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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 15th, 2015
US Giant Duke Energy Fined $68M (€60M) for Environmental Crimes

US Giant Duke Energy Fined $68M (€60M) for Environmental Crimes

This past Thursday, the electricity company pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the country's Clean Water Act

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 11th, 2015
Apple Turned Tree-Hugger Wants to Teach China How to Protect Forests

Apple Turned Tree-Hugger Wants to Teach China How to Protect Forests

Together with the World Wildlife Fund, the company believes China can do a better job protecting its forests

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 11th, 2015
Oil Spills into Hudson River After Nuclear Plant Explosion Near NYC

Oil Spills into Hudson River After Nuclear Plant Explosion Near NYC

For the time being, local authorities are clueless about how much oil worked its way into the Hudson River

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 22nd, 2015
One Billion People Will Celebrate Earth Day This Wednesday, April 22

One Billion People Will Celebrate Earth Day This Wednesday, April 22

Organizers say this makes Earth Day 2015 the largest civic observance to have ever happened anywhere in the world

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 22nd, 2015
Toxic Water Reaches the Pacific Following Power Outage at Fukushima

Toxic Water Reaches the Pacific Following Power Outage at Fukushima

This Tuesday, the plant suffered a power outage and the pumps collecting and transferring toxic water stopped working

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 21st, 2015
Electric Cars Are Steadily Gaining Ground in Europe, New Report Shows

Electric Cars Are Steadily Gaining Ground in Europe, New Report Shows

Last year, people in Europe bought an impressive 57% more electric vehicles than they did back in 2013

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 21st, 2015
Adidas Wants to Fish Out Trash from Oceans, Use It to Make Clothes

Adidas Wants to Fish Out Trash from Oceans, Use It to Make Clothes

The brand has its eyes set on plastic waste, wants to use it to make fibers that can be added to its clothes and shoes

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 20th, 2015
We Produced a Record 41.8 Million Tonnes of E-Waste in 2014

We Produced a Record 41.8 Million Tonnes of E-Waste in 2014

Interestingly, it was the countries that claim to be eco-friendly that produced the most electrical and electronic waste

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 20th, 2015
The Past January, February and March Each Set a Global Heat Record

The Past January, February and March Each Set a Global Heat Record

Our planet is getting warmer and warmer at an alarming pace, NOAA researchers show in a recent report

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 2nd, 2015
US Federal Government OKs Shell's Plans to Drill for Oil in the Arctic

US Federal Government OKs Shell's Plans to Drill for Oil in the Arctic

This week, the Department of the Interior announced plans to open 30 million acres of the Chukchi Sea for oil drilling

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 2nd, 2015
Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Catches Fire, the Flames Kill 4

Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Catches Fire, the Flames Kill 4

Another 16 people were injured and 302 had to be evacuated, details Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 1st, 2015
Clouded Leopard Cubs Born at Zoo Miami in the US Are Totally Adorbs

Clouded Leopard Cubs Born at Zoo Miami in the US Are Totally Adorbs

The cubs were born towards the beginning of March to mother Serai and dad Rajasi, vets say they are perfectly healthy

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 1st, 2015
H&M Wants to Turn Old Socks and Shirts into Brand New Ones

H&M Wants to Turn Old Socks and Shirts into Brand New Ones

The goal is to reduce waste by using the recovered fibers to make brand new clothes, the clothing giant explains

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 30th, 2015
There's Ozone in the Air We Breathe and It's Messing Us Up, Study Warns

There's Ozone in the Air We Breathe and It's Messing Us Up, Study Warns

Evidence indicates exposure to ozone can affect the lungs and the heart, even reduce fertility in women

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 30th, 2015
Record High Temperature Reported at Research Base in Antarctica

Record High Temperature Reported at Research Base in Antarctica

Just last week, the temperature at Esperanza Base in Antarctica reached 17.5 degrees Celsius (63.5 degrees Fahrenheit)

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 27th, 2015
US Federal Government Approves Killing of Critically Endangered Rhinos

US Federal Government Approves Killing of Critically Endangered Rhinos

There are about 5,000 black rhinos left, the Fish and Wildlife Service just authorized the killing of two of them

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 27th, 2015
Radiation Leak at US Nuclear Waste Dump Caused by Wrong Cat Litter

Radiation Leak at US Nuclear Waste Dump Caused by Wrong Cat Litter

Cat litter is great at absorbing nuclear waste, folks at New Mexico's underground dump unfortunately used the wrong kind

 
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