Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Report shows strong public support for Endangered Species Act
February 21, 2014The report was based on a poll which found that two out of three U.S. citizens want the Endangered Species Act either strengthened or simply left alone, but not circumvented or weakened.
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Bison slaughter brings stampede of outrage
February 18, 2014Yellowstone National Park is rounding up bison to be slaughtered, and people ranging from Native Americans to animal rights activists are calling Yellowstone out on it.
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West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
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Minnesota oil spill largely unreported, spills by rail hit new high
February 11, 2014Here's something troubling for environmentalists to contemplate: Have oil spills become so common, so normal, that the media only bothers to highlight the largest-scale disasters?
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Keystone XL pipeline and the jobs controversy
February 7, 2014XL backers' arguments that the project is a jobs provider are being disputed. Many, including some labor activists, feel that the pipeline issue does not need to be divisive, and that they share the same underlying...
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Pete Seeger’s green activism in New York and New Jersey
February 4, 2014Seeger did much for New Jersey, taking a stand against ocean dumping . And he thought that a graceful boat would draw people to their forgotten riverfronts and imagine a different future for the Hudson River
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Will Facebook die out by 2017?
January 31, 2014According to a new study, one of the world's most popular social networks may be about to go the way of the dinosaur.
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Dolphin slaughter stirs up wave of outrage
January 28, 2014Dolphin hunting is also known as drive hunting, and involves driving the animals together with boats and trapping them. It is increasingly seen as a cruel, inhumane, and entirely unnecessary practice.
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