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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Apr 20 2011
Formaldehyde is a chemical that everyone knows exists, but does not know that they probably come into contact with it on a daily basis, if not several times a day. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 26 2011
There have been some incredible animal survival stories: a dolphin rescued from a rice paddy one mile inland, for example -- but many have not been so lucky. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 25 2011
Would you go go skiing off a rooftop if you could? How about in the middle of a major city? + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 10 2011
As this whale illustrates more than any politician can, the world's oceans are in desperate need of better regulation. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Feb 5 2011
If you're in the market for a pet, remember to visit a shelter before a breeder. You could truly have the power to save an animal's life.
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 2 2011
Animals that have turned up shockingly far from home -- and in most cases, we have no idea how or why. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Jan 28 2011
“Due to concern for safety of our families, customers, vendors, and friends we will not be selling African Lion Tacos.” + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 23 2011
China announced a ban on animal circuses this week. It's a huge step for animals, considering how they're treated at circuses -- and in zoos -- not only in China but around the world. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jan 17 2011
Think you've heard about strange methods of rodent control? Think again. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 14 2011
Sustainability is on the rise worldwide, and schools are no exception. From Bali to Brazil, green schools are on the rise, physically and academically. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 12 2011
A quick look at what's sustainable and what's not in three of the cities Piers Morgan will hit this season. How much do you know about major cities' sustainability around the globe?
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 5 2011
The reasons that animals get to be on the endangered list are many and complex, but habitat and lack of safe refuge have a lot to do with it. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 30 2010
The Debris Collection is available in more than 112 colors and is made from over 70 percent recycled materials, more than 50 percent of that post-consumer waste. Fireclay Tile says that by working with local recyclers, the company will take more than 150 tons of porcelain waste out of the landfill. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 30 2010
Endangered Species Condoms "highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species extinct at a cataclysmic rate." + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2010
Amazon has come up with an idea that (surprise!) some people love and some people hate: a patented way to let people exchange gifts before they've even been delivered. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2010
Just because it's cold outside--and SO snowy, if you're in the northeast--doesn't mean you can't keep up the green thumb you were developing all summer. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 28 2010
Since last fall, when Split Estate aired on Planet Green, the film has been making waves across the country, and it's still going strong.
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 23 2010
Fracking has been a hot topic in the news lately: citizens across the country are worried about their environment and drinking water safety, and some states have similar concerns and are acting on them, and some aren't. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 22 2010
Ivory may be mostly illegal to buy and sell, but the thriving illicit trade, and legal loopholes, make protecting endangered elephants a difficult, and sometimes failing, task. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 20 2010
Hexavalent chromium, the "Erin Brockovich chemical" widely believed to be a human carcinogen, has been found in the tap water of 31 of the 35 cities tested recently by Environmental Working Group. Here's why that still doesn't mean you should head for the bottle. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 20 2010
Only last week did the U.S. endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 18 2010
Has your favorite cup of tea been tested on animals? + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 17 2010
California forests had some good news this week: an agreement between conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service that will see better protection for nearly a million acres of forest that were slated for potential road construction or other development. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 17 2010
Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion that spread radioactive fallout across Europe, will soon be open for tourism. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 15 2010
A list of cookbooks that will round out any green or veg kitchen. It is gift season, after all... + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 14 2010
A leaked memo reveals the sloppy process the EPA used to register a pesticide that could be a threat to the nation's food supply. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 2 2010
It turns out that not only is consumption drastically different in rich and poor countries, but the impact on biodiversity is, too. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 1 2010
With news that factory farms have been increasing in size at an unprecedented rate, it's more important than ever to make sure you know where your food comes from, and that it's not coming from a source that's largely unregulated and massively polluting. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 30 2010
The fund, in theory, would support development of adaptation strategies and technologies, cover resettlement costs for people who will be forced from their homes, and support future actions to prevent further damage by climate change. Will it pass? + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 29 2010
Chad Ochocino of the Cincinnati Bengals says that as a kid, he thought that fur used in the fashion industry was fake -- and when he found out it was real, and how fur is produced, he wanted to be a part of stopping it. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 27 2010
Congress recently failed to act on BPA. Canada and the EU now have a ban on the chemical in baby products. Here's a quick overview of some of the best and worst major food companies in the U.S. when it comes to BPA exposure. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Nov 26 2010
You're exposed to volatile organic compounds on an everyday basis, both through commonly-used products like household cleaners, as well as through things you don't think much about, like carpeting, paint, and vinyl flooring—these products don't stop emitting VOCs the day you take them out of the store, or a week after installation. So here are a few ways to start de-VOCing your life.
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 24 2010
When it comes to the environment, children's books are kind of like the holidays: it's hard to point out problems or missteps without feeling like a real spirit-crusher. But in terms of sustainability, not all children's books are created equal. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 11 2010
Despite the problems that animal agriculture in the U.S. has caused for the environment and human health, Obama's Asia tour this week has had an uncomfortably large focus on exporting beef, chicken and dairy. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 5 2010
The fish oil industry has done a great job of marketing over the last few years: people know about the health benefits of omega-3s, but forget that superior sources exist for those essential fatty acids. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Nov 5 2010
From healthcare to insurance to fighting government corruption, people you've never heard of are developing phone apps that are revolutionizing life in Africa. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Nov 4 2010
Water conservation seems to be all the buzz this week, from efficient appliances to showering less. But there's one factor missing. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 3 2010
The secret to getting people to go green is not education or even financial incentive, but guilt. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 3 2010
There are so many good plant-based options out there, you can adapt your diet to one of a superhero, help animals and the earth, and please your taste buds all at the same time.
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2010
On Saturday, a team of anti-plastic superheroes will gather for a worldwide webcast of TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch, a forum all about plastic pollution around the world and ideas for how to solve it.
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 2 2010
Following the country's worst mining spill, a debate has ensued in Peru not between local populations or the government and the mining company, but among local residents. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2010
Selenium pollution in northern California soil has been wreaking havoc on the environment for decades, but the government has just never come up with a good solution. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 1 2010
Smoking bans are nothing if not controversial, at least as they're being proposed and implemented. But are they effective? + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Oct 30 2010
While environmental advocates are rooting the loudest for solutions to climate change, their voices are often ignored as to what those solutions should be. + READ MORE
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By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Oct 28 2010
October is fair trade month, and the biggest candy holiday of the year is around the corner. How to make sure fair trade goods are in your basket. + READ MORE
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