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Why the Oceans Matter : Living Green Magazine
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10 Things You Can Do to Save the Oceans
Oceana has compiled a list of suggestions for green - dare we say blue? - lifestyle choices that can help preserve the oceans for future generations.
How Do Plastic Bags Affect Our Environment? 
Plastic bags tend to disrupt the environment in a serious way. They get into soil and slowly release toxic chemicals. They eventually break down into the soil, with the unfortunate consequence being that animals eat them and often choke and die.
Digging Into Climate Change, Students Find More Than Science 
The unit represents the vanguard of a nationwide effo
I do not believe that most Americans -- and that includes most policymakers and the media -- understand the convergence of the recent scientific literature on the extreme threat posed directly to this country of Dust-Bowlification.
Atmospheric CO2 Levels Over Arctic Have Reached 400 Parts Per Million 
The atmosphere over the Arctic has hit a troublesome milestone: the concentration of CO2 has surpassed 400 parts per million.
Buzzard Trapping Plan Abandoned After Public Outcry 
The Department for the Environment (Defra) planned spending £375,000 testing control measures for buzzards, after complaints a surge in numbers of the protected bird of prey was leading to too many pheasant chicks being killed, pheasants for hunters.
More Rainforest Driling? NO WAY! 
Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is in grave danger of future drilling by an array of oil companies. A few years back, the Ecuadorian government promised to keep a large chunk of the forest from drilling prospects if the international community agreed to
'Don't Weaken the Dolphin Safe Label,' Lawmakers Urge Obama 
The letter comes in response to a May 16 WTO ruling that the Dolphin Safe label on tuna products sold in the US -- which requires the tuna are caught without harming dolphins -- discriminates against Mexico, which kills thousands of dolphins annually to
Trouble Ahead for Whales of Finance 
Cruel waters lie ahead for the world's biggest banks, according to a particularly gloom-laden forecast by Pimco managing director Bill Gross, who this month revisits his metaphor of huge whales relying on lowly plankton for survival in the oceans of the
France to Ban Swiss Pesticide as Bee Threat 
France is also considering raising the issue of a European Union-wide ban of the Syngenta-produced pesticide.
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Fukushima Radiation Now Detected in the U.S. Food Supply 
Scores of experts and analysts have feared for months that it would happen, and now it has: Radiation from the heavily damaged nuclear power plants at Japan's Fukushima complex has made it into the seafood chain off
