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Posted by on in Green Design
For all the kitchen projects I’ve performed inside East Hamptons Rentals, homes and other sorts of similar geographic real estate, I’ve had very few requests for reclaimed materials. And I didn’t really find this strange until very recently. You see, remodeling any part of a household, but especial...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Love wildlife? Got Twitter? Then drop Craigslist founder Craig Newmark a message using the hashtag #Squirrels4Good. For every tweet, Newmark will donate $1 to the National Wildlife Federation, up to $5,000.   Newmark will also donate a dollar if you use the #Squirrels4Good hashtag on either h...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
A law recently passed by the Mexican legislature will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 30 percent below business-as-usual levels by 2020, and by 50 percent below 2000 levels by 2050, reported Nature. By 2024, Mexico will also derive 35 percent of its electricity from renewable resources, accord...
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Posted by on in General Environment
  More than one billion people will call for the protection of our planet today as they gather around the world to celebrate Earth Day. Their mission: to raise support for a more sustainable future as climate change continues to wreak havoc across the globe. Frustrated by the lack of "green" ...
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Posted by on in Arts and Entertainment
  An Indian boy plays in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Women wearing leaves and flowers ready for a celebration in Barcelona. A girl holds a poster calling for water conservation amid a rain storm in Washington. The 42nd Ear...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
  When it was first celebrated in 1970, Earth Day was an innovative way to draw awareness to the world’s natural environment. Twenty million Americans held environmental rallies across the country, spawning the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and some of the first laws to cl...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
  SOUTH PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- Julie Creppel raises six children here, steps away from the lapping waves of the Gulf of Mexico. Her modest mobile home, on a narrow peninsula roughly an hour and a half south of New Orleans, puts her about as close as anyone to where, two years ago today, ...
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Posted by on in Ecotourism
It's not easy being green, but the National Park Service (NPS) has decided it’s worth the effort.   On Thursday, the agency that oversees 397 units comprising 84 million acres of land across the country unveiled a new plan to integrate sustainable practices into all aspects of its operations....
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
  April 22 marks the 42nd annual Earth Day observance. In recent years, the week running up to Earth Day has become increasingly filled with a riotous mix of news that ranges from inspired initiatives to thinly veiled partisanship and shameless exploitation. As a journalist wh...
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Posted by on in Biofuels
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Tagged in: algae fuel algae research bio fuel Exxon Mobil
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Posted by on in General Environment
Green Ambassadors event hosted by Environmental Charter High School Students (Lawndale) 28, April, 2012- Environmental Charter High School Green Ambassadors students are hosting a water event at Alondra Park from 1:00pm -3:00pm on April 28, 2012 to raise awareness of the water crisis happening arou...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
In Greenland Ice is melting fast. New Studies find temperatures rising. Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder-b...
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Tagged in: Arctic Melt Climate Change global warming Greenland ice melt
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Posted by on in Food
In the developed world, citizens take advantage of the enormous bounty of meat while shopping at markets and dining in restaurants. For some, a meal can only be classified as real if it contains some kind of meat in it. According to the UN, the attitude towards meat consumption has to change, and pe...
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Tagged in: diet Food Greenhouse gases meat consumption
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
You might not know this, but Canada has oil reserves of 170 billion barrels, more than Iran and Nigeria combined. This fact is not widely known since much of that oil has been considered “not economically recoverable,”lying deep underground in a mixture of bitumen, a thick, tarry substance, sand and...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
  Earth Day is happening on On April 22, more than one billion people around the globe will participate in Earth Day 2012 and help Protect the Earth. People of all nationalities and backgrounds will voice their appreciation for the planet and demand its protection. Together we will stand uni...
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Angel
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Posted by on in Biofuels
Algae–based biofuel is a new energy source that has been getting a lot of attention lately. Certain types of algae contain natural oils that can be readily distilled into a vegetable oil or a number of petroleum-like products that could serve as drop-in replacements for gasoline, diesel, and jet fue...
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Posted by on in Agriculture
  It's no surprise that conversations across the country continue on the need to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. By 2014, about 2 million STEM-related jobs will be created, and over the years this number will grow. Every week, discussions take place on Capi...
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Posted by on in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines
Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought -- giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation. In new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international scientific team has identifie...
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Posted by on in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines
The lure of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could mean the destruction of species only just discovered on the ocean floor   Before the late nineteenth century, most people believed the deep sea was a barren wasteland, unable to support life even in its simplest form. After se...
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Tagged in: deep sea deep sea life Equatorial ocean sea life
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Posted by on in Clean Water
  Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water   Bottled water is the totemic bête noire of the environmental world, a multibillion-dollar industry that takes what in the west is clean and readily avail...
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Tagged in: plastic bottles plastic pollution Water water use
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