Run For Life
Run For Life race raises awareness for organ donation and celebrates life! Marquette, MI – Saturday morning June 13th runners and walkers young and old will be turning out at the Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park for one of the summer’s most enjoyable family-oriented race events, the 4th annual Run For Life race. This annual […]
Marquette Welcomes Elegant New Antique Shop
Marquette, MI – Marquette antiques and decorating enthusiasts have reason to celebrate this month. On May 2, area antique dealers Richard and Pat Hennessy and Steve LaForais opened a second location for their popular shop, Birdcage Antiques and Eclectic Décor. Their new, high-end antique store shares space with Karen Larson Interior Design at 1508 W. […]
Melting in Antarctica to raise sea levels
One of the largest ice shelves in Antarctica is under threat, thinning dramatically on both sides, its surface and beneath. The ice shelf is called Larsen C and its two neighbours, Larsen A and B have already collapsed in 1995 and 2002. A study by the British Antarctic Survey has found that the ice shelf […]
As Climates Change, Ticks Will Come Out To Play
With the summer approaching quicker than you can say ‘beach bod’, the fear of shark attacks will inevitably rear its sharply pointed head again. Yet for all the hubbub surrounding them, the actual frequency of attacks in the United States is, and has remained, embarrassingly low. Only 53 authenticated, unprovoked attacks were documented in 2013, […]
‘War is the industry of death!’ Pope Francis tells children
Peace: how to build it and how to maintain it. That was the focus of a special audience with Pope Francis. Some 7,000 children of several nationalities gathered to listen to the Pontiff’‘s address at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City. A number of them introduced themselves to the Pope in Italian. During the course […]
Exposed! Walmart Bottled Water Comes from Sacramento Municipal Supply
Exposed! Walmart Bottled Water Comes from Sacramento Municipal Supply WalMart is facing questions tonight after CBS13 learns the company draws its bottled water from a Sacramento water district during California’s drought. According to the label, the water comes from the Sacramento Municipal Water Supply. This comes on the heels of Starbucks opting to move sourcing […]
Sea rise threatens Florida coast, but no statewide plan
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) – America’s oldest city is slowly drowning. St. Augustine’s centuries-old Spanish fortress sits feet from the encroaching Atlantic, whose waters already flood the city’s narrow streets about 10 times a year – a problem worsening as sea levels rise. The city relies on tourism, but visitors might someday have to […]
Drought Puts Brazil’s Largest City On The Brink
Instead of rain, São Paulo has cracked earth and chaos as a devastating drought is making enemies out of neighbors in Brazil’s largest city, the site of a historic water shortage the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades. Many residents have gone to drastic measures to hoard the precious commodity in the face […]
Major Food Companies Fail To Confront Drought Crisis: Report
On California’s carrot farms, sprawling fields of orange and leafy green vegetables are turning to a shriveled brown. Cattle are vanishing from Texas pastures, where grasses have given way to dirt and dust. Across the western U.S. and around the world, enduring drought and water scarcity are straining the operations of major food companies. Yet […]
Is Pennsylvania Well Contamination Due To Fracking?
Scientists in Pennsylvania say they’ve found a clear link between natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and local groundwater contamination. Samples of drinking water near three houses in Bradford County showed traces of a drilling chemical used in the fracking process, suggesting the compound had leaked from poorly built natural gas wells into […]
