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January 9, 2013
2012: Hottest Year on Record for Continental U.S.

Temperatures across the continental United States soared in 2012 to an all time high, making last year the warmest year on record for the country by a wide margin, scientists say. (Related: "July Hottest Month on Record in U.S.—Warming and Drought to Blame?")

January 9, 2013
Errant Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground Off Alaska

Published January 2, 2013: Aground Off Alaska By: Marianne Lavelle

Photograph courtesy Jonathan Klingenberg, U.S. Coast Guard

Waves lash at the sides of the Shell* drilling rig Kulluk, which ran aground off the rocky southern coast of Alaska on New Year's Eve in a violent storm.

November 12, 2012
Food Labels Confuse Consumers As 'Eco-Label' Options Multiply

Want to avoid pesticides and antibiotics in your produce, meat, and dairy foods? Prefer to pay more to make sure farm animals were treated humanely, farm workers got their lunch breaks, bees or birds were protected by the farmer and that ranchers didn't kill predators?

October 30, 2012
Legacy 2013 Grant Recpients Announced

Legacy is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Mini and Competitive Grants.

October 30, 2012
Two Alabamians, Henton and Alcoa Named White House Champions For Change

Two Alabamians, Henton and Alcoa Named White house Champions For Change

October 4, 2012
Conservation leaders work together to ensure future for waterfowl in boreal forest

As part of the organizations' ongoing partnership to protect key waterfowl habitats in Canada's boreal forest, Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall and The Pew Charitable Trusts CEO Rebecca Rimel teamed up to write a special report for CNN.com addressing the new strategic plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) announced by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Aug. 13.

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