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How Much Water do you Really Use?

We’ve been warned that, as climate changes across the world, water will soon become a very scarce, precious resource – one that wars may be fought over. So, naturally, it’s incredibly important that we conserve as much as we can. But even if you take Navy showers and are otherwise super frugal with water use, [...]

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Meat-Eating Environmentalist: A Contradiction in Terms?

So, you’re an ardent environmentalist. You wear organic clothing, live in a small energy-efficient home, ride your bike to work and always remember your reusable bags when shopping. But for all of your efforts, your carbon footprint is still huge – thanks to your diet, which is full of hamburgers, steaks and ham sandwiches.
Nobody’s perfect [...]

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Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food

When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food. The reason? In a word, beef. It’s incredibly inefficient to produce and cows release insane amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. The more demand there is for beef, the more cows will be bred across the world. So, every [...]

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Are Frogs Being Eaten to Extinction?

Put down that fried frog leg! Demand for the delicacy is depleting regional populations to the point of no return, according to conservationists. Culinary use is even more of a threat to amphibians than climate change, disease and habitat degradation.
The National University of Singapore is calling for more regulation and monitoring to prevent frogs from [...]

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Fox News Belittles Animal Rights, Slams Kids Trying to Go Green

There’s not much that Fox News can do to surprise me. We can pretty well expect anything that comes from this so-called ‘news’ organization to be ignorant, narrow-minded and self-serving despite their ‘fair and balanced’ claims. Yet, a roomful of Fox talking heads eating KFC while insulting people who actually give a shit about things [...]

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Eva Mendes Wants to Get Naked with Morrissey for PETA

Actress Eva Mendes appeared in a ‘I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur’ ad for PETA last winter, and she’s eager to do it again – as long as Morrissey will do it with her.  Eva is apparently a big fan of the singer, who fronted The Smiths before embarking on a solo career in [...]

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