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E-Waste Nightmare: Cell Phones Getting Greener But Not There Yet
Dear EarthTalk: What can we do to solve the e-waste problem caused by so many of us tossing our cell phones out and getting new ones every two years? —Sandy Bartram, Beverly Hills, CA As more and more...
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Eco-Friendly Products Put Ocean Plastic Waste to Good Use
Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways companies are using plastic waste from the ocean in their products to take a stand for the environment? —Simone LaTourneau, Boston, MA A recent study published in the...
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Rallying Against Land Grabs at Bears Ears, Grand-Staircase Escalante
Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah. Credit: IIP Photo Archive, FlickrCC In what’s shaping up to be the biggest rollback of conservation protections in the nation’s history,...
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Strawless in Seattle: Why Are Straws So Bad for the Environment?
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the deal with some restaurants going “strawless” — that is, no longer offering straws to their customers? What’s so bad about sipping your drink through a straw anyway? — Jeffrey...
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The Future of Offshore Wind Energy
Offshore wind energy is still a young market, but signs point to continued growth. Globally, there are now nearly 19 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind installed, according to the Global Wind Energy...
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Plastic in the Ocean: Too Late to Fix?
Dear EarthTalk: What are we doing about getting rid of all the plastic floating in the ocean and forming giant gyres far from land? —Jake Johnson, Merrimack, NH Plastic in the ocean is a big problem...
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Plastic Waste: Are We Stuck With It Forever?
Dear EarthTalk: Considering all the well-publicized problems with plastic in our oceans, do you think that plastic has any kind of future? —Lea Mauduit, via EarthTalk.org As much as environmentalists...
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Microplastics Are Everywhere – In Us Too
What do beer, oysters, table salt, air & tap water have in common? They’re all ways humans are ingesting microplastics, tiny bits of plastic waste ubiquitous in oceans, lakes and rivers and even...
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F**k Plastic!
Is the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don’t panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help! In F**k Plastic: 101 ways to free yourself from...
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Desalination Alternatives: High Tech Solutions to the Freshwater Crisis
Dear EarthTalk: If the world is running out of freshwater, why aren’t we desalinating more ocean water? —H. Smith, Providence, RI The protagonist of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 lyrical ballad The...
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Could Better Waste Management Save Our Oceans?
Credit: mali maeder, Pexels Sewage, garbage dumping and industrial and agricultural runoff can cause severe damage to ocean environments. Plastic, however — one of the most common and least...
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Emagazine.com: Environment, Climate Change / Global Warming, Renewables
Food for Stuff: 21st Century Land Use Democrats On Climate: Any One Better Than Another? Costa Rica: An Environmental Model For All Nations Common Toxic Chemicals — And How To Avoid Them Tastes Like...
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Dark Side Of The Ocean
Ocean biodiversity is being decimated on par with the fastest rates of rain forest destruction. More than 80 percent of pollutants in the oceans come from sewage and other land-based runoff (some of it...
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What Plastics Are Deadliest For Marine Life?
It’s no secret that ocean plastic is a global problem. Currently, 14 million tons of microplastic lies at the bottom of the world’s seas. That figure doesn’t even include how many whole pieces of...
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Ocean Winds: Bringing Us Renewable Fish with Renewable Energy
Offshore wind farms not only produce significant amounts of renewable, carbon-free energy but also create reserves where sea life flourishes.
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Coral Reefs Going Going Gone Thanks To Global Warming
Can we stop runaway global warming from killing off the world's remaining coral reefs as they succumb to warmer water & and acidification. The post Coral Reefs Going Going Gone Thanks To Global...
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Sea Turtle Populations In Free Fall Around the World
Dear EarthTalk: How are populations of sea turtles faring these days? —A.J., Los Angeles, CA Swimming alongside a sea turtle in coastal waters is certainly a thrilling sensation, but the experience is...
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Are Coral Reefs Still Dying & How Can We Save Them?
Dear EarthTalk: What can we do to save dying coral reefs? —B.H. Jackson, Tullahoma, TN Coral reefs around the world are indeed still at great risk. A comprehensive survey by Canadian researchers in...
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