Tag: News
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New Zealanders Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling, Yes to Clean Energy
Thousands of New Zealanders are coming together to say no to deep sea oil. [caption id="attachment_323059" align="alignnone" width="500"] Akaroa Banks Peninsula. Photo credit: Greenpeace New Zealand[/caption] The Get Active and Get Free campaign aims to reclaim New Zealand’s future by putting a stop to oil exploration in New Zealand waters. [caption id="attachment_323060" align="alignnone" width="500"] More than 350…
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Fukushima Disaster Doesn’t Stop Japan From Including Nuclear Power as Vital Source in New Energy Plan
Though their nuclear reactors are responsible for a catastrophic meltdown nearly three years ago at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant—and subsequent radioactive leaks, food scares, petitions and lawsuits—Japan officials said Tuesday that the country needs to add more nuclear energy to its supply. Japan released its first energy draft since the Fukushima disaster, and it includes plans…
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A Student’s Take on Why It’s Imperative to Risk Arrest Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
On Sunday, March 2, at 22-years-old, I will take part in a nonviolent for civil disobedience campaign along with nearly 500 other college students in our nation’s capital and very will likely be arrested. Why would I and others risk arrest without our degrees yet in hand? Aren’t we worried about jobs and employment? The…
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Biomedical Bleeding of Horseshoe Crabs for Pharmaceuticals Puts Species at Risk
By Rebecca Zeiber New research from Plymouth State University (PSU) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) indicates that collecting and bleeding horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes causes short-term changes in their behavior and physiology that could exacerbate the crabs’ population decline in parts of the east coast. [caption id="attachment_322974" align="alignnone" width="500"] The horseshoe crab is bled for…
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USGS Maps Fracking in Fragile Region of Wyoming
Oil and gas wells, including those involved in hydraulic fracturing—fracking—operations, scar a major portion of southwest Wyoming, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey. [caption id="attachment_322937" align="alignnone" width="635"] The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative identified nearly 17,000 oil and gas well pad scars, shown in blue and green, in southwest Wyoming. The scars date…