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View it in your browser May 26, 2014 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Billionaire Environmentalist Pledges $50M to Climate-Concerned Dems Hedge Fund Billionaire Tom Steyer is becoming a force in American politics and a counterweight to the Koch brothers... By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters Obama Designates Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument President Obama set aside a half million acres in the rugged, spiny desert outside Las Cruces, New Mexico last week--the largest land protection designation since he took office. Environmentalists have been pushing for such a designation for more than a decade, but some lawmakers and local law enforcement aren't so sure they like it. By Diana Alba Soular, Las Cruces Sun-News How to Choose Delicious Seafood That's Healthy for You and the Environment The Natural Resources Defense Council's handy Sustainable Seafoof Guide makes it easy for conscientious consumers to pick the right seafood in the supermarket and in restaurants... NRDC Activists in Hazmat Suits Protest California Offshore Fracking Wearing hazmat suits and carrying boogie boards, activists from the non-profit Center for Biological Diversity hit the streets of San Francisco last week to protest fracking offshore wells and dumping dangerous fracking chemicals directly into California's ocean... By Patrick Sullivan, Center for Biological Diversity Pope Francis Makes Biblical Case for Addressing Climate Change Pope Francis made the religious case for tackling climate change last week in from of a huge crowd in Rome, calling on his fellow Christians to become "Custodians of Creation" and issuing a dire warning about the potentially catastrophic effects of global climate change. By Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress EARTHTALK Q&A Is Organic Agriculture Sustainable? Th former head of FDA's Office of Biotechnology thinks conventional farming is really the greener way to go, but environmentalists don't agree. By Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss               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. 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