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Where did that darn carp come from?
The Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will spend $2 million and 18 months studying the best way to separate the Mississippi River basin from the Great Lakes in the Chicago area to keep
Author: Dale DuPont
July 26, 2010
Where’s the oil?
National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said that BP is having trouble finding oil to skim. “We’re starting to have trouble finding oil,” he said at his July 21 daily press briefing. “We’ve had skimmers out there on the wellhead
Author: Jerry Greenberg
July 26, 2010
Fries with that Asian carp?
This is one of those only in America stories. Where else can you take an ugly, unwanted fish and completely rebrand it into a marketable asset, complete with top chefs extolling its virtues and states spending money to market it?
Author: Pamela Glass
July 26, 2010
Taking the fight to the oil spill
About nine weeks ago I made my first trip into the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion. There was plenty of activity at the Venice (La.) Port Complex where I climbed aboard
Author: Ken Hocke
July 26, 2010
Glaciers, global warming and hybrid tugs
Last week, I enjoyed a beautiful hike across the Garden Wall in Glacier National Park. The views were spectacular. What I didn’t see were glaciers. Of the about 150 glaciers that covered the park’s mountains in the 19th century, only
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