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Texas Authorities Find Massive Shark Kill
10/10/2011This past weekend, wildlife officials in Texas came across a huge illegal fishing operation. They found about 3,000 dead sharks, tangled…
Read MoreTwo Most Important Southern California Recreational Fisheries Have Collapsed
10/10/2011by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY According to a new study coming from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, two of the…
Read MoreShanghai Struggles to Save Itself from the Sea
10/10/2011SHANGHAI — Some 1,000 years ago, the Chinese named this city “Shanghai” based on its location. It literally means “above the…
Read MoreWorld’s First Fat Tax in Denmark as Food Sin Taxes Become Reality in Europe
10/10/2011by Christine Lepisto, Berlin The statistics prove that people can’t control themselves. Delicious, fatty, comfort foods are driving obesity, disease, and…
Read MoreWorld’s Leading Apparel Brands, Retailers Boycott Uzbek Cotton Harvested by Child Laborers
10/10/2011More than 60 of the world’s leading apparel brands and retailers, including Adidas, Burberry, H&M, PPR Group, Walmart, Target, and Macy’s,…
Read MoreUniversity of Maryland Wins Solar Decathlon
10/10/2011by Lloyd Alter, Toronto I am not a good judge of architectural competitions. In most cases, I find the winner to…
Read MoreScientists Discover a Passive Virus That Destroys Breast Cancer Cells
10/10/2011by Diane Pham Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives, and it is the most common cancer experienced…
Read MoreClimate Change Threatens Kenya’s Rainmakers
10/10/2011by Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado We hear a lot about the impact of climate change on agriculture, especially smallholder farmers, but…
Read MoreWalmart Suddenly Loves (Some) Women
10/10/2011by Andrea Newell Walmart is rolling out a global program to benefit women but it won’t help their own female U.S….
Read More30 Million Plastic Bags Collected by School Kids to Save a Species
10/10/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California They’re like little troll dolls with tails. These super cute and super tiny animals are…
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