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Join the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge
Looking for another way to reduce your carbon footprint or further travel the path of sustainability this Earth Month? Well consider the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge. The goal of the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge is to increase awareness of and to avoid single-use products. The challenge is sponsored by EcoSuperhero, which showcases and uplifts positive…
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Could We Win the Keystone XL Battle But Still Lose the Tar Sands War?
The Vietnam War might seem irrelevant to the environmental movement’s five-year effort to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved by President Obama, would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Texas coast for refining and shipment overseas. But the more I look at the situation, the more I see worrisome…
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Ocean Acidification Impairs Sense of Smell in Fish
Acidic ocean water blunts the sense of smell in fish, making them bolder—perhaps recklessly so, according to a new study offering a glimpse of the oceans of the future. The findings suggest that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, fish could suffer debilitating behavioral effects. [caption id="attachment_330504" align="alignnone" width="500"] Fish in acidic waters are more…
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Ohio Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, State First to Require Companies to Test for Seismic Activity
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) announced on Friday that recent earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were likely caused by hydraulic fracturing—or fracking. [caption id="attachment_330422" align="alignnone" width="600"] Earthquake epicenters and past seismic events in Ohio. Graphic courtesy of ODNR[/caption] A series of earthquakes up to magnitude 3.0 struck on March 1o-11 in Mahoning County near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. A nearby…
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11 Universal Truths in Nutrition That Are Actually Agreed On
There is a lot of controversy in nutrition. Sometimes it seems like people can’t agree on anything at all. But there are a few exceptions to this: some nutrition facts that aren’t controversial. Here are 11 universal truths in nutrition that people actually agree on. [caption id="attachment_330094" align="alignnone" width="500"]Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] 1. Artificial Trans…