Underwater Serengeti
Scientists and recreational divers are working to protect the spectacular marine life around Costa Rica’s Cocos Island. By Todd Steiner
Growing Pains
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Natural Law
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Who Will Grow Our Food?
A Forgotten Career Path — Old Farmers Outnumber Young Ones by a Ratio of Over 7:1
Excerpted from the book Food Fight. To learn more about the Farm Bill and purchase a copy of Food Fight please visit www.foodfight2012.org “If we are not careful, we could lose the farm and the food system on our watch.” That drastic warning…
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In the Amazon, World’s “Most Threatened Tribe” Faces Extinction
Illegal Logging and Development in Brazil Is Destroying Protected Habitat of the Nomadic Awá
Deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest live the Awá hunter-gatherers — an ancient, partially-contacted Indigenous peoples, now thought by some to be the “Earth’s most threatened tribe”. Photo © Survival The nomadic Awá have always treaded lightly on Earth, carrying only their…
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“Wild Fish Will be Critical to Feeding the World”
Conversation: Andrew Sharpless, CEO, Oceana
Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless estimates that if we managed the world’s oceans better, wild seafood could potentially be a major protein source for our world’s ever-growing population. He says, “a fully productive ocean could provide the entire animal protein diet for a…
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South Korean Captive Dolphins have a Shot at Freedom
In First-of-its-Kind Ruling, Judge Orders Release of Five Captive Dolphins
South Korea could be well on it’s way to becoming a dolphin-friendly nation. Like many other countries, it has captive facilities where dolphins are made to perform degrading tricks and live in unbearably small tanks. But a recent ruling on the case…
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Ethanol: Growing Food, Feed, Fiber, and Fuel?
Evidence Growing That Using Corn to Help Fill Gas Tanks Might Not Be the Best Use of Crops, Tech, and Scarce Taxpayer Dollars
Excerpted from the book Food Fight. To learn more about the Farm Bill and purchase a copy of Food Fight please visit www.foodfight2012.org Most analysts agree that we are rapidly approaching “peak oil,” the point when the volume of global oil production begins…
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Photos from the BP Gulf of Mexico Disaster the Government Has Been Keeping from You
Greenpeace FOIA Request Uncovers Shocking Images from the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
When BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil well blew up and sank two years ago and began spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, reporters from around the world rushed to the crime scene to cover one of the…
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‘Scrubbing Carbon From the Air Isn’t Good Enough by Itself’
A Conversation with Carbon Capture Gurus Klaus Lackner and Allen Wright
By arrangement with City Atlas – A user's guide to a sustainable NYC Physicist Klaus Lackner has received quite a lot of attention for his artificial “tree” invention that can suck carbon from the air a thousand times faster than real trees.…
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- Libby Miller left her husband and her home to dedicate her life to protecting marine mammals.
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- Julie Zickenfoose and Erica Gies debate the environmental ethics of procreation.
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