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Ford Rouge Complex Hosting 80,000 Honeybees

Honeybees have been on the decline in the United States for more than three decades from colony collapse disorder, parasites, pests, pathogens, poor nutrition and pesticides, but two beehives installed at Ford Rouge Plant are helping a honeybee population of 80,000 survive. Continue reading

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Gulf after BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Needs Help

The plan calls for stopping wetland development, reducing the flow of nutrients from farming, and working with individual states to develop or implement coastal improvement plans. Continue reading

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