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Farm Runoff Brings Toxic Algae to Once-Pristine Ohio Lake
What's more disturbing than the poisonous algae in Grand Lake St Marys is the apparent helplessness of the people who live and work on the lake to do anything about the farm runoff that causes it. Read More...
The 10,000-Year-Old Problem: Annual Food Plants
The next great thing in the survival of our species is perennial grains and legumes instead of the annuals that require tilling and fertilizing every year. Read about what this will mean for you -- and the Earth. Read More...
The Perils of Hydrofracking, on Film
The documentary, "Gasland," covers the impact of drilling gas wells by hydraulic fracturing, described here as "polemical and quite frightening." Read More...
Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaning Arrives
No more toxic perc is used to clean clothes in these new, ecologically friendly dry cleaners in Oregon. Time to as your local drycleaner to do the same. Read More...
PA Gas Well Blows Fracking Fluid into Old Growth Forest
A blowout of a gas well in Clearfield Country, Pennsylvania, gushed gas and fracking fluid 75 ft into the for 16 hours. It got very little media attention, which was focused on its big brother in the Gulf. Read More...
The Bees Have It: They Monitor the Air Around German Airports
Testing the honey of local bees for toxins like lead and other heavy metals is the way the air around Dusseldorf Airport and seven other German airports is monitored. Read More...
Environmental Justice Eyes Users as well as Producers
In this thought-provoking Q & A interview, an environmental lawyer talks about paying for environmental costs and points out that the users of polluting sources have to bear their share of the cost. Read More...