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Return of Gardentalk
First segment of the season includes a preview of the May 10th Plant Sale
USGS: Okla. Fracking Has Increased Chance Of ‘Damaging Quake’
The U.S. Geological Survey says the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has gone up dramatically in recent months. It says the surge in seismic activity is due in part to fracking and that it has increased the danger of a damaging quake in the central part of the state.
One Man’s Pee Pushes Portland To Flush 38 Million Gallons Of Water
Though they concede it’s unlikely the public was endangered, officials in Portland, Ore., have decided to drain 38 million gallons of water from a reservoir after a young man was observed urinating into it on Wednesday.
BP Says Oil Spill In Lake Michigan Has Been Contained
A BP refinery spilled an unknown amount of oil into Lake Michigan on Monday.
Rare Diamond Points To Mass Quantities Of Water In Earth’s Mantle
It was formed in a region of the mantle known as the transition zone, some 250 to 400 miles below the surface.
Fossil Shows Triassic-Era Sea Creature Gave Birth On Land
An extraordinary find of a fossil of 250-million-year-old air-breathing sea creature shows that it must have given birth on land, not in the sea as long assumed.
Utility study recommends rate increase
Customer rates could go up July 1.
USDA helps bring water and sewer to rural Alaska
USDA works in partnership with communities and the state of Alaska.
Rosetta Space Probe Gets Interplanetary Wake-Up Call
The European Space Agency received the communique from deep space on schedule at 1 p.m. ET from Rosetta, some 500 million miles away on a trajectory to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August. It’s been in sleep mode to conserve power.