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Unheard Voices from the Gulf Coast
The Vietnamese community of greater New Orleans makes up roughly half of the fishing industry in the area. They help to supply more than one-third of the nation’s seafood. As […]
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What’s in the air along the Louisiana coast?
Working to clean up the Gulf oil spill Cross-posted from NRDC’s Simple Steps blog. Venice, La. – “You shoulda been out here last evening” said Carey, the shrimp boat captain […]
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Now is the time to shift World Bank resources to clean energy
The World Bank has just announced its intent to seek $86 billion for a general capital increase (the GCI) from its donor countries (see World Bank press release). It is […]
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Using too much lawn fertilizer?
Photo courtesy of roel1943 via Flickr Brace yourself. Here comes another of my thought exercises, again inspired by my latest reading of The Red Queen-Sex and the Evolution of Human […]
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Round One of the EPA Coal Ash Bowl Goes to Big Coal
Yesterday, the EPA issued their long-awaited proposal for new rules on how to regulate the disposal and storage of coal combustion waste (CCW), the byproduct of coal-fired power plants. […]
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Waterkeepers question use of dispersant chemicals at oil-spewing wellhead
The chief executive of BP says crews have been able to reduce the amount of oil reaching the Gulf’s surface from a massive underwater leak by using chemicals at the […]
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Friday music blogging: Dr. Dog again
I’ve written about Dr. Dog before, which violates a self-imposed FBM rule, but I’m feeling lazy and they’re great and they just came out with a new album. And it’s […]
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Live Chat with Umbra Fisk
Editor’s note: The chat’s now over, but you can replay it in full. Umbra Fisk chatted live with our Friends with Benefits on April 21, 2010. And in the midst […]
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Reduce, Recycle, and Replant – Data Highlights on Restoring the World's Forests
The world’s forests, which cover a third of Earth’s land area, provide us with many essential services. They absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and give us oxygen, limit soil […]
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Saving Civilization is Not a Spectator Sport
Given the enormous environmental and social challenges faced by our early twenty-first century global civilization, one of the questions I hear most frequently is, What can I do? People often […]
