Tag: environment
Ohio pilots 4-H program to boost STEM interest
The 4-H Ag Innovators Experience is designed for youth to learn about environmental and sustainability issues important to agriculture.
Register to be part of National Public Lands Day
The public is invited to join state and federal agencies, groups, and citizens across Appalachian Ohio in celebrating National Public Lands Day
Truth: A tree is man’s best friend
The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and spring is in the air. Farmers are getting in the fields, flowers are in bloom and...
History of Earth’s temperature gives insight into climate change
Analysis reveals that Earth is warmer than it's been during 70 to 80 percent of the last 11,300 years.
EPA standards and renewable fuel sources
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency's...
NASA finds long-term climate warming trend
NEW YORK — NASA scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures....
Invasive fish enters streams feeding Lake Michigan, but so far, so...
MADISON — Invasive species are known for disturbing their new homes. Whether it’s the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes or garlic mustard in...
In 2011 pollution increased in the Great Lakes Basin
According to the EPA, toxic releases into surface waters increased from 2010 to 2011.
Butler County landfill has to clean up act
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Department of Environmental Protection signed a consent order and agreement Dec. 4 with Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania that...
Rehabilitated bald eagle released on refuge
Robert and Maryjane Angelo, of Skye's Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, released a rehabilitated bald eagle at the Erie National Wildlife Refuge in Crawford County Oct. 10, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials.
