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There’s nothing worse than explaining your message to someone while knowing it is going in one ear and out the other. You could be explaining the cure for cancer, or how to solve all of our world’s environmental problems – but if it isn’t communicated well, it simply won’t stick. This is why I urge my fellow environmentalists to remain humble.
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We’re all living life on the edge. Climate change has made it so that our weather patterns our becoming more and more unpredictable. Hurricanes, tornadoes, and other extreme events are more common than ever. They hold the power to destroy homes, families, and your way of living in a matter of seconds. They are able to take everything you like and turn it into a pile of rubble without any thought. With all of this on the line, don’t you want to stop it? Don’t you want to do whatever you can to ensure that your livelihood is safe and secure?
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TreeHugger.com’s Brian Merchant, MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, and NASA’s James Hansen recently discussed an economic strategy to reduce carbon emissions and inspire Green innovation. It’s called the Defense Energy Project, and it simultaneously diagnoses the systemic causes of our addiction to fossil fuels – especially oil – and provides rational, market-driven solutions.
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It is difficult to imagine sharks eating birds that do not associate with water, but they do. Not all sharks do; tiger sharks are one example.
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Americans are learning that their rights are deeply connected to the Rights of Nature. For quite a while, we had the luxury (stupidity) of trashing foreign lands for profit and our own energy needs. But now that we are increasing domestic extraction of resources – right from under our own feet – we are witnessing firsthand the consequences of our addiction to fossil fuels. We do not like what we see or smell or taste or drink.
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Funding by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has allowed for the Rincon, Puerto Rico chapter of the Surfrider Foundation to continue progress on their marine debris removal and prevention project. So far the project has been a success and has received much support from the community.
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For 85 years the gray wolf has been absent from the state of California. But now, after a long deficiency, the gray wolf has returned.
According to the California Department of Fish and Game a 2 ½ year old male (they have been tracking), also known as OR-7, has recently made the long journey to California. His impressive trek was over 700 miles from the northeastern corner of Oregon, coming through into the California Siskiyou County on Wednesday. OR-7 is the first confirmed wild wolf in California since 1924. A once-native species, Wolves play a very important role in the California ecosystem, and the return of OR-7 brings a great opportunity for scientist and wildlife enthusiasts to study the new beginnings of wolves in California.
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Thanks to the natural gas industry, toxic waste and earthquakes are the next big thing in interstate trade. Ohio has been accepting the wastewater from Pennsylvania’s natural gas wells since July 2011, paying 20 cents or more per gallon. And now that same fracking wastewater is thought to be the cause of a string of earthquakes in Ohio.
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Scientists recently conducted research on rats to see whether animals other than apes can perform selflessly. It is long observed that we inherit our empathy from our closely related apes and ape-like ancestors. Non-ape animals were not tested at first because the scientists did not want to be mocked as anthropomorphic according to the psychologist Jeffery Mogil of the McGill University. However, the recent research shows that rats inherit the empathy personality and other mammals will likely have the same character.
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Q & A with Radical Ecologist Nance Klehm on Urban Foraging
For Nance Klehm, going for a walk is more then just about getting fresh air and a little exercise. It is about feeling a sense of interconnectedness with all natural and manmade surroundings, including humans, animals, pavement, buildings, plants, and everything (growing) in-between.
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