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Photos Made From Bees And Trees

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Photography, Yossi Milo, Video, Bees, New York Art Exhibitions, Trees and Honeybees, New Photography, Nature, Matthew Brandt, Contemporary Art, Surrealism, Slideexpand, Lakes, Arts News

While photography normally maintains a distance between the representation and the thing itself, Matthew Brandt's works submerge his message in his me...

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Turning 40: Avoiding a Midlife Crisis for the Clean Water Act

Mekell Mikell | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Omb, Mississippi River Delta, Epa, Chesapeake Bay, The Standells, National Wildlife Federation, Prairie Pothole, Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Basin, Clean Water Act, Wildlife, Wetlands, Streams, Lakes, Video, Green News
Mekell Mikell

Before the Clean Water Act, pollution was so bad that water bodies like the Cuyahoga River in Ohio and the Charles River in Massachusetts caught on fire faster than a batch of birthday candles.

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Reconsidering Romania

Jeanine Barone | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Hiking, Medieval, Parks, Wine, Romania, Skiing, Lakes, Gardens, Video, Romania Travel, International Destinations, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Jeanine Barone

As countries go, Romania often gets a bad rap. But on a recent visit, I found a different Romania, one with bucolic valleys, scenic mountain villages, fine wines, verdant parks and chic boutique hotels.

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Six Experiences In Montenegro's Loveliest Corner

Jeanine Barone | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Hiking, Walking, Bird Watching, Lakes, Medieval, Montengro, Beaches, Wine, Boats, Wine Country, Europe Travel, Croatia, Travel Blogs, Adriatic, Southern Europe, Churches, Europe, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Jeanine Barone

Chicory, Leopard's bane and other wildflowers dot the landscape. Tiny garden farms are the norm, with many growing patches of potatoes, tomatoes, beets, and green peas.

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Lee Speigel

Forget Loch Ness! You Can Probably Find A Real Monster In A Lake Close To Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Piranha, Video, Pink River Dolphin, Catfish, Stingray, Electric Eels, Animal Planet, River Monsters, Jeremy Wade, Tigerfish, Congo, Slidepollajax, Amazon, Lakes, Weird News News

You don't have to travel all the way to Scotland's Loch Ness to search for a real monster. There may be one lurking in water much closer to home. F...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Darlene Lim -- Exploring the Watery Depths of Limnology

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exploration, SETI Institute, Earth Science, Nasa, Microbialites, Astrobiology, Geobiology, Limnology, Space Science, Science, Mars Analog, Lakes, Pavilion Lake Research Project, Technology News
SETI Institute

By Gail Jacobs Dr. Darlene Lim is a geobiologist and limnologist at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute. Her ...

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Florida Lake: Could It Kill Again?

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floods, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Water, US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Dike, Lakes, Great Depression, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Something like Swiss cheese develops and down comes the Lake Okeechobee dike with the potential, the Army Corps says, for severe flooding with significant loss of life and immense property damage.

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PHOTOS: World's Most Beautiful Lakes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Most Beautiful Lakes, Slidefullscreen, Lakes, Travel News

Lakes are one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world. And because we live in a city between two rivers, we don't get to see lakes too ofte...

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PHOTOS: 7 Legendary Lakes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legendary Lakes, Slidepollajax, Lakes, Travel News

We've all heard about the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, but how many of us know the dramatic story behind Lake Kariba, Africa's largest man-made rese...

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Half of All Fish In U.S. Lakes Are Toxic

Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pbts, Health, Fish, Epa, Mercury, Pregnancy, Coal-Fired-Power-Plants, Lakes, Pcbs, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Wendy Gordon

A new EPA study found 268 bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals--notably mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and furans--in fish from a national sampling of 500 lakes and reservoirs.

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Saving the Lakes of Udaipur, "World's Best City"

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Environment, India, Rajasthan, Lakes, Green News
Perry Garfinkel

A series of beautiful lakes in Udaipur, Rajasthan are in danger. These lakes a major magnet to the city -- one of the reasons 1.2 million tourists who visited the city last year nicknamed it "Venice of the East."

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Power Plants Don't Have to Suck (Literally)

Steve Fleischli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Closed Cycle Cooling, Once-Through Cooling, Epa, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Power Plants, Obama Administration, Lake Erie, California, Lakes, Rivers, Cooling Water Intake, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Electric Utilities, Fisheries, Estuaries, Riverkeeper, Green News
Steve Fleischli

Collectively, the power industry sucks in approximately 80 trillion gallons of water annually to cool their equipment. In the process, they kill on a massive scale fish, larvae and other aquatic organisms.

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NRDC's Beach Report Out Today

Nancy Stoner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beachprotection, Beachwater, Beachreport, Waterprogram, Swimming, Beachwater Quality, Beaches, Climate Change, Travel, Oceans, Climate Change Bill, Best Beaches, Lakes, Green News
Nancy Stoner

I'm guessing human or animal waste in the waves that can send you running to the bathroom, doctor's office -- or worse -- the emergency room, isn't part of your get-a-way daydream.

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Balancing Our Kids' Nature Deficit

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rivers, Hiking, Children, Kids, Water, Books, Nature-Deficit Disorder, Camping, Oceans, Parenting, Outdoors, Lakes, Green News
Avital Binshtock

How can you ensure that your children don't end up deprived of outdoor experiences? Here are four ideas for getting your kids away from the video games and out into nature instead.

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Supreme Court OKs Dumping Mining Waste In Lakes

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Lower Slate Lake, Gold Mining Company, Dump, Gold Mining, Supreme Court Ruling, Mining, Coeur Alaska Inc, Clean Water Act, Lakes, Green News

WASHINGTON — A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acr...

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