News: environment-news
5th Graders Push For Plastic Bag Ban
After bag bans have sprouted up at the city level, Californians are now considering a statewide crackdown on plastic bags. We speak with a couple of 5th graders who are pushing to ban them for the good of the environment.
HuffPost Live Highlights
05/23/2013
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Aussie Zoo Shows Off White Rhino Calf
A zoo in Dubbo, Australia has showed off its latest addition - a male white rhino calf, weighing about 110 lbs. Officials say the calf is important to the area's breeding program, especially since poaching is on the rise in Africa. (May 21)
Associated Press
05/21/2013
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Camera Captures Baby Gorillas
A rare treat - two baby mountain gorillas caught on tape playing in a Rwandan national park -- using their resting mother as a springboard. The sequences were filmed by San Diego Zoo's Oliver Ryder during a visit to the Volcanoes National Park.
Reuters
05/20/2013
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Wants To Change The Corporate Tax Code
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's overseas cash holdings and tax bills, the Washington Post reported.
HuffPost Live Highlights
05/17/2013
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Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley may keep the tobacco industry from going up in smoke. Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, trucks and other machines. (May 17)
Associated Press
05/17/2013
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Deadly Twister In Texas
Full Segment: We talk to "The Green Front" radio host & producer Betsy Rosenberg about the tornado in Texas, news that Mount Everest is melting due to climate change and Obama's latest attempts to push the controversial Keystone XL pipeline deal through.
HP Live Segments
05/17/2013
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Cicada Invasion 2013: Brood II Ready To Hatch On East Coast After 17 Years
The Cicada's life cycle is what makes them so fascinating, but it’s the fact that they all emerge out of the ground at the same time in swarms, after years of lying dormant underground, that scares people and gives this flying insect a bad rap. The Cicadas we can expect to see emerging over the next few weeks are specifically categorized as Brood 2, and they wait 17 years underground, living off tree roots, before they are ready to take to the trees, then the skies, in search of a mate.
IBTimesTV
05/16/2013
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