May 5th, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Bees play an important role in agriculture, pollinating crops and providing us with the natural sweetener, honey. Environmental stresses are taking their tolls on the insects, however, and this year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement has gone to researcher May Berenbaum, who is studying solutions to the bee crisis.

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December 24th, 2010

When teenager Jay Astafovic decided to become a vegetarian and then a vegan, he was working at his family’s New York pizzeria. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports on how he upturned their traditional menu and what he learned along the way:

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November 18th, 2010

From CBS News

Outdoorsman Chris Brackett took on the challenge of hunting Silver Asian Carp and inadvertently created a new sport: Extreme Aerial Bowfishing. John Blackstone reports:

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November 16th, 2010

From CBS 60 Minutes

While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are getting wealthy. Lesley Stahl reports:

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November 14th, 2010

From CBS 60 Minutes

Tim and Christine Ruggiero explain how their dream home turned into a nightmare when drillers arrived and began digging up their land. It turns out the Ruggieros owned the land, but not the rights to the minerals beneath it:

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October 19th, 2010

The Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association will present a discussion about raw milk and renewable energy at its October meeting at TEK Park in Breinigsville. The event will feature Mark Lopez, VMD, along with his wife Elizabeth Lopez, VMD, who own and operate Wholesome Dairy Farm in Yellow House, Penn. The farm produces raw milk from pasture grazed Ayrshire cows and serves the local population by providing healthy raw milk and raw milk cheeses.

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