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Christmas tree shopping: artificial vs. fresh, farmed
Chicago TribuneIt may be the season of kindness and generosity, but there's a civil war raging within the Christmas tree industry. Artificial tree companies have been known to perpetuate the myth that once-living Christmas trees contribute to deforestation. Tree farmers...Tags: Asthma, National Government, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Industrial Production
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Official state Christmas tree to be presented Thursday
Sentinel Staff WriterThe official state Christmas tree will be presented to Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday at 11 a.m. The tree was grown by Tony and Debbie Harris, operators of Ergle Christmas Tree Farm in Dade City. The state's official tree was selected by a kindergarten...Tags: Christmas, Florida, Natural Resources, Agricultural Research and Technology, Religious Festivals
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Letters to the editor
The biblical Barak Re “Say it loud and proud,” editorial, Nov. 30 So much has been made out of Barack Obama's Muslim middle name, "Hussein," but little or nothing has been said about his first name. Biblical Israel's famed Deborah, a...Tags: Paul Newman, Boyle Heights, Conservation, Pennsylvania, Wildflowers
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The man who designed 'Iron Man's' power suit
Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Ben Snow helped develop new digital technologies to create Iron Man's armor. He calls it digital wardrobing. What the heck's digital wardrobing? We'll let him explain: "It's the process of adding...Tags: Weaponry, Jon Favreau, Iron Man (movie), Metal and Mineral, Natural Resources
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Forest journal: Twelve days in the jungle
Photos by Antonio PerezScreaming monkeys, falling trees, chainsaw loggers, village chiefs and a nation's president are on the docket as Tribune chief business correspondent David Greising takes to the Amazonian rainforest. -------------------- Along the Essequibo River,...Tags: John Keats, Weather Reports, National Government, Conservation, Landforms
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Simple changes that won't overwhelm
Green is everywhere. It's the "new black." It's a mantra heard from the grocery store to the gas pump to the automobile showroom. Given so much advice, where should we start?
Our choices may depend on our own personal styles. Some people are more...Tags: The Clorox Company, Connecticut, Dining and Drinking, Bananas, Arable Farming
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Habits bad for the environment
So which of our habits is the worst enemy to the environment? For now, here's a look at some of our most common environmental transgressions, starting with the biggies.
HOME ENERGY
Consumption The average Chicago household uses 5,400 kilowatt hours of...Tags: Global Warming, Homes, Economy, Industrial Production, Trips and Vacations
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Brazil outlines new plan to slow Amazon destruction
Associated Press WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, aiming to reduce global warming by slashing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned. The plan...Tags: Delaware, Natural Resources, Global Warming, Internet, Forestry and Timber
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UN launches "Year of the Gorilla" to raise funds, awareness for endangered primates
Associated Press WriterROME (AP) _ The "Year of the Gorilla" began Monday — a U.N. effort to raise money for primates threatened with extinction from disease, hunting and deforestation. Officials for the U.N.-backed Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, Nature, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Christmas trees are yearlong labor on Mich. farm
Kalamazoo GazetteCold. Gray. Early. While other teens may have been cozy in their warm beds on a recent Saturday morning, Matthew and Ben Janke were hard at work. The brothers were doing what they have done every November weekend since they were old enough to carry a...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Christmas, Natural Resources, Religious Festivals, Dining and Drinking
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A party 275 years in the making
Of The Morning CallBrian Altemose sat at a table Monday afternoon twisting homemade spaghetti with sauce on a spoon. Because the 10-year-old fourth-grader had a half-day of school, his mom, Antoinette, took him out to lunch at one of the family's favorite eateries -- My...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Restaurants, Natural Resources, Daniel Craig, Dining and Drinking
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Return to Narnia
Of The Morning CallFew moments in literature rival the magic that Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy -- and in turn, readers -- feel as they climb into a wardrobe, push past a dense row of fur coats and find themselves in the magnificent wintry landscape of Narnia. Children and...Tags: Weaponry, Police Arrests, Metal and Mineral, Natural Resources, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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