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E - THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE THIS WEEK
July 01, 2012
WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING
East Coast Cities Face Rising Seas
New York

Sea levels are rising faster and higher in a 620-mile stretch of the U.S. east coast—including major cities such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. —than elsewhere around the world, federal researchers have found. For over two decades, sea levels in…

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Is Your Beach Safe?
beach

Last week, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released their 22nd annual "Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches" report, bringing government beachwater testing results from more than 3,000 locations nationwide into an extensive, easily…

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FEATURED BLOGS
Good Vibes
The Gathering of the Vibes Aims to Shed Some Green Light
ken hays

If you ask Gathering of the Vibes festival founder Ken Hays how his brainchild helps the environment, he says, "Straight up, it doesn't."

"People are flying in on planes from all over, driving thousands of miles, and all the while burning nonrenewable energy…

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE
Forging New Connections for Palestinian Farmers
Palestine Hopes to Make Its Mark as the Home of World-Class, Organic Olive Oil

The annual harvest festival falls in early November outside the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestine. Hundreds of farmers and their families come out to celebrate the end of another season of organic, fair trade, extra virgin olive oil production. It's their…

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Trim Your Waste
5 Simple Steps to Rid Your Life of Excess Packaging

You can't typically see it from a boat or via satellite. But floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a manmade formation, twice the size of the continental United States. And for the past 50 years, it's been growing fast. A sub-surface garbage patch consisting of…

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How Green Is That ... Baseball Stadium?

The Natural Resources Defense Council has made major strides in greening America's favorite pastime through its Major League Baseball (MLB) Greening Program. Stadium upgrades include improved energy efficiency, concession operations, water use, recycling and cleaner…

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Fight of the Mountain People
A review of Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail by Jay Erskine Leutze

A simple phone call from a concerned community member prompted Jay Erskine Leutze to change his life purpose. Paul Brown, president of Clark Stone Company was going to "pull that whole mountain down," the caller said. And she wanted Leutze, a lawyer, to intervene.…

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EARTHTALK Q&A
Risk From Tsunami Debris

Dear EarthTalk: Is there any environmental risk from all that Japanese tsunami debris that is starting to wash up on the U.S. west coast?

—Bailey Thigerson, Seattle, WA

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Is Natural Gas the Automotive Fuel of the Future?

Dear EarthTalk: I recently saw an article extolling the virtues of natural gas as an abundant, inexpensive and domestically produced automotive fuel. Is this going to be the automotive fuel of the future and how green is it?

—Jason Kincaide,
New Bedford, MA

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July/August 2012
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