MiamiHerald.com: Environment http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Environment http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 MiamiHerald.com Environment 60 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:02:08 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[The greening of Guantanamo]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2637528/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2637528/the-greening-of-guantanamo.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:08 EST Solar-powered lights serve as sentries where U.S. Marines once faced-off along the Cuban frontier. A team of Navy cops now rides bikes rather than gas-guzzling patrol cars in the searing Caribbean sunshine.

]]> <![CDATA[After a down year, spoonbill return]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/08/2635288/after-a-down-year-spoonbill-return.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/08/2635288/after-a-down-year-spoonbill-return.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19 EST

An Audubon scientist sees a flash of pink hope in the return of roseate spoonbill to nests on the mangroves dotting Florida Bay

]]> <![CDATA[Planting a garden? What's your rush?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2634289/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2634289/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:06 EST "Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and Seasons" By Felder Rushing (Chelsea Green)

]]> <![CDATA[Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along Calif. coast]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633533/cruise-ships-banned-from-releasing.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633533/cruise-ships-banned-from-releasing.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:26 EST Cruise ships and large commercial vessels will be barred from releasing sewage within three miles of the California coast under a rule signed Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

]]> <![CDATA[Try houseplants as gifts for Valentine's Day and beyond]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2632554/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2632554/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11 EST Why give fresh flowers for Valentine's Day, only to know they will soon die. Instead, give an easy-care houseplant that keeps on living and giving.

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