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Bill proposes scarlet tanager as Pennsylvania’s official migratory bird

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By Carolyn Beans Verified
| The Bay Journal Verified
A female scarlet tanager perches on a tree at Codorus State Park in York County, PA. (Henry T. McLin/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) For generations, grade school children across Pennsylvania have learned the official plant and animal symbols for the state, such as the mountain laurel (state flower), brook trout (state fish) and eastern hellbender (the comparatively new state amphibian). Soon, they may have another critter to add to the list: the scarlet tanager. Last March, state Rep.
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Red gold: The world's most expensive spice

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By Carolyn Beans Verified
| TED Talks Art
Spices are often far pricier proportionately than the foods they flavor. But one’s cost has long topped them all. Saffron’s red threads regularly run at rates of over 600 USD an ounce. So what is this so-called “red gold,” and what makes it so expensive? Carolyn Beans digs into the unique biology of saffron and humanity's enduring obsession with the spice. [Directed by Sarah Saidan, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].
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Warehouses add to air pollution in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley

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By Carolyn Beans Verified
| The Bay Journal Verified
Trucks leave warehouses at the Key Logistics Park in Cumberland County, PA. Over the past few decades, Cumberland Valley communities in southcentral Pennsylvania — home to the Interstate 81 corridor through Franklin and Cumberland counties — have seen rapid growth in the number and size of warehouses. The industry, which includes fulfillment and distribution centers, has been a major economic boon. In those two counties, roughly 10% of workers are in the warehouse industry.
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