Beekeepers abuzz over sweet hobby
There are 400 or so members of the Memphis Area Beekeepers Association who devote time to hundreds of thousands of honeybees that live across the city.
Topic: environment
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August 2024
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May 2024
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Data centers will gobble more energy. Powering them can be a problem
As more data centers are built in the U.S., they’re consuming more energy. And in Shelby County, RWE’s Graceland Solar project unwittingly became a case study for how new facilities might be powered.
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March 2024
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‘Compost Fairy’ returns, but on a smaller scale
Compost Fairy Mike Larrivee once had more than 2,000 customers. After he announced the business’ return, more than 100 people signed up within days, and he’s got a waitlist of hundreds more.
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February 2024
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Billions of cicadas will emerge in the Mississippi River basin this spring
Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will emerge together in the U.S. for the first time in 221 years. Memphis, however, won’t see cicadas outside of our normal ones until 2028.
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December 2023
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Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year
But moving mountains of sand during historic low water levels creates its own problems.
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October 2023
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Mississippi River hits new low in Memphis, breaks last month’s record
Even as the Corps was still confirming data from September’s record low, it registered a new reading Tuesday that was even lower.
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Leaf peeping in Shelby County: Where to see the seasons change
With fall’s arrival, the leaf peeping season is almost here.
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June 2023
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Wildfire smoke a reminder climate change is ‘on our doorstep now’
As the Shelby County Health Department cautions sensitive groups to reduce outdoor air exposure on Friday, June 9, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, some scientists question whether the whole idea of “wildfire season” still applies.
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May 2023
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DeSoto County, Horn Lake opt out of multibillion-dollar federal grant
During phase two of the grant program, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, each jurisdiction could potentially be awarded up to $100 million.
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April 2022
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Shelby Farms hosts park cleanup for Earth Day 2022
Caroline Norris, director of Sales and Events for Shelby Farms, said Earth Day 2022’s theme of #InvestInOurPlanet encompasses the park’s mission to keep the environment clean.
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November 2019
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Harris bringing reinforcements for county commission pitch on transit funding
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.
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March 2019
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State, city: Raleigh Town Center work harming streams
Both state and city inspectors have raised environmental issues in the way that Zellner Construction is handling water runoff in building Raleigh Town Center.
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