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View it in your browser June 17, 2012 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING New Arctic Forests Pose Climate Change Problems Bringing forests back has long been though to help combat climate change. Trees absorb the most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, helping to pull the heat-trapping gas from the atmosphere, the logic goes. This is why forests are usually expected to act as carbon sinks.… Continue Reading » The Reality of Rio International commitments toward environmental conservation could be on the horizon this week, with an estimated 50,000 people and over 130 world leaders set to attend the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Conference on Sustainability and Development in Rio de… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Awakening Awareness The Clearwater Festival Is the Perfect Merging of Music and Environmental Awareness, Particularly for Kids I had plans to sit and enjoy several bands at Sunday's Clearwater Festival, but my going-on-6-year-old had other ideas. Instead, we began at one of several playgrounds on site, enjoying the sounds of Balkan Beat Box rising over the hill as our infant daughter napped and… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Spring Things Stylish Totes, Picnic Picks and Better Bottles PICNIC PICKS Heading out for a spring picnic or packing a lunch for the office? We hope it's the former, but in either case, the U-Konserve collection from Kids Konserve has what you need to make your lunching simultaneously eco-friendly and stylish. Our favorites… Continue Reading » By the Numbers: Livestock on Antibiotics Overuse of Antibiotics on Hogs and Cows Could Pose a Serious Health Threat to Humans That's how many pounds of antibiotics were administered to livestock in the U.S. in 2010, according to an annual report released by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate that the amount of… Continue Reading » 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… 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 » EARTHTALK Q&A EPA to Limit Pollution From Power Plants Dear EarthTalk: I understand the Environmental Protection Agency recently took steps to limit pollution from power plants. What are the details? —Maddie Samberg, via e-mail… Continue Reading » What Are Sustainable Communities? Dear EarthTalk: The term "sustainable communities" gets bantered around quite a bit today. Could you define it for me? —Holly Parker, Mechanicsburg, PA… 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