Carbon trading market expands to Chicago, Mexico City
The city of Chicago and Mexico City are joining the Chicago Climate Exchange, a voluntary market for trading emissions of greenhouse gases which are linked to global warming.
Early American Thanksgiving: a labor of love
Thanksgiving in particular was a time when pioneer women put in many extra hours to create a special feast for their families - even though the menu really hasn't changed that much.
Lyme disease ticks follow rivers in Midwest
University of Illinois researchers have been following the slow migration of ticks south from the upper Mississippi into the Midwest.
Majority of Ohio soybean genes losing resistance to Phytophthora
OSU researchers recovered Phytophthora isolates from 82 of 86 locations in 20 counties in northwest and southern Ohio. Many of the isolates killed plants carrying six specific resistant genes.
New technology rests beside the old at U.S. Air Force Museum
The U.S. Air Force Museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton projects a striking image of the service's present and future as much as it preserves and portrays the Air Force's past.
Poland historical society holds holiday tour of homes
Seven homes , plus the newly opened Poland Public Library, are on the annual Christmas Tour of Homes scheduled for Dec. 4 and Dec. 5.
Senate farm bill moves to floor
An agriculture program reauthorization bill moved out of the Senate Agriculture Committee strong on conservation measures and $4 billion higher than the House version.
Shepherds symposium to cover scrapie
The 2001 Buckeye Shepherds Symposium held by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Symposium will be Dec. 1 at the Raddisson Columbus Airport.
Taft to sign law strengthening regulation of minerals operations
Senate Bill 83 is the first comprehensive overhaul of the state's industrial minerals law since 1974, and received important support both from the environmental community and Ohio's mining industry.
Tea Leaf Club auction totaled $47,000
The major event of the Tea Leaf Club International annual convention is the Saturday auction, this year divided into afternoon and after dinner sessions.
