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July 25, 2012 10:41 AM
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Exploratory research shows that the negative health effects of fracking may start before before we're even born.
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July 24, 2012 9:34 PM
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Since 1968, WWF Spain had King Juan Carlos as honorary president. But that's all over now. After a vote of 226 to 13, the Spanish branch of the WWF kicked him out.
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July 24, 2012 4:29 PM
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This interesting design idea uses UV rays to kill harmful bacteria in water, all while you're on the move.
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July 24, 2012 4:23 PM
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WASHINGTON — It has been a controversial question in the home real estate market for years: Is there extra green when you buy green? Do houses with lots of energy-saving and sustainability features sell for more than houses without them?
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July 24, 2012 11:26 AM
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The organizers of London 2012 have made sustainability one of their watchwords: whole venues can be dismantled, moved and reused elsewhere. But there are limits to how green an international event can be.
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July 23, 2012 4:40 PM
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How global warming is impacting stock prices - and how it will hurt some, but benefit other companies.
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July 23, 2012 8:55 AM
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Video footage of shocking cruelty taking place at Minnesota-based Christensen Farms was released by Mercy for Animals (MFA), who is now working to get Walmart to stop supporting suppliers who blatantly mistreat animals.
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July 22, 2012 11:51 PM
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An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan broke off Petermann Glacier in Greenland Monday, sparking global warming debate. Photo Credit: dnkemontoh via Flickr.
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July 21, 2012 9:54 AM
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Sunny was a stray shelter mutt with an injured leg and only 48 hours to live before being euthanized. However, her story doesn't end the way you might guess.
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July 21, 2012 10:09 AM
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The number of cases of whooping cough in the US may reach a record high this year...
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July 20, 2012 12:55 PM
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Pollution anywhere on the planet, even far from farms and fields, has an uncanny ability to work itself into the things we eat on a daily basis.
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July 20, 2012 12:19 PM
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The last eighteen months or so have been an adventure of sorts: I stopped eating animals. I won’t say I stopped eating meat, because depending on whom you ask, this may only include red meat, maybe chicken, and probably not fish.
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July 20, 2012 12:29 PM
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In 1962, Rachel Carson began sounding the alarm about the dangers of exposure to chemicals and the failure of the industry and regulators to protect people from those dangers.
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July 25, 2012 10:41 AM
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You may have already suspected this was the case, but now there's some research to back it up.
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July 24, 2012 4:34 PM
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The big dude with the tattoos and a bad case of five o'clock shadow served up a plate of roasted kabocha squash, organic brussels sprouts, a...
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July 24, 2012 4:24 PM
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Since Earthrise was taken we've been so busy warming our world that it now looks radically different from space. We've put so much carbon into the atmosphere that today's astronauts are looking at a different planet.
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July 24, 2012 1:21 PM
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Consumers faced with the opportunity to recycle are likely to increase their resource consumption compared to those who aren’t in the position to do so, states a new study entitled ‘Recycling gone bad’ conducted by the University of California and...
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July 23, 2012 9:50 PM
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People may know him from his HBO series, “Entourage,” some may remember him from a little rom com called “Drive me Crazy” (such as myself), but now Adrian Grenier is making a name for himself as a passionate environmentalist.
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July 23, 2012 2:46 PM
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And amount that should only grow over time. Can we afford not to fix this problem?
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July 23, 2012 12:33 AM
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The mental habits that help us navigate the practical demands of day-to-day life make it difficult to engage with the more remote dangers posed by climate change.
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July 22, 2012 12:11 AM
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Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is...
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July 21, 2012 10:11 AM
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It’s that time of the year again; it’s hot, humid and hazy – the perfect environment for those pesky little mosquitoes, gnats and ticks!
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July 21, 2012 10:07 AM
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Who Gives a Crap needs $100,000 and hopes to attract pre-orders from contributors who, they hope, will be persuaded by the fact that 50% of all profits will go towards constructing toilet facilities in developing countries.
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July 20, 2012 12:37 PM
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A design firm has built itself a 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility from recycled beer bottles.
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July 20, 2012 12:36 PM
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There's more to making a device repairable than allowing consumers to fix it themselves -- it's also about environment, economics, responsibility.
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