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New Evidence Exposes Gov. Kasich’s Role in PR Plan to Promote Fracking in State Parks
As reported Sunday, new evidence was released today showing Ohio Gov. Kasich’s involvement in the communications plan that detailed how the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) would “marginalize” opponents of fracking by teaming up with “allied” corporations—including Halliburton, business groups and media outlets—to promote this controversial drilling technique in state parks. [caption id="attachment_321854" align="alignnone" width="500"] Barkcamp State Park…
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New York and California Introduce Legislation to Ban Plastic Microbeads in Cosmetics
Design matters more than recycling. Microbeads don’t make the cut, designed to wash down the drain into your local waterway. They are irrecoverable and therefore never recycled. Microbeads, those little polyethylene scrubbers in facial cleansers, are now on the way out thanks to the one-two legislative punch. The New York state district attorney’s office proposed…
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Secretary of State John Kerry Calls Climate Change ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
Yesterday in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged developing nations to focus on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, likening subsequent climate change to weapon of mass destruction, reports the Washington Post. Addressing a group of government officials and students at an American cultural center, Sec. Kerry disparaged climate deniers in the U.S., calling skeptics…
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Sea Shepherd Supporters Rally Worldwide Calling for End to Brutal Taiji Dolphin Hunts
To commemorate Valentine’s Day, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society brought the world’s love of dolphins to Japan’s doorstep to call for an end to the brutal and infamous hunts in Taiji, Japan’s killing cove. [blackoutgallery id=”321716″] Led by Sea Shepherd chapters, peaceful “World Love for Dolphins Day” demonstrations were held Friday at the Embassy of Japan in…
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Watch Bill Nye the Science Guy Debate Congresswoman Who Claims Climate Change is ‘Unproven’
Bill Nye, best known for his stint as “The Science Guy” on a children’s education series, says we need to use every available resource to address climate change now before it’s too late. “It would be [in] everybody’s interests to just get going,” Nye said Sunday morning on NBC’s Meet the Press. “The more we…