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Where Mountains Once Stood: Coal Mining in the Appalachians
ByKyle Clendinning August 14, 2012August 15, 2012

By KYLE CLENDINNING Published August 14, 2012 The Appalachian Region of the United States stands as one of the most scenic areas in North America. This 205,000 square mile region follows the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to Northern Mississippi, including all of West Virginia and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina,…

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The Venus Project: A New Socio-Economic System
Byadmin August 5, 2012August 13, 2012

The new documentary for 2012. Genius Jacque Fresco introduces a new socio-economic system where money is obsolete and the world is operated by resource. In this engineered world, crime is almost non-existent. Please check out this amazing documentary, and follow up by visiting their website for a more detailed analysis of the microeconomics of The…

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Mass Migration: The Untold Crisis of Climate Refugees
ByAnam Sultan August 4, 2012August 8, 2012

By ANAM SULTAN Published August 4, 2012 Climate change has been on the radar for years now (we have documentaries such as Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” to thank for that), yet there is a crucial element of this problem that remains largely ignored. Over the past few decades there has been a rapid increase…

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From The Archives of Democracy Now! August 02 2012
Byadmin August 2, 2012August 2, 2012

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Click here to visit Democracy Now! Climate Skeptic, Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Admits Global Warming Is Real & Humans The Cause Bill McKibben of 350.org: Even Industry-Funded Climate Change Deniers Can’t Ignore Planet’s Warming…

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Lake Chad Desertification: A Symptom of Global Climate Change
ByEvelyn Harford July 4, 2012July 4, 2012

By EVELYN HARFORD Published: July 4, 2012 A disturbing environmental trend, desertification is occurring globally. However one striking example of this phenomenon is the disappearance of Lake Chad. It is located between the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria feeding large numbers of people, animals and plant life in the region. Lake Chad was…

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No Shame In Shell’s Game
Byadmin May 31, 2012May 31, 2012

By CHRISTINE EBADI Published May 30, 2012 Despite recent efforts to stop the oil tycoon Shell from pursuing their drilling plans in the Alaskan Arctic this year, a U.S. appeals court ruled the go-ahead. With over a million signatures delivered to the White House this month by various Environmental groups, pleading Obama to stop Shell’s…

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Natural Gas Extraction: Is It Really a Clean Alternative?
ByEvelyn Harford May 22, 2012May 22, 2012

By EVELYN HARFORD Published May 22, 2012 The process of Hydraulic Fracturing, more commonly known in the media, as fracking is the process by which oil and gas companies extract natural gas from reserves deep in the ground. The fracking process was invented by American oil and gas company Halliburton in the 1940s,[1] and has…

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Climate Change and Conflict: The Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
ByKyle Clendinning April 23, 2012May 22, 2012

By KYLE CLENDINNING Published April 23, 2012 There is now widespread agreement that climate change will have a revolutionary impact on how populations interact with their environment. It has been projected that shifts in the earth’s climate may result in coastal erosion, declining precipitation and soil moisture, increased storm intensity and species migration. As the…

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Why Recycle?
Byadmin April 22, 2012April 22, 2012

Recycling- we all know it’s the right thing to do, but many don’t know why. Find out how recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions, along with many other benefits to our health and environment.

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Deforestation: A major threat to the destruction of our planet
ByKarun Badwal April 21, 2012April 22, 2012

By KARUN BADWAL Published April 21, 2012 Deforestation – a process by which forest areas are removed and the land is utilized for other uses including agriculture, industrialization, resources, or settlements – has stark implications on our environment in the near future. Despite the rising awareness of the destructive threat to forests and its implications…

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Why Recycle?
Byadmin April 18, 2012May 23, 2012

By CHRISTINE EBADI Published: April 18, 2012 Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and climate change Our Waters Here’s a fact that many are unaware of… much of our waste ends up in oceans, harming birds, marine animals, and ultimately humans. How? Fal

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Water in an ever-changing Environment
ByHyder Owainati April 16, 2012April 25, 2012

By HYDER OWAINATI Published April 16, 2012 The threat imposed on the World’s Water Resources In more ways than one, the conditions of the world’s water resources represent the most significant ecological issue of the 21st century. Through the channels of globalization and the industrial juggernauts that drive anthropogenic climate change, the quality and availability of…

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Coal Power: An Expired Technology
Byadmin February 13, 2012May 23, 2012

By CHRISTINE EBADI Published: February 13, 2012 Does Our Health Come With A Price Tag? How Much Will We Pay? Why is the world so heavily dependent on coal-fired power plants for energy? It remains 29.6% of the world’s primary energy source, while generating 42% of the electricity worldwide[i]. Coal plants are the world’s number…

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Climate Change Cause and Effect
Byadmin February 13, 2012April 20, 2012

By CHRISTINE EBADI Published: February 13 2012 Is The Demise of Humanity Going To Be Another Ice Age? An Introduction to Climate Change… What is Climate Change? Climate change is a substantial change in a regions average weather patterns including average temperature, precipitation, and wind. This phenomenon has naturally occurred through out our planet’s history….

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