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View it in your browser May 13, 2012 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Flowing Up? For years, oil and gas drillers have insisted that it would be physically impossible for fracking chemicals to travel upwards from deep shale layers to shallow aquifers because of the thick layers of solid rock that separate the two. A new peer-reviewed study offers… Continue Reading » Plastic Ocean Debris Spikes in Past 40 Years In 2009, the University of California's Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) sailed to the North Pacific Ocean Subtropical Gyre, a thousand miles north of Hawaii. This expedition documented an alarming discovery - that tons of tiny plastic… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Keeping the "Grand" in Grand Canyon You Won't Have to Look Past Mining Operations to Enjoy the Grand Canyon Any Time Soon. Earlier this year, hikers and nature enthusiasts rejoiced at the Obama administration's decision to protect one million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park from new uranium mining. Uranium mining involves extracting uranium from the ground, either by… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Lester Brown's Mission The Founder of the Earth Policy Institute on the Climate Crisis— and Reasons for Hope We are in a race," says Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington D.C. "Can we arrest the melting of the Greenland ice sheet before it spirals out of control and the world is faced with a 23-foot rise in sea level? Can we close coal-fired power… Continue Reading » The Road Less Traveled Riding the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike The first thing I noticed on the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike was just how wide it is. The twin, parallel roads each have two lanes. There's a median, overgrown with grass and saplings, that divides them. The shoulders make the highway broader still. The highway is… Continue Reading » Slice of Life: Water Is a Precious Resource Transforming Rooftop Water Tanks in New York City By transforming 300 rooftop water tanks in New York City into large-scale public works of art, New York City residents along with celebrated figures in art, music and science, will redefine the skyline across all five boroughs in summer 2012. Continue Reading » Religious Awakening A review of Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect Earth's Climate by Mallory McDuff Is there a natural connection between the religious and environmental movements? In Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect Earth's Climate (New Society Publishers), author Mallory McDuff lays out the way that churches have increasingly become active in the… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Green Groups Mixed on 2012 Farm Bill Dear EarthTalk: How do green groups feel about the new 2012 Farm Bill draft recently released by the Senate? —Roger Wheeler, Miami, FL… Continue Reading » New Bill Undermines 1964's Wilderness Act Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is an effort underway to allow all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorbikes, motorboats and other motorized vehicles into wilderness areas, which would overturn a long-standing ban. What's behind this? —Harry Schilling, Tempe, AZ… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you: Subscribe to our magazine   Order a Free Trial Issue   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851