Late last week, the Energy Department issued its final environmental impact statement, rating all four sites acceptable. Federal lawmakers from Illinois now say a 30-day public comment period will start in the middle of this month. Illinois' sites vying for high-tech coal project advance. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Department of Energy tentatively says Illinois and Texas sites vying for a cutting-edge, coal-powered plant known as...

Tides carried the heavy fuel that poured from the ship's oil tank under the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Pacific Ocean, fouling miles of coastline, closing several beaches, canceling weekend outdoor events and threatening thousands of birds and other marine life. Coast Guard, which was criticized for its response to the 58,000-gallon spill, acknowledged miscommunication with local officials but insisted it didn't impede their efforts to corral the oil. military convoy in eastern...

Culp said the bookstore will provide environmental educational material as well as mementos as people visit the complex. The big advantage with the new facility is we will have modern, updated exhibits, using the latest technology as far as the type of media that we can use on the new exhibits. The new visitor s center will overlook one of the pine savannas that we actually manage with fire to support the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane. Crane refuge nearing completion of $3M office,...

On the ground, postdoctoral researcher Richard Holland and his team followed close behind in two vehicles that looked like something out of a "Star Wars" movie, equipped with antennae and tracking apparatuses. The 30 sparrows that were the focus of this particular experiment were "kidnapped" from Seattle while they were in the progress of migrating to their wintering grounds in the southwestern United States. Now, more than a year later, their research has shed new light on the more...

Watermark Cambridge includes 330 rental apartments ranging from studios to two-bedroom units as well as 10,000 square feet of retail space at ground level and a second-floor health spa that establishes a signature identity for a dynamic new neighborhood serving nearby MIT and a burgeoning research community. Watermark Cambridge was designed as a high-tech billboard for the overall development which is largely comprised of traditional, low-rise brick buildings. Set back from the Charles...

You can decrease pond algae problems through the maintenance of adequate alkalinity and pH by liming the pond, along with aeration to prevent stratification. There is a touch of irony here since my training as a plant physiologist dealt primarily with the ecology of algae, so I find at this point in my career I have spent about the same amount of time studying how to make algae grow as how to kill them. However, regardless of the preventive measures a pond owner uses, algae problems can...

After receiving permission from the school district's board of directors, they agreed and took on a building project and wildlife monitoring and habitat construction. story continues below Bridges now cross the stream making it possible for nature lovers to reach a pavilion that was built by the instructors and a changing group of students. As a result of the project, four beaver dams as well as muskrat lodges have been constructed by the habitants and bluebird, purple martin and wood duck...

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But from the deer's perspective, or the beaver's or the raccoon's, the value is somewhat closer to bone - a home, a grocery store, a livelihood all wrapped into one, nothing short of survival. The city just invested about $1 million to buy 28 acres and 1,000 feet of river a bit farther upstream, and already has trails built or planned around much of the town, into updown, through downtown, linking business with pleasure, storefront to riverfront. On the other side of that forest front,...