Jeremy Elton Jacquot
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A Picture is Worth... Algae-Dyed Polar Bears
Before you start getting worried, let me reassure you that this is not a case of a genetic engineering experiment gone terribly wrong. No, apparently it's just your typical case of polar bears swimming in a
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China Plans Massive $3.5 Billion GM Crops Push
Driven by the increasingly pressing need to provide a stable food supply for its surging population (1.3 billion and growing), China has decided to engineer its own "Green Revolution" by embarking on a massive $3.5 billion GM crops
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Nature and Stop Kingsnorth Interview James Hansen about His Clash with Big Coal
If you're a longtime reader of this site, then you're no doubt already aware of my -- and my colleague John's -- fixation on James Hansen. While there is no lack of skilled climate scientists in the U.S., few can muster the rhetorical firepower and
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Another Endangered Species Gets Shafted
Remember: Just because you claim to be upholding the mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (presumably to preserve and manage said "fish and wildlife") doesn't mean you actually have to follow through with it -- at least if
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Big Oil and Other Interest Groups Join McCain VP Palin's Lawsuit to Reverse Polar Bear Listing
After getting past the initial shock of hearing about John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, I quickly honed in on two particularly salient aspects of her environmental views: her belief that
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Getting to the Bottom of the World's Biggest Mass Poisoning Case (UPDATED)
Every year, over 70 million Indians and Bangladeshi are exposed to arsenic when they consume rice, the region's primary food staple, and water. Often portrayed as the world's worst case of mass poisoning, this chronic exposure has
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Scientists Develop Potent Acids to Take Down Destructive Fluorocarbons
While their brethren, the dreaded chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), may be on the wane, fluorocarbons -- a class of equally dangerous industrial gases -- are still wreaking havoc. As the name implies, the main distinguishing characteristic between CFCs and
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U.S. and Canadian Researchers Begin Work on Commercially Extracting Methane from Gas Hydrates
Despite the tremendous risks involved, more and more countries are sinking ever larger sums of money into research examining the energy potential of gas hydrates, or methane clathrates. As Janet Pelley reports in the online edition of Environmental
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John McCain's Bear Problem
John McCain can't quite seem to make up his mind as to where he falls on the issue of conservation. On one hand, he proudly labels himself a disciple of Theodore Roosevelt's muscular approach to conservation, going so far as to proclaim on his campaign
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Planting Trees to Kill Bad Odors and Reduce Emissions
You already know them as nature's lungs. But its deodorant, too? That is the conclusion of new research done by George Malone, a poultry specialist at the University of Delaware, who found that planting trees around
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Study Finds Half of All Food Produced Worldwide is Wasted
And you thought $20 billion worth of wasted food was a lot. According to a new policy brief issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Stockholm International Water Institute and the International Water Management
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Satellite Images Reveal Two of Greenland's Biggest Glaciers Are Losing More Ice
Although researchers may still largely be dealing in uncertainties when it comes to predicting Greenland's exact fate, the data and observations that continue to trickle in suggest a "greener" (see: ice-free) future for the island nation. According to
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California Set to Adopt Nation's First Anti-Sprawl Law
While it remains to be seen whether California will be able to successfully meet the rigorous guidelines it laid out in its landmark AB 32 bill, the state is on the cusp of taking a huge step forward with the imminent adoption of SB
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Coal's Toxic Legacy Revealed in Greenland Ice Core
Proving that Big Coal's nefarious influence knows no bounds, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that pollution from coal burning has contaminated the Arctic for the last 100 years. Measurements taken
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Britain Prepares for Massive Jellyfish Onslaught
British scientists hope a groundbreaking new project will help their country face down one of its most urgent threats -- a major jellyfish invasion. Called "EcoJel," the project will, for the first time, examine the impacts massive
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Will Engineering a "Flexi-bee" Save Colonies from Collapse?
While there remains some discussion over the exact cause of the mysterious epidemic -- known as "colony collapse disorder" (CCD) -- that has been decimating the U.S. honeybee population, most entomologists now believe the varroa mite, a parasite that
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Los Angeles Doubles Fines for Water Wasters
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In an effort to clamp down on Angelenos' profligate water use, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has just signed an ordinance doubling the penalties for residents who repeatedly flout the
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KQED Quest Visits the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to Learn about Ocean Acidification
I'm sure you're probably getting tired of hearing me drone on and on about ocean acidification (even though it arguably poses one of the greatest threats to our planet's livelihood), so I thought I'd let somebody else -- who's actually well-versed in
