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View it in your browser May 27, 2012 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING L.A. Bans the Bags Last week, Los Angeles became the largest city in the U.S. to ban disposable plastic bags from supermarket checkouts. Over the past several years, dozens of cities across the country have taken similar steps to encourage people to bring their own bags when they shop for… Continue Reading » Radioactive Tuna Though it may not be evident in the Japanese sashimi and sushi rolls they typically end up in, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) are one of the world's quickest and largest fish, growing up to 10 feet long and weighing nearly 1,000 pounds. From April to August, the… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS For the Love of Elephants A Touching Memoir About Finding Love, and Saving Animals, in Africa Being at home in nature has never been a problem for Dame Daphne Sheldrick. In her new book, Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), she recounts her life in Kenya surrounded by the African wilderness and its creatures. Central to the… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Connections: Sharing Green Strategies Greentowns Helps People Plug In to Green Happenings Forget those "greenest cities" lists: green efforts are sprouting up everywhere. On greentowns.com, 15,000 communities of all sizes log their environmental initiatives in nine categories: building, energy, lifestyle, connections, water, land and conservation, food,… Continue Reading » Winning for the Water An Interview with U.S. Water Polo Player Betsey Armstrong Betsey Armstrong is a 29-year-old goalkeeper on the U.S. Water Polo team who's headed to her second Olympic Games—the 2012 Games in London—this July. Since attending the University of Michigan, Armstrong not only became serious about water polo, she developed an… Continue Reading » Rising Waters and Political Wrangling Virginia's Middle Peninsula is a Microcosm of Climate Change Impacts and Skepticism Growing up on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, Lewis Lawrence remembers an island in the middle of the Ware River with tree trunks the size of five-gallon buckets. That island has long since vanished beneath the sea. The patch of six counties jutting into the Chesapeake Bay… Continue Reading » E 's Green Home Picks: Airing Out Room-Brightening Baskets, Air Purifiers and Smarter Surge Protectors A Little Aloha By the front door, in the bathroom, in the kid's room—a stylish, sturdy basket is one of a home's most necessary de-cluttering items. These baskets ($24-$30) made by Hawaiian-based Etsy shop ManilaExtract from recycled burlap coffee bags and lined with… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Chemicals in Umbilical Cord Blood Dear EarthTalk: A few years back a study found over 200 chemicals in the umbilical cord of newborns, particularly African American, Asian and Hispanic babies. What are the causes of this phenomenon and what can be done about it? —Bettina Olsen, New York, NY… Continue Reading » Predatory Birds Make Comeback Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is good news about the recovery of bird species like the Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle and others owed to the 1972 ban on DDT. Can you explain? —Mildred Eastover, Bath, ME… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you: Subscribe to our magazine   Order a Free Trial Issue   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851