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Environment

EarthFirst gets a brand new look

EarthFirst introduces a brighter, greener, faster website. What do you think of the changes?

Is it time to set orcas free?

The death of a Sea World orca trainer revives the question of whether or not it is ethical to keep killer whales in captivity.

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Planned Greenpeace Fortress Aims to Stop Heathrow Runway

Airport officials in London will have a really hard time building that planned third runway once Greenpeace is done building their “impenetrable fortress” right smack in the middle of the land intended for the project. The structure, located on one acre of Greenpeace-owned land, will house and protect airport expansion protesters.
But who’s going to design [...]

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Turning Bacteria to Biofuel with E. Coli

Of all the bacteria that we know by name, E. coli is among the most reviled – second only to, perhaps, methicillin-resistant staph (MRSA). It’s a nasty little bug, causing serious illness when transmitted to humans through food. But this deadly bacterium may just be the key to a new type of biofuel made from [...]

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Coke’s Plant-Based Bottles Won’t Fix Bad Consumer Habits

In another minor effort to appease critics of wasteful, petroleum-based plastic bottles, Coca-Cola Co. has introduced a new packaging alternative made from 30% sugar cane-based materials. The other 70% is made from – you guessed it – petroleum-derived polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Coca-Cola says it plans to shift to this packaging for all beverages it produces, and [...]

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Shipping Containers Could Help Haiti, Fast & Cheap

As hundreds of thousands of Haitians huddle in the streets after the stunning devastation of last week’s earthquake, caring people across the world are trying to think of ways to help – and this may just be one of the most creative (and realistic) ideas yet.
Designers from South Carolina’s Clemson University think they have just [...]

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