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Backyard Bird Count

The Great Backyard Bird Count begins TODAY. Last year, 603 varieties were recorded on more than 97,000 check lists, for a total of 11, 233,000 birds. One million eight hundred thousand American Robins were counted this year, more than any… Continue reading

More on Coal

Yesterday, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans to curb carbon emissions from U.S. power and industrial plants. The guidelines for greenhouse emissions regulations for existing coal plants won’t take effect until July but Republicans are up in arms because… Continue reading