Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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U.S.
Eisenberg, Humane Society on mistreatment of exotic birds
July 12, 2012The exotic pet trade is a blossoming, corrupt business that inadvertently creates a large percentage of mistreated parrots.
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World
New comic to dish the dirt on ocean pollution
July 11, 2012The Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of the Pacific Ocean filled with tons of plastic trash, which has increased exponentially.
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U.S.
Study suggests fracking wastes could poison drinking water
July 10, 2012According to a new scientific study, salty fluids rich with minerals in parts of Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale are seeping thousands of feet upward, right into drinking water.
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Opinion
National rally to demand end to frack attack
July 6, 2012After a recent report that New York officials are considering allowing fracking to take place, environmental activists have announced they are fighting back.
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Opinion
A subculture evolving: Women in metal speak out
July 6, 2012Women do now represent a sizable chunk of the metal scene - meaning that the genre is expanding and becoming more diverse.
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World
Heat wave, fires driven by climate change, scientists say
July 5, 2012The very real problem of global warming is leaving its mark upon the U.S. this summer as scorching heat plagues most of the country
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U.S.
Shell’s Arctic drilling: The environmental battle of our time
July 3, 2012On July 27, two Shell vessels departed from Seattle, en route to the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seas -- and the fragile ecosystems that lay within.
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U.S.
Colorado burning: This is what climate change looks like
June 29, 2012This is what climate change looks like.
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