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Turbine expansion said to threaten birds
Oct 29 2007 7:53PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Wind energy may be emerging as an important alternative power source for the Northwest, but there are concerns about the danger to hawks and eagles as turbines expand to wild areas of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Researchers study bat colony in Wash.
Oct 29 2007 7:53PM (CT)
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - Researchers are studying a colony of bats that live in an underground concrete structure at the Hanford nuclear reservation in hopes of determining how to provide a new home for them once the structure is demolished.
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Astronauts to look at solar wing gears
Oct 29 2007 7:52PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA asked its orbiting astronauts Monday to take a closer look at the gears that control the international space station's solar wings to try to find out what's grinding inside and causing steel chips to clog the system.
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Astronauts to look at solar wing gears
Oct 29 2007 7:52PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA asked its orbiting astronauts Monday to take a closer look at the gears that control the international space station's solar wings to try to find out what's grinding inside and causing steel chips to clog the system.
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Group acquires property along Ala. river
Oct 29 2007 5:30PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Forever Wild Land Trust has purchased nearly 10,000 acres of mountain and aquatic habitat along the Coosa River to protect it from development, state conservation officials announced Monday
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Researchers sell butterfly naming rights
Oct 29 2007 4:54PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Researchers who helped discover a new species of Mexican butterfly are offering to sell the naming rights to raise money to fund more research.
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Panel urges end to nuke waste proposal
Oct 29 2007 3:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A panel of the National Academy of Sciences urged President Bush on Monday to abandon an ambitious plan to resume nuclear waste reprocessing that is the heart of the administration's push to expand the civilian use of nuclear power.
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