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Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.

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ENVIRONMENT

Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

Eric York was obsessed with the big cats - their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park's annual tourist invasion.
ENVIRONMENT

Interior Department proposes new rules for fracking on federal lands

The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal lands Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry.
HOME & GARDEN

Living Smart: Pet fencing

Ah the family pet. A source of great joy, deep camaraderie and yes, at least occasional frustration.
ENVIRONMENT

Increase in greenhouse gases reaches ominous milestone

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Wednesday, May 15:
ENVIRONMENT

Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.
HOME & GARDEN

Plan carefully to get a bumper tomato crop

It's time to dream of those summertime sandwiches and BLTs, made with tomatoes you grow in your own yard - in pots or the ground.
ENVIRONMENT

Climate change melting Mount Everest glaciers, research finds

A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth's highest peak by 13 percent in the last 50 years, researchers have found.
ENVIRONMENT

Scientists track giant whales by their earthshaking calls

At first, the whale chatter was just a nuisance.
ENVIRONMENT

Lovely yellow petals belie weedy menace

Who would think this soft landscape, with its undulating blue waves of wildflowers, flitting butterflies and calls of meadowlark, could be the scene of such battle.
ENVIRONMENT

Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired plants

On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century.