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• Destroyed wetlands could unleash “carbon bomb.” • Appeals court rules in favor of whales. • Plans for Europe’s largest wind farm approved. • People irked about leaf-blower bans. • Mideast faces choice between crops and water.
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Major League Baseball going, going, green!
Eco-friendliness has been seeping into pro baseball for a while, and now it’s pretty much official: America’s pastime has gone green. Major League Baseball partnered with NRDC at the start of the season to encourage teams to, um, win at sustainability. Head to a ball game near you, and chances are you’ll toss your plastic […]
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Airborne pollutants all up in Eastern ecosystems, says report
Every ecosystem in the eastern United States is tainted by air pollution, says a new report from The Nature Conservancy and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. The report looks at the impacts of sulfur, nitrogen, mercury, and ground-level ozone in six different habitats, and concludes that those damn pollutants are pretty much everywhere. Coauthor […]
