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July 10, 2015 •
Education & Outreach, Green Living, Lifestyle, Original Content, Uncategorized •
Views: 985
EcoBeat Staff – Droughts have been in the news a lot lately, striking everywhere from California, to Brazil, North Korea, and Thailand. A number of these droughts are the worst in recent memory. Yet, with the recent headlines accusing actor Tom Selleck
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July 8, 2015 •
Featured, International Issues, Original Content, Technology, Water •
Views: 1137
EcoBeat Staff – The Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains approximately 1.9 million bits of plastic per square mile of ocean, that’s a piece of plastic almost every 10 feet for 7.7 million square miles, according to National Geographic. Few solutions
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July 7, 2015 •
Climate, Featured, Fossil Fuels, International Action, Original Content •
Views: 949
EcoBeat Staff – Pope Francis recently caused waves around the globe with the release of Laudato Si, his 200-page encyclical on climate change. In it, the Pope states that climate change is primarily caused by humans and that it is a sin to destroy the
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July 5, 2015 •
Biodiversity, Original Content, Recent, Wildlife •
Views: 1266
EcoBeat Staff – Dead humpback whales washing up on the shores of Washington State and Western Australia have become increasingly worrisome over the past five years, with seemingly no explanation in sight. Until now. Observations of several carcasses in
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July 3, 2015 •
Extreme Weather, International Issues, Reposted Articles, Water •
Views: 7469
Christopher Woody Business Insider For the full story, click HERE. June 15 2015 – “National efforts to desalinate seawater and recycle wastewater have enabled the Mediterranean country, which is more than half desert, to satisfy its water needs
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July 2, 2015 •
Alternative Energy, Energy, Original Content, Recent •
Views: 657
EcoBeat Staff – Japan has been facing an energy crisis ever since the earthquake and resulting tsunami in 2011 that critically damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors. At the time, the country relied on nuclear energy for nearly 30% of its
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June 29, 2015 •
Biodiversity, Featured, Original Content, Recent, Wildlife •
Views: 842
EcoBeat Staff – Thanks to a petition started five years ago by animal rights organizations, including the Human Society, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service just decided to allow the country’s 1,724 captive chimpanzees to receive the
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June 28, 2015 •
Energy, Featured, International Action, Original Content, Recent, Renewable Energy •
Views: 801
EcoBeat Staff – With Prime Minister Modi’s commitment to quintuple India’s original solar energy generation commitments from 20 GW (enough to power 4 million homes) to 100 GW by 2022 and a $20 billion investment to cover a fifth of that plan from
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June 25, 2015 •
Featured, Original Content, Recent, Trafficking, Wildlife •
Views: 953
EcoBeat Staff – Rhino horns are one of the most valuable substances on the market in China and Vietnam due to their supposed health benefits. On average, just a singular pound of rhino horn can fetch a price of $30,000 according to the International
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June 24, 2015 •
Climate, International Action, Original Content, Recent •
Views: 972
EcoBeat Staff – Emissions from energy production account for nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gases being released into the environment. Projections from the United Nations Development Program anticipate 6-8 billion additional energy consumers by
