Kelly's green Xcel Pioneer Press
The greening of Xcel Energy is driven by a chief executive who doesn't seem like a typical environmentalist. Dick Kelly owns a Jeep Grand Cherokee and drives it to work every day. He's an accountant by training and a registered Republican. He prefers shined black oxfords to Birkenstocks.
Field Trip Plants Seed For Love Of Nature The Tampa Tribune
RIVERVIEW - With a few squeals and gasps, an entourage of young adventurers crossed a 50-year-old wooden bridge in single file, preparing to immerse themselves in a natural world they rarely experience.
AREA BRIEFS Dallas Morning News
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is collecting toys that will be donated to local chapters of the Boys & Girls Club of America as part of its partnership with the 13th annual Today Show Toy Drive.
Help! For Your Trip The Myrtle Beach Sun News
The Lehi Hutchings Museum will add 25,000 fossils to its collection - a $500,000 gift from a Utah man who spent his life collecting the specimens.
Humpback Whales Have Brain Cells Also Found In Humans Science Daily
A new study compared a humpback whale brain with brains from several other cetacean species and found the presence of a certain type of neuron cell that is also found in humans. This suggests that certain cetaceans and hominids may have evolved side by side.
Birth Pangs Of Earth's Crust: Underwater Eruption Gives Scientists First Look At Seafloor Formation Science Daily
Researchers studying formation of the Earth's crust have made the first direct seismic observations of an eruption along the mid-ocean ridge when two-thirds of their ocean bottom seismometers were trapped in a lava flow.
Meteorite days strike Morris Township Daily Record
MORRIS TWP. -- Derek Yoost is not quite your typical rock collector. The ones he seeks are from outer space. "Meteorites -- that's my passion," he said. "It's just interesting to have a piece of science in my own house."
Momentum builds for SNP as poll puts party 5% up on Labour The Scotsman
ALEX Salmond is on course to become First Minister next May, according to a new opinion poll today for The Scotsman.
Green Energy The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The steam plumes rising from The Geysers geothermal field may be accompanied in a few years by another conspicuous sight - wind turbines as high as 30-story buildings.
EUTHANASIA DEATH SHOCKS COMMUNITY Isle of Wight County Press
By Lorraine Parker FELLOW fossil collectors and neighbours have this week spoken of their shock at the death of Dave Richards, the Freshwater man who flew to Switzerland to undergo voluntary euthanasia.
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