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    Environment

    Slideshow • environment • Science & Technology • ISSUE 46•17 • May 4, 2010
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    • Department Of The Exterior Opens U.S. National Park In Norway

      WASHINGTON—Formed in the mid-1800s, the DOE is dedicated to securing federally protected status for vast tracts of land overseas for use as public property.
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    • 'How Bad For The Environment Can Throwing Away One Plastic Bottle Be?' 30 Million People Wonder

      WASHINGTON—"It's fine, it's fine," thought Maine native Sheila Hodge, echoing the exact sentiments of Chicago-area resident Phillip Ragowski, recent Florida transplant Margaret Lowery, and Kansas City business owner Brian McMillan. "It's just one bottle. And I'm usually pretty good about this sort of thing."
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    • Shell Executives Accuse Oil-Covered Otter Of Playing It Up

      OAK HARBOR, WA—
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    • Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs

      ZACKENBERG RESEARCH STATION, GREENLAND—According to oceanographers, the Arctic Circle has been devastated by the effects of global warming in recent years, threatening hundreds of men and women who use the frozen tundra as a place to conduct bizarre experiments in human-animal grafting or carry out massive government cover-ups.
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    • New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Littering

      NEW YORK—Consumers are now able to discard their refuse wherever they please, knowing it will safely decompose in 10 to 20 years.
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    • New, Delicious Species Discovered

      MANAUS, BRAZIL—An international team of scientists conducting research in the Amazon River Basin announced the discovery of a formerly unknown primate species inhabiting a remote jungle area roughly 300 miles from Manaus Monday. According to scientists in Manaus, the new species, Ateles saporis, is
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    • Sea-Going Turtle Under Fire For Egg Abandonment

      OCALA, FL—State welfare agencies expressed outrage Monday over the discovery that a local sea turtle had "deliberately and recklessly abandoned" her six unborn children on an Ocala beach last Thursday.
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    • Larva Acting Like It Knows Everything About Chewing Leaves

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    • Redwood Tree Completes 300-Year Plan To Lean Slightly To Left

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    • Brave Mountain Lion Fends Off Group Of Hikers

      EUREKA, CA—Armed with nothing more than four-inch claws, razor-sharp teeth, and a 5.4-meter vertical leap, the lion defensively lunged at the adult male hiker.
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