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May 06, 2012


WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING
A Dramatic Whale Rescue

entangled                                                            whale

Last Friday, an adult 40-ton, 40-foot gray whale was rescued after swimming hundreds of miles along California’s coast while tangled in 120 feet of fishing line. The whale, nicknamed June, was tangled for over two weeks before he was freed from the fishing line by crab…

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Air Pollution Holding Back Global Warming

air                                                            pollution

Over the eastern half of the U.S., a massive patch of air pollution held back the immediate impacts of global warming for many decades, according to a new report by climate scientists from Harvard University. The thick cloud of particulates, blamed for acid rain and a…

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FEATURED BLOGS
Starving Farmers



Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director of the FoodFirst Institute for Food and Development Policy, says that of the one billion people who are chronically hungry, 70% are farmers!

Now in the world of counterintuitive facts, that’s astounding.

Why? Among other reasons…

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE
Sharing Green Patents
Opening Up Technology Patents Is a Win for the Environment



This past year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted nearly 250,000 new patents—allowing various innovations to be exclusively owned by an organization or individual. These patents form the backbone of our consumer society, but, until now, they haven’t offered…

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This Is Your Ocean on Acid
As Emissions Continue to Rise, the World’s Oceans Are Becoming Corrosive, Threatening Shellfish, Corals and the Entire Ocean Food Web



On most days, Bill Dewey can be found wearing waist-high waders and inspecting Manila clams—the West Coast version of the littleneck—at his Washington clam farm, Chuckanut Shellfish. Under an arrangement that’s unique to the state, Dewey owns 32 acres of tidelands.…

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Fuel: Why Gas Prices Are Rising
Hint: It’s All About the Exports



In 2011, the U.S. exported more petroleum products than it imported for the first time in over six decades, according to the Petroleum Supply Monthly February report by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA). Petroleum products were ranked second in value, behind…

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Resistant To Change
Ocean Acidification Is a Product of Our Emissions, but There’s Little Will to Change Our Ways



Rob Jackson, Ph.D., is the Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change at Duke University and a professor in the Biology Department. He is also a co-chair of the Carbon Cycle Science Working Group—a group of researchers who recommend carbon cycle priorities for the…

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EARTHTALK Q&A
Drilling in the Arctic Ocean
Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on?



Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on?

—Vera Bailey, New Hope, PA

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Bring Fair Trade to Your Supermarket
Dear EarthTalk: What is the “Fair Trade Your Supermarket” campaign?



Dear EarthTalk: What is the “Fair Trade Your Supermarket” campaign?

—Brian Howley, Washington, DC

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