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ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) - When bird watchers joined this year's Great Backyard Bird Count, they recorded the most unusual winter for birds in the count's 15-year history. Follow this link: In Wild Winter, Citizen Scientists See Where and Why Birds Traveled

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Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during its launch of an awareness-raising expedition down the Amazon River aboard the Rainbow Warrior. View post: Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020

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The world's smallest dolphin is also the closest to extinction. New Zealand government figures show that Maui's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) are down to just 55 mature individuals, falling from 111 in 2005. Go here to read the rest: World's smallest dolphin: only 55 left, but continue to drown in nets

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CLIMATE change is accelerating, with least year the 11th-warmest year since records began in 1850, despite the cooling influence of La Nina, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. View original post here: Warming world defies La Nina

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DHAKA] Researchers in the United States say agricultural waste from coconut and mango farming could generate significant amounts of off-grid electricity for rural communities in South and South-East Asia. Read more: Coconut and mango waste could help power Asia

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When it comes to running a small business, health care costs often top the list of financial concerns. When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) goes into effect in 2014, businesses with more than 50 full-time employees will be legally required to spend this money. There has been much opposition to the ACA in...

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March 21, 2012 – Healdsburg Patch – Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has appointed Kathleen Pozzi, a Sonoma County native, to succeed retiring Public Defender John Abrahams. With that appointment, Pozzi becomes the third woman ... Continued here: California – Kathleen Pozzi named Sonoma County Interim County Public Defender

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%excerpt% Read the original post: Seed corn available for Iowa NWTF members

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%excerpt% Excerpt from: NWTF Nebraska to invest more than $148,000 in state projects in 2012

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%excerpt% Continue reading here: NWTF Missouri to invest $215,000 in state projects in 2012