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Remediating Acid Mine Drainage: History and Techniques in Appalachia

Category: Conservation

A bit of the basics of acid mine drainage remediation techniques.

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We, Pine Beetles and Global Warming Make Three

Category: Animals

Ed has a great review of a recent paper in Nature presenting new research that describes just how extensive the damage done by the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia. The culprit of the outbreak is most likely climate change...

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Shielding Guyana's Rainforest

Category: Animals

A recent move to pay Guyana for not cutting down their rainforest.

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Hey, I'm Tryin' to Destroy the Rainforest Here!

Category: Environment

Just read an article about the apparently widespread use of tropical hardwoods in New York City. The numbers are impressive: ...the market for Ipé wood drives much of the industrial logging of the entire Amazon, and has increased dramatically in...

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Mountaintop Removal Approval?

Category: Environment

Bill Moyers wrote a piece about surface mining the other day, talking about a recent change to the policy in 2006: The proposed new rule codifies the 2004 buffer zone proposals and, according to THE NEW YORK TIMES, "seems specifically...

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It's Just an Animal

Category: Animals

We picked up another stray the other night, but there's no happy ending this time.

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Media Spin: Conservation vs. Public Health

Category: Environment

An article on increased consumption of fish misses the mark.

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Exploring the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Inequality and Threatened Species

Category: Ecology

I finally got around to reading this study from PLoS One, another paper trying to address socioeconomic influences on ecology and biodiversity. The researchers explored a possible correlation between economic inequality - the distribution of wealth - and biodiversity in...

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PETA to Moore: "Lose Some Weight, Chubbo!"

Category: Current Events

More fat jokes than you can shake a Tofu Pup at.

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The Half Truths of the Anti-Meat Lobby

Category: Ethics

I've always been conflicted about vegetarianism. I have known many vegetarians and vegans in my life and it is a lifestyle choice that I can respect for its intent. I genuinely dislike factory farming of any food product, animal or...

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