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Posted by on in Climate Change
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released calculations stating that the total global carbon output in 2010 was the biggest increase ever recorded. The world pumped about 564 million more tons of carbon into the air in 2010 than it did in 2009, an increase of 6% with China, and the U.S. respons...
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Tagged in: Air Quality carbon emissions Climate Change
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Posted by on in Newsletter Archive
Robert Lilienfeld and William Rathje, authors of Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are, are also the founders of Use Less Stuff Day, celebrated since 1994 on the Thursday preceding Thanksgiving. Both efforts are an effort to convince consumers to think about how they consume ...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
A comprehensive new study finds that orangutan populations in Indonesian Borneo are being diminished at unsustainable rates due to conflict with humans. The results suggest orangutans outside protected areas may be headed toward extinction. The study, published Friday in PLoS One, is based on 18 mo...
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Posted by on in Agriculture
Nuclear fallout in farmland in eastern Japan is worse than expected. Now officials have a map of exactly where they should concentrate regulatory and clean-up efforts. In July the Japanese government expanded its Fukushima Evacuation Zone and banned shipments of beef that consumed radioactive hay f...
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Posted by on in Air Quality
  Cleaning up the air, while good for our lungs, could make global warming worse. That conclusion is underscored by a new study, which looks at the pollutants that go up smokestacks along with carbon dioxide. These pollutants are called aerosols and they include soot as well as compounds of...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
The U.S. government on Thursday delayed approval of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline until after the 2012 U.S. election, bowing to pressure from environmentalists and sparing President Barack Obama a damaging split with liberal voters he may need to win reelection.   The decision to explore a n...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
Given the twin concerns of peak oil and climate change, it's no surprise that natural gas (with its lower carbon intensity than coal) has been hailed by many as the salvation of our modern way of life, at least for now. And with the discovery of enormous deposits under Marcellus Shale in the Eastern...
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Posted by on in Solar
MIT researchers say a hybrid solar-thermoelectric system they’re working on would provide a big advantage over conventional solar cells or solar thermal systems, particularly for household use: the ability to produce heat and electricity simultaneously. They propose accomplishing this mean feat thro...
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Posted by on in Animals
    A 600-square-metre bachelor pad at Werribee Open Range Zoo is now home to three male western lowland gorillas: silverback Motaba and two of his sons, Yakini and Ganyeka. The trio were relocated from Melbourne Zoo to one of the largest gorilla homes in the world and, in the coming ...
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Posted by on in Arts and Entertainment
  The Sixth Annual Festival will occur on February 23-25, 2012 in beautiful Golden, Colorado.   The largest environmental film festival between the coasts, the Colorado Environmental Film Festival seeks unique and meaningful films that aim to inspire, educate, and call to action. We are...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
  Today's eco designers don't talk about being inspired by leaves falling or icecaps melting; they're starry-eyed for futuristic-looking chairs, towering skyscrapers and folding bicycles. They're thinking like architects, leading with design and textile as opposed to an activist agenda. "The ...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
Top Fashion Designers Turn Eco-Friendly Fabrics Into Haute CoutureBy Larry West, About.com http://environment.about.com/od/earthtalkcolumns/a/ecofashion.htm Dear EarthTalk: What’s up with these “eco-fashions” I keep hearing about? – Glenn Hammond, San Francisco, CASimply put, the term “eco-fashion...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Evidence is mounting that the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster caused wide-ranging ecological damage in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Since the blown oil well spewed 186 million to 227 million gallons of crude into the Gulf last year, several species of fish have developed skin ulcers in what app...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
  Protestors once again presented themselves around the White House on November 6th hoping to convince President Obama to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. Nebraska has been waging its own war against TransCanada and the proposed pipeline from Alberta to Texas in recent weeks as well. Nebraska...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
  On a Saturday afternoon, a group of teenage girls leaf through glossy fashion magazines at a New Jersey outlet mall. Shopping bags brimming with new purchases lay at their feet as they talk excitedly about what’s in style to wear this summer. Far away in Tanzania, a young man proudly wears...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
What is wrong with experimenting on animals? No lab rat (or dog or monkey) ever signed a consent form. In and of itself, this constitutes an ethical problem with the experimenting on animals practice of experimenting on non-human animals for the hypothetical benefit of humans. What animals are use...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
I came across this article and was impressed at the wide scope of information it offered in such a short, easy to read article. I found respect in the fact that it offered alternative solutions to animal testing and also mentioned the fact that tests done on animals is not transferable to humans. T...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
Conventional or non-organic cotton and polyester make up approximately 80% of all fiber production globally. This production is about equal between cotton and polyester (Acordis in Sheffer, 2005). First, let’s talk about conventional cotton.Cotton requires lots of water. For example, approximately 1...
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Posted by on in Agriculture
Posted by Liesl Truscott on October 31, 2011 in the Textile Exchange Blog http://www.textileexchange.org/blog/organic-agriculture-meets-sustainability-challenges Having recently returned from a meeting of the Roundtable on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) led by Andreas Gattinger (F...
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Posted by on in Beauty and Fashion
Posted in Eco Friendly Fashion & Lifestyle Blog   http://ecofriendlyfashion.blogspot.com/p/fashion-industry-facts.html - The fashion industry is the second largest user of water in the world.- Over 90 million items of clothing end up in land fill sites globally each year.- 150 grams of p...
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