Base Ventura County Leading the Way with LED Lighting

As the designated “Energy Showcase Base” for the West Coast, Naval Base Ventura County’s (NBVC) charter is to install and test “new and emerging” and “state of the shelf” technologies an...

Syngas Chemical Looping Ohio State’s LS Fan & Carbon Capture

According to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA), for at least the next 18 years – until 2030 – approximately 80 percent of the world’s energy consumption will ...

Overcoming Pride to Prevent Suicide

2/7/2012 – VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) – As my office has just completed a resiliency stand-down day, I am struck by the increasing numbers of suicides in the Air Force every year. Th...

USDA Tribal Scholars Program

About the 1994 Tribal Scholars Program The Office of USDA/1994 Programs was established to develop policy guidelines and procedures; coordinate and oversee further participation in the Department’s ...

‘Beyond the Horizons’ Clinic Fosters Health, Goodwill

POCOLA, Guatemala, June 28, 2012 – Thousands of local residents in this remote mountain village are getting what for many is one of their first experiences seeing a doctor, nurse or dentist during a...

Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields: Effects on Human Health:

June 2012, For more than 50 years, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has been studying and treating the effects of the environment on human health. In the last 20 years, AAEM physi...

GEMI’s Solutions-Based Sustainability Tools

In 1990 a group of corporate environmental leaders from The Business Roundtable recognized the need for corporate environmental leadership around the world. They had a vision that a wide array of busi...

DoD & Amphibian Conservation: Unlikely Partner Protects Biodiversity

Department of Defense (DoD) lands comprise approximately 29 million acres throughout the United States. Providing the required safety and security buffers for testing and training operations has resul...

Cenotes: Yucatan’s Fragile Wonders

When I first heard the word “cenote” I had no idea what it was. Although I had been to Mexico many times, I never ventured into the Yucatan backcountry. So, when I received an invitation to take p...

Information of Interest, June 2012

1.DoD Facilities Drive Secure Power Technology (www.defense.gov) – The Nation’s top energy user, the Department of Defense (DoD), is pushing commercialization of technology needed to lower costs a...

Honey Bee Health & Food Security

The honey bee is, arguably, the most famous insect on the planet. It has been associated with human populations for thousands of years and is a model for cooperation, collaboration and interaction wit...

Effects on Human Health: Electromagnetic & Radiofrequency Fields

For more than 50 years, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has been studying and treating the effects of the environment on human health. In the last 20 years, AAEM physicians began...
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