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Get a Job, Hippie: Seasonal Trails Technician -... →
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The Mountains to Sound Greenway is a scenic, historic and recreation corridor stretching along Interstate 90 from the Seattle waterfront, through the forests and rugged peaks of the Cascades, and into Central Washington. It’s a scenic gateway to Washington’s largest cities and a…
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Report: USDA also knew about bee-killing pesticide →
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(NaturalNews) Neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides that attack insects’ central nervous systems, are increasingly being linked to killing off bees, bats and other pollinators that are essential for growing food. And a two-year-old report just now being released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) adds to the growing body of evidence that these toxic insecticides are a...
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Climate change affecting owl color in Finland →
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I’m on an owl kick today…
Climate change is affecting the color of owls in Finland.
Researchers who looked at Finnish tawny owls over the last 28 years found that the brown variant is winning over the gray one in the wild.
Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland say that bird populations appear to be able to...
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SIGN AND REBLOG: EPA: Don't Sacrifice Navajo Water... →
The Colorado Plateau of New Mexico still bears the unhealed sores of the Uranium Boom of the last century – radioactive waste piles, contaminated water and hundreds of mines on Navajo land abandoned by companies looking to make a quick profit. Despite the massive contamination, companies want to start a new era of mining in this region. I know this because I am Diné (Navajo) and live in Church...
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Governments failing to avert catastrophic climate... →
Governments are falling badly behind on low-carbon energy, putting carbon reduction targets out of reach and pushing the world to the brink of catastrophic climate change, the world’s leading independent energy authority will warn on Wednesday. The stark judgment is being given at a key meeting of energy ministers from the world’s biggest economies and emitters taking place in London on...
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ALEC’s Vision of Pre-Empting EPA Coal Ash... →
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on April 18 to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 (HR 4348) that would effectively pre-empt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating coal ash, the waste from coal burning plants, as a hazardous waste. About 140 million tons of coal ash are produced by power plants in the United States each...
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Roundup Herbicide Linked To Parkinson's-Related... →
Alarming new research published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology supports the emerging connection between glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian disorders.
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