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My folder of articles that I wanted to talk about is filling up much quicker than I can blog! So here, presented without comment are a number of news stories that you guys might find interesting (and also a picture of a wildflower from Shadmoor State Park taken yesterday).




It’s hard to believe but there are folks out there who don’t consider evolution to be valid science theory. Here’s the story of one teacher’s quest to address that.

Thomas Friedman wrote about John McCain’s energy policy earlier this week in the Times.

A story detailing how anoxic regions, or lifeless bodies of water where oxygen levels are near zero, have been increasing globally in recent years.

A U.S. Court of Appeals dealt a major blow to the Bush administration’s policies regarding their regulation or perhaps more accurately de-regulation of the Clean Air Act.

Stories like these will become more common as humans continue to push into regions that were previously wild.

And lastly, check out John Carroll’s photo-journal detailing his great research work on scallops in the Peconics.