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Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate
By David Stringer - Associated Press Writer
November 22, 2009
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
Ukraine’s ‘hot air’ bedevils global climate deal
By Arthur Max - Associated Press Writer
November 22, 2009
Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he’s a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
Poll: Americans say sometimes it isn’t easy being green
By H. Josef Hebert - Associated Press Writer
November 18, 2009
Sometimes it’s easier to think green than be green.
Super sites for green living
McClatchy Newspapers
November 16, 2009
Here are some go-to sites for environmentally friendly living:
Kansas conservation activist Jan Garton dies at 59
By John Green - Hutchinson News
11:34 a.m., November 11, 2009 Updated 12:23 p.m.
Most tourists don’t know it, but they owe their enjoyment of the Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands to Jan Garton’s tenacity. The wetland, a major stopping point for migrating birds in the Central Flyway, was drying up and state wildlife officials seemed resigned to it, which is where Garton came in.
Algae’s energy potential blooms
KU researchers seeing green in alternative biofuel project
By Mark Fagan
November 9, 2009
Kansas University researchers are working to turn microbes from treated sewage into a commercially viable biofuel, fluid that one day could be used to power the nation’s cars, trucks, airplanes and other modes of transportation.
‘Bag Lady’ recycles plastic into new totes
By Shawn Linenberger
November 8, 2009
Karen Parrett is taking used plastic bags and turning them into … plastic bags.
Environmental groups at odds over climate message
By David A. Fahrenthold - The Washington Post
November 7, 2009
A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the Senate balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change. Is this REALLY the time to talk about the threat of climate change?
Cranes cause hunting to stop at refuge
November 6, 2009
Hunting has been temporarily halted at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge to protect more than a dozen whooping cranes spotted at the refuge.
Soil samples to help save Potter Lake
By Christine Metz
November 5, 2009
Kansas University scientists who travel all over the state gathering data on lakes stayed home on Wednesday conducting research in their backyard. What they found was enough silt in Potter Lake to fill roughly 600 dump trucks with mud.
KU team delves into ice sheet research
By Jill Hummels
November 1, 2009
A team of Kansas University researchers is in the midst of playing a special role in monitoring the health of the planet. It began with “mowing the lawn.”
City, contractor secure ‘clean diesel’ grants
Staff reports
October 28, 2009
The city of Lawrence and a contractor from Eudora will receive federal money to help reduce emissions in their diesel-burning vehicles, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Tuesday.
Obama team: U.S. needs bill to lead in clean energy
By H. Josef Hebert and Dina Cappiello - Associated Press Writers
October 28, 2009
The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats over the bill’s costs.
Kansans hope bison will develop Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve into a tourist destination
13 bison brought from South Dakota to Kansas to start a new herd
By Chad Lawhorn
October 27, 2009
Leaders from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City are in South Dakota to collect 20 of the bison — more informally, buffalo — from this unique herd of about 500 to start a new herd in Kansas.
Deer in the spotlights: KU to conduct census
By Mark Fagan
October 27, 2009
Kansas University students literally will shine a spotlight on the area’s deer this week, part of an annual deer census.

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