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"We need a design diet."	19.6.2013	TreeHugger
A terrific article in Metropolis describes the value of walking, and what we have to do to promote it.
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Molly Rauch: Moms and Babies Face Health Risks From Fracking	19.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has identified silica dust inhalation as a health hazard for workers around fracking operations, based on observations at well pads. Can this dust affect community members too?
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Activists Await New Climate Plan Before Filing EPA Lawsuit	18.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Environmental groups and a dozen states and cities said Monday they will delay planned legal action...
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Oil Spills Make Ethan Hawke REALLY Angry	16.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries: In the new hit horror flick "The Purge," it's the year 2022 and the United States has achieved record...
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"We need to overturn the system": In conversation with alt-Nobel winner Nnimmo Bassey	15.6.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
When we speak of Nigeria, and of the Nigerian people's inspired resistance to the devastation wrought by multinational oil companies such as Shell, the name of the late, and great, Ken Saro-Wiwa is inescapable. But many others have continued to toil in the shadows over the years since Saro-Wiwa's death. Nnimmo Bassey is one such activist, who is finally beginning to get the credit he deserves for a lifetime dedicated to healing our planet. read ...
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Bats And Man: Our Love-Hate Relationship	14.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK -- A projected image of baby bats swaddled in blankets earned a collective "awww" from the audience. It apparently came as a welcome...
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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef	12.6.2013	TreeHugger
The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.
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How Technology Is Destroying Jobs	12.6.2013	Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories
Automation and advanced digital technologies are eliminating the need for people in a growing number of jobs. We’ve survived severe technological changes before, but this time it might be different: are we facing a future of dismal job opportunities, stagnant income, and worsening inequality? Given his calm and reasoned academic demeanor, it is easy to miss just how provocative Erik Brynjolfsson’s contention really is. Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his collaborator and coauthor Andrew McAfee have been arguing for the last year and a half that impressive advances in computer technology—from improved industrial robotics to automated translation services—are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, the MIT academics foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such ...
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Loss of trees linked to higher death rates in humans	11.6.2013	TreeHugger
"Maybe we want to start thinking of trees as part of our public health infrastructure," says one U.S. Forest Service researcher.
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Women Must Be Heard in the Climate Change Debate	11.6.2013	TreeHugger
Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.
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This eco-friendly sanitizer is safe, sustainable, and effective	10.6.2013	TreeHugger
Here's a non-toxic and cost-effective solution for kiling bacteria and viruses everywhere, from locker rooms to boardrooms, and from daycares to nursing homes.
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WATCH: 'What's Wrong With Coal'	9.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The Sierra Club has released a startling video to raise awareness about the effects of " target="_hplink">coal on both human health and the environment. "Coal...
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Greg Stone: World Oceans Day Means Business	8.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
On World Oceans Day, the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Oceans is endorsing two initiatives to guide management of ocean resources for the future: the Ocean Health Index and "seafood traceability"(transparent tracking of seafood from source to consumer).
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The Bike Maker: Short documentary on Ezra Caldwell of Fast Boy Cycles	5.6.2013	TreeHugger
A gorgeous short documentary on a bike maker located in Harlem, NY.
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Solar Brings Reliable Energy to New Haitian Hospital	5.6.2013	TreeHugger
Imagine being a surgeon, and having to wonder if the power's going to go off while you're performing a delicate operation.
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Boulder Approves One-Year Fracking Moratorium	5.6.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Boulder City Council members Tuesday night unanimously approved a one-year fracking moratorium, blocking oil and gas drilling permits in the city and on Boulder-owned open...
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Indigenous Knowledge	4.6.2013	Global Health and Wellness News - ENN
It is time to stop discounting traditional expertise and make use of this vast and valuable resource, argues Indian scientist Suman Sahai. Science and technology have always been an important part of growth and development plans. But accepted 'scientific expertise' is Western, standardised and homogenous. From this viewpoint, the vast body of scientific expertise developed in diverse societies and cultures is discounted and ignored. Referred to as indigenous or traditional knowledge, this is a knowledge system distilled from generations of scientific work anchored in rural and tribal communities. It is different to the Western system of empirical, lab-based science — but is equally valid and efficacious.
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Zoo elephants in the U.S. are so obese, they might go extinct	4.6.2013	TreeHugger
Captive pachyderms are packing on the pounds, and it's putting their very future at risk.
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Meghan Telpner: Down With Toxic Cleaning Products	31.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Common chemicals found in everyday cosmetics and cleaning products are dousing us in poison. It's easy to get hooked on the stuff. Imagine how your liver, skin and other detox organs would sing if they didn't have to be choking on the chemicals we throw at them daily.
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US Weather Extremes in 2012	30.5.2013	Global Health and Wellness News - ENN
US Weather Extremes in 2012
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