Travel & Outdoors: December 2010 : Planet Green

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Airport Layover Eco-Facelifts From SFO to Barcelona in 2011

By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 29 2010

You may in fact be reading this from an airport terminal right now, trying desperately to get home after the Christmas holiday. As snow blankets the Northeast, many of those with cancelled flights are forced to take refuge in the airport. And if you're a regular air traveler then you know that layovers and delays are just part of the game. You can't be sure that you're going to get to your destination on time, until you actually get there. + READ MORE

7 Extreme Winter Sports You've Never Heard Of

By ChanMi Park IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 29 2010

If the past few storms in Europe and North America are any indication, winter's here in full force! Don't let the cold weather keep you indoors this season and venture out to enjoy the amazing winter sites with some extreme winter sports! + READ MORE

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Natural Gas Fracking Around the U.S.: End-of-Year Recap

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

Elephants Need Your (and Washington's) Help

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

Score One for California Forests

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

Bored With Your Travel Plans? How About Radioactive Tourism?

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

The Birds and Beatles? Steve Baldwin Rocks with The Meetles and Brooklyn's Green Parrots (Interview)

By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 8 2010

"I first stumbled across The Meetles in early 2009, just a few months after they began performing in the subway. Seeing and hearing them for the first time was just about as odd as seeing wild green parrots flying about in an urban wasteland!" + READ MORE

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Travel & Outdoors: December 2010

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