Tag: Featured
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5 Gyres of Plastic Trash Pollutes the World’s Oceans
It’s the silver lining of a tragedy when it takes a plane crash and the death of all its passengers to bring attention to an environmental catastrophe unfolding on a different time scale. 5 Gyres Institute has traveled 40,000 miles through all 5 gyres, including the Indian Ocean gyre, to discover each one contains a…
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Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Ohio State University
Students for Environmental Action, an Ohio State University (OSU) student organization, rallied last week to encourage the university to divest from harmful fossil fuels. The campaign is part of a nationwide divestment movement that has spread to more than 300 colleges and universities across the country. [caption id="attachment_331308" align="alignnone" width="500"] “As one of the top universities in…
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BIDDER 70 Will Stream on Netflix Starting June 3 Thanks to EcoWatch Readers
Last December EcoWatch launched a petition, Netflix, Please Stream BIDDER 70. After running the petition for only one month and getting nearly 2,000 signatures, Netflix said they would consider streaming the inspiring film. Just days ago, we received word that Netflix has decided to stream BIDDER 70 starting June 3. Thanks to the efforts of EcoWatch…
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EPA Gives BP ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’ on 4th Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 workers and dumped more than 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a three month period in 2010. [caption id="attachment_331295" align="alignnone" width="500"] BP’s critics say that the Deepwater Horizon disaster and other accidents were not just a run…
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Bill McKibben: We Need to Win Not Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline Decision
Yesterday’s Keystone XL news from DC is both important and murky. In brief, the Obama administration announced yet another delay in their decision about the pipeline, meaning it may be past the midterm elections before a final call is made. Three things strike me: In pipeline terms it’s a win. Every day we delay a decision is…