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  Reef Conservation Strategy Backfires : NPR

  Conservationists worried about overfishing on the Pacific island of Kiribati persuaded fishermen to pick coconuts instead. The strategy backfired: Coconut oil production increased, but so did fishing. It turns out, fishermen who earned more money in coconut agriculture had more leisure time ...

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  Pamela Martin on environmental impact of American 'meat' diet » Radio Podcasts | EarthSky

  Pamela Martin on environmental impact of American 'meat' diet Pamela Martin is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago. She co-authored a 2009 study analyzing the environmental impact of an American diet based on meat versus a diet based on vegetables. Pamela Martin : Right now the ...

  Geoffrey Ames added 3 months ago

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  Take Action: Save Polar Bears

  Urge the Obama administration to grant endangered species protection for the polar bear, whose arctic habitat is threatened by global warming pollution and oil development. Dear Secretary Salazar, You have inherited a failed Bush administration policy on polar bears that I strongly oppose. ...

  Geoffrey Ames added 6 months ago

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  Video Warning of Pitfalls of Consumption Is a Hit in Schools - NYTimes.com

  A Cautionary Video About America’s ‘Stuff’ The thick-lined drawings of the Earth, a factory and a house, meant to convey the cycle of human consumption, are straightforward and child-friendly. So are the pictures of dark puffs of factory smoke and an outlined skull and crossbones, ...

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  BBC NEWS | Health | 1970s lifestyle 'protects planet'

  Getting back to the relatively slim, trim days of the 1970s would help to tackle climate change, researchers say. The rising numbers of people who are overweight and obese in the UK means the nation uses 19% more food than 40 years ago, a study suggests. That could equate to an extra 60 ...

  Geoffrey Ames added 7 months ago

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