The fate of environmental journalism under threat?
Last week, the New York Times announced it was closing down its environmental desk and reassigning the reporters and editors. The Times argues that the decision will put the onus of covering...
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Online survey asks Pennsylvanians, ‘how’s your water?’
John Keith of McSherrystown fishes at Lake Marburg in Codorus State Park as fog rises over the water during the early morning hours in November. Photo by EVENING SUN — TYLER SIZEMOREThe Penn State...
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What’s the value of a tree?
Sunlight filters through the red leaves of a Japanese maple tree at Rockelman’s Nursery in 2012. DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – CHRIS DUNN Zane Cantler, owner of Out of a Limb tree service, trims a tree...
View ArticleDo tiny homes offer big rewards?
I live in a small apartment. I’ve got a little kitchen, a compact laundry and storage room, an average bathroom, a bedroom and a open living room area. But sometimes, my small apartment just feels too...
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Eat It! York County: Maple sap thievery?
A sugar maple tree is tapped and ready for the 2006 run. By ButterflySha via Flickr Creative Commons. After a pitiful maple run in 2012, maple farmers have been experiencing a much better run this...
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What’s your Chesapeake Bay footprint?
The Chesapeake Bay, just downstream from York, Pa. Photo By eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons.As residents of the Susquehanna River valley, all the runoff from our roads, fields,...
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Earth Day events in and around York, Pa.
Sisters Kairi Ciaramella, 4, left, and Merrielle Ciaramella, 7, take a break from gardening to play in a dirt pile. Photo by Allison Baker — Lebanon Daily News Originally posted on the Smart magazine...
View ArticleBike to Work Week: Day 1
I am really looking forward to Bike to Work Week this year. I try to cycle commute most of the time. It doesn’t always work. I can be swayed to abandon my bike by rain or biting winds just as much as...
View ArticleAtmospheric CO2 concentrations just passed 400 parts per million
On Thursday, something changed. Did you notice? Was it harder to breathe? Feel a little warmer? Did the seas rise a little higher? Didn’t you see that? Me either. The change was too subtle. And yet,...
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Tales of a cycle commuter: Just pretend I’m grandma
I try to ride my bike to work as often as I can throughout the year. In the summer, I see a few more cyclists out for exercise or commuting. But there’s never enough bikes on the road to be a constant...
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