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View it in your browser April 20, 2014 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Are Lawns Worse than Corn Fields? Which emits more carbon dioxide emissions—the nation's corn fields or residential lawns? Turns out lawns trump corn fields according to findings from researchers at Elizabethtown College. David Bowne, assistant professor of biology, led the study in Lancaster County,… Continue Reading » Picking Organic Produce On a budget and not sure what to buy organic at the supermarket? The Environmental Working Group (EWG)'s just-released 9th annual "Dirty Dozen" list documents pesticide contamination for 48 popular fruits and vegetables based on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Bullitt Center Turns One Has the World's Greenest Commercial Building Lived Up to the Hype? As we reported in the January-February 2013 issue of E/The Environmental Magazine ("Building a Better Building"), Seattle's six-story, $30 million Bullitt Center was designed and constructed to be the greenest commercial office building on the planet. Now, after a year of… Continue Reading » Sustaining DC, Restraining Cars How Washington, DC is vying to be one of nation's greenest cities and teach other urban areas a lesson in sustainable development and planning Cities may be the new environmental hubs. Chicago and New York have been vying for the title of greenest city in America, and for 2013 Washington, DC has joined them, with a new plan, Sustainable DC. The idea, according to Mayor Vincent Gray, is to "make the District of… Continue Reading » Reconnect with the Great Outdoors The Simplest Strategies for Getting Back to Nature Can be as Close as Your Own Backyard Sometimes we're so busy that when we have an unbooked afternoon, we don't know what to do. The next time you have a little extra time in your schedule, consider doing something off the beaten path – something that will help you reconnect with nature. There are a lot… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Gulf Stream Energy, with Turtles in Mind Capturing the Power of Ocean Currents while Minimizing Impacts on Marine Life A pioneering effort to generate electric power from ocean currents is about to enter a new phase at Florida Atlantic University. FAU researchers are focused on the Gulf Stream—a river of flowing ocean water that emerges from the Gulf of Mexico and heads north to Europe. … Continue Reading » Free Range Fish The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms When Neil Sims was working as a marine biologist in the Cook Islands—an idyllic scattering of white sand and blue lagoon islands halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii—he couldn't help but notice something about the islanders' traditional fishing, in this case,… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Protecting Gray Wolves Dear EarthTalk: Is the gray wolf still endangered in the United States and how successful have re-introduction efforts been? – Loren Renquist, Salem, OR The gray wolf is still considered "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). But a June 2013 proposal… 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:   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