published October 18, 2010 and has No Comments
President Obama at the Grand Canyon, photo: US Embassy in Bolivia / Creative Commons . Considering the dismal state of American knowledge of climate change science , and seeming dwindling enthusiasm for science and math more broadly, every little bit of effort helps: Towards that, the White House is hosting a science fair and President Obama hi... Read the ...
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Michael Graham Richard As most readers have probably heard or read by now, yesterday was a dramatic day at the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters of TreeHugger's parent company, Discovery Communications. Early in the afternoon a lone man, later identified to be James J. Lee , entered the building, brandishing a pistol and carrying explosives, and began taking hostages. ...
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published April 15, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Stefan Powell via flickr. The second of this Sunday's episodes of Life over on the Discovery Channel (9pm ET) focuses on primates: Baboons in Ethiopia, Japanese macaques (you know, snow monkeys), leaf monkeys with bright orange babies, and lemurs are all covered. Our closest relatives are surely fascinating, but unfortunately we don't always play so well with them:... ...
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published November 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Discovery News/DCI At a time when many newspapers and other news organizations are cutting back, Discovery Communications has decided to step out and fill an increasingly empty niche. The launch of Discovery News signals a new commitment to covering the latest science and technology news with original reporting and features.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published November 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Discovery News/DCI At a time when many newspapers and other news organizations are cutting back, Discovery Communications has decided to step out and fill an increasingly empty niche. The launch of Discovery News signals a new commitment to covering the latest science and technology news with original reporting and features.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published May 14, 2009 and has No Comments
John Hendricks, the NFF's Chief Kimbell and Secretary Tom Vilsack. Photo courtesy Discovery Communications. Discovery Communications is loaded with tons of talented, bright minds (wink, wink) so it’s no surprise really that its founding father and chairman, John Hendricks, was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Forest Foundation (NFF). As if charging up the ...
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published April 22, 2009 and has No Comments
Happy Earth Day! For Earth Day this year, Discovery is launching a new page called Discovery Green , and I have the pleasure to be in charge of it. For those of you won't don't know me, I've been with TreeHugger since 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, I was editor-in-chief, and I'm now editor of the Science & Technology ...
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published April 7, 2009 and has No Comments
Starting up right on time for Earth Day is Planet Green's fan-favorite shows, including Emeril Green, Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff, Greensburg, Renovation Nation, and Wa$ted. Read on for when you can start getting your green TV fix. ...
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Second Season of Favorite Planet Green Shows Starting for Earth Day
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published March 17, 2009 and has No Comments
What effect will climate change have on both the populated and less-populated parts of the US? Tom Brokaw will delve into it. Photo: Bruce Tuten via flickr Want an hour-long update on the state of the world''s knowledge on climate change and/or have a thing for Tom Brokaw? Then sit yourself down in front of the television on Wednesday, ...
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