Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Environment
Bear rescue center faces risk of profit-driven shutdown
October 10, 2012A bear rescue center run by Asian-focused (with a headquarters in Hong Kong) charity group Animals Asia faces an eviction from Tam Dao National Park in Vietnam.
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U.S.
New Jersey, number one in solar power, passes “revolution bill”
October 8, 2012"The bill could double the megawatts of solar power installed in New Jersey in the next few years."
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Environment
Activists call for end to polar bear killings
October 5, 2012Environmentalists, looking to help polar bears already affected by global warming, are pushing for an international ban on the legal trade in polar bear items.
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World
Post-Fukushima Japan looking into fracking?
October 4, 2012With anti-nuclear protests heating up after Japan revoked a previous anti-nuke plan, the country is desperately looking for energy alternatives.
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Environment
Historic vote to end “bear farming”
October 3, 2012In a historic move, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature voted at its World Congress in Jeju, South Korea to phase out bear farming.
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Arts
“Looper” is a neo-noir mind bender done right
October 2, 2012Despite the current influx of "all form and no content" movies, it seems that, once or twice a year, a cerebral sci-fi film comes along, bursting with originality and innovation. This year brought us "Looper."
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Environment
Is the fracking industry bribing professors?
September 27, 2012The University of Texas plans to organize experts to review a report on fracking after learning that the professor who wrote it is in the pocket of the natural gas industry.
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Environment
Lax rules letting drillers pollute the earth
September 26, 2012The methods are controversial enough. But activists have pointed out that oil and gas drilling have a nasty side effect.
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