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Mercer teacher hopes to never stop learning
kpeek@amnews.comTo never stop learning is the goal for Eve Kersey, a sixth-grade teacher at King Middle School in Harrodsburg. “I love learning, so I’m just going to learn as much as I can. That’s probably why I became a teacher, because I love...Tags: Conservation, Education, Environmental Issues, Siemens, Weather
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 1, 2012
Chandler travel at taxpayer expense Dear editor, Ben Chandler has spent more time learning about global warming in luxurious and exotic locales than he has ever spent, or will spend, anywhere near a coal mine, and he didn’t have to pay for one...
Tags: Coal, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Weather, Politics
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Cross: Clear the air over EPA's actions
FRANKFORT — To hear Kentucky politicians of both parties tell it, the Environmental Protection Agency should be renamed the Economic Destruction Agency. But their recent rhetoric has gone far beyond reality and obscured it.
At issue are the EPA&...Tags: Documentary (genre), Environmental Politics, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Ben Chandler
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In defense of vitriol: Someone has to say it
Contributing columnistIn the wake of the Tucson shooting tragedy, some members of Congress, citing “vitriol,” are calling for legislation to “tone down the rhetoric” of our political debates. But how do you define vitriol? When King George III was...Tags: Sociology, Crime, Law and Justice, Sarah Palin, Minority Groups, Global Warming
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Riekert: It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature
“What do you think of this weather?” said a man in the doctor’s office. “I think Al Gore’s got a lot of explaining to do,” said another man. “But he’s probably afraid to show his face with all this snow.&...Tags: Natural Disasters, Key West, Disasters, Coal, Conservation
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We¿re seeing the consequences of climate change
The Mississippi River has risen to levels never seen in U.S. history — lapping levee tops and threatening cities and hamlets from Memphis to the Gulf. Floodwaters cover an area the size of Connecticut, the result of a record 90 inches of...Tags: Conservation, Floods, Arizona, Utah, Weather Reports
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Energy Saving, Conservation, Alternative Energy, Global Warming
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Leon Panetta, Israel, West Bank, U.S. Military, Global Warming
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Author urges families to take steps for environment
Mary Pipher became one of America's best-known psychologists with books that addressed complex family issues. "Reviving Ophelia" was a groundbreaking call to arms about the societal pressures facing American adolescent girls. It spent three years on The...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., TransCanada Corporation, Conservation, Shrimp, Ecosystems
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Environmental Issues
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Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, State Parks
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The cost of BGE reliability
Baltimore Gas & Electric certainly isn't likely to win any popularity contests. It secured a rate increase from the Public Service Commission in February — its second in the last three years — and turned around and filed a request for...
Tags: Pikesville, Civil and Public Service, Martin O'Malley, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Executive Branch
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