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French Sailor Starts Solo Trip Across Pacific [VIDEO]

Mar 3rd 2011 – 7:20AM
AP

AP

Anne Quemere, a French sailor, embarked on her solo voyage in a kite boat from Peru's Pacific coast to Tahiti on Wednesday. The 44-year-old is attempting to sail from Peru to Tahiti in just over two months, depending on the winds.

Storm System Moving Across US Brings Threat of Tornadoes, Flooding

By Paul YeagerFeb 24th 2011 – 9:44AM
NOAA

NOAA

Spring storms are notorious for producing a wide array of dangerous weather, ranging from powerful thunderstorms and flooding rain to heavy snow, and a spring-like storm system moving out of the Plains and through the East will produce some of each today and Friday. Tornadoes are a threat for eastern Arkansas, northern...

Sockeye Surprise: Salmon Return in Massive Numbers

By David KnowlesSep 10th 2010 – 8:28PM
Ian Smith, ZUMA Press

Ian Smith, ZUMA Press

(Sept. 10) -- Call it a miracle of the fishes. For the past three years, the sockeye salmon population plummeted in Canada's Fraser River. In 2009, the number of the red-skinned fish returning to spawn hit just 1.5 million, a 50-year low that seemed to portend the possible end to a way of life for local fisherman and...

2011 Farmers' Almanac Winter Predictions Are In

By Steven HofferAug 30th 2010 – 5:07PM
Olivier Douliery, Abaca Press / MCT

Olivier Douliery, Abaca Press / MCT

(Aug. 30) -- Continuing a tradition almost as reliable as the winter season itself, the "Farmers' Almanac" revealed its annual long-term weather forecast Monday, this year predicting an overall "kinder and gentler" season for the contiguous United States. For the eastern third of the country (New England down to Florida...

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Will Canada Stifle 'Delay And Protest' Against Oil Pipelines?

By Reuters May 11th 2012 - 12:09PM

Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country's environmental review process.

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Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline: Canada's Government Looks To Silence Enbridge Opposition

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 11th 2012 - 12:02PM

Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country's environmental review process.

pacific coast News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 6.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama's Pacific Coast Source: FOX - KTXL 40 - Sacramento CA A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast of Panama on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
  • 05/11/12 Will Canada Stifle 'Delay And Protest' Against Oil... Source: The Huffington Post - Business Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country's environmental review process.
  • 05/11/12 Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline: Canada's Government... Source: The Huffington Post Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country's environmental review process.

Background on pacific coast

A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast bordering the Pacific Ocean.

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