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Bears in Heat
The polar bear is not alone in its struggle for survival in the face of global warming. Grizzly bears are feeling the heat too.
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Big Green Machines
In April, San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, signed an ordinance to reduce the single largest source of diesel pollution in the city, which, you may be surprised to learn, consists of bulldozers, cranes, and other heavy construction equipment.
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Chemical Reactions
A baby bottle. A can of tomato sauce. That wonderfully indestructible plastic canteen you've taken on every hiking trip. Could they be hazardous to your health?
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Honor Thy Land, 'Til Death Do Us Part
Alice Higinbotham Patterson and her husband, Joseph Medill Patterson, the onetime publisher of the Chicago Tribune who went on to found the New York Daily News, shared, among other things, a deep love for the land.
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Is Life a Beach?
Knowing which beaches are safe isn't always easy. Current testing standards for beach water, dating back to 1986, rely on outdated monitoring tests that fail to alert beachgoers to immediate risks of exposure to waterborne pathogens
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Learning the New Economics of Coal
Wall Street sees global warming pollution as a risk for investors
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Ocean Hero
Inside the office of attorney Sarah Chasis you'll find a framed poster of a whale lobbing its tail on the glistening surface of Prince William Sound. It's one of many reminders of the work she's done over the past 33 years to protect the health of our oceans and coastal regions.
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Smart Towns
Redesigning our neighborhoods to reduce the amount of energy used for transportation, as well as the energy used in buildings themselves, is a key step in curbing global warming.
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Vanity Fair Editor Honored by NRDC
Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter receives award
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Whales Win a Big one
Whales Win a Big one
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