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Entries by Joseph B. Treaster from 12/2009

Hostile Winds Clobber Would-Be Hurricanes; But Next Year?

| Posted 12.04.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Coast, Rainstorms, Atlantic, Knight Foundation, Winds, Knight Center for International Media, Atmosphere, Thunderstorm, Strong, La Nina, Maine, Nicaragua, National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Ida, Season, Impact, Miami, Africa, Central America, Pacific, Alabama, Forecast, El Nino, United States, Global Warming, Quiet, Caribbean, Mobile, Water, Hurricane Bill, Storms, Updraft, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Year, Huffington Post News

MIAMI -- Whatever happened to the 2009 hurricane season? It never amounted to much. And that was kind of a surprise. As the season started in Jun...

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Climbing Kilimanjaro Because Dirty Water Is Killing Children

| Posted 12.11.2009 | World
Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, University of Miami, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Waterboarding, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, World News

MIAMI--Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is l...

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Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, Isabel Lucas on Kilimanjaro

| Posted 12.12.2009 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Waterboarding, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Entertainment News

MIAMI--Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is l...

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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

| Posted 12.14.2009 | Green
Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Water, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Green News

Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses.

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No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

| Posted 12.21.2009 | Green
Read More: Coast, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Category, 2010, Preparedness, Philip J. Klotzbach, Cone of Uncertainty, Gerald Campbell, Katrina, Experts, Mississippi, National Hurricane Center, Season, Miami, Knight Center for International, Depression, Florida, Zone, Complacency, Louisiana, Wind, Develop, Forecast, El Nino, William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Office of Emergency Management, Water, Storms, Atlantic Ocean, Bill, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Green News

Here's the bad news about the quiet, almost peaceful hurricane season in 2009: Right away, people start thinking this is the norm. They start to relax and maybe even make fun of hurricanes.

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Dry Spells, Good Eats Put Everglades Birds In the Mating Mood

| Posted 12.25.2009 | Green
Read More: Population, Restore, Knight Foundation, Crayfish, Peter Frederick, Knight Center for International Media, Birds, Conservation, Dry Spell, John Ogden, Everglades, Study, Nests, Lakes, Count, Drought, Nest-Building, Mating, Bills, Engineer, Jerry Lorenz, Plume Hunters, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boon, Killing, Miami, Pink, Outlawed, Florida, Biology, Crops, Great Egret, Flows, Ibis, Rivers, Legs, Water, Minnows, Wood Stork, South Florida Water Management District, Food, Wading, Mark I. Cook, Audubon, Green News

MIAMI--Drought, that killer of crops, destroyer of rivers and lakes, may turn out to have its good points - particularly in the Florida Everglades. ...

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