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Mar 25, 2013 01:44 PM ET // Sheila M. Eldred
Thirty years after a toxic chromium spill, New Jersey residents will find out if they have been exposed. ->
Feb 28, 2013 10:02 AM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
The world's police force turns its sights on illegal fishing operations. ->
Feb 26, 2013 11:10 AM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
Britain's otters have been on a comeback. So what is shrinking their reproductive organs? ->
Jul 26, 2011 01:48 AM ET // Erik Trinidad
Remember that viral video from early last year, in which a man goes on a morning hike and gets really ecstatic while witnessing a giant double rainbow across the sky, outside his home near Yosemite National Park? Well that man, Paul Vasquez -- although more well-known as "The Double Rainbow Guy" or...
Feb 8, 2012 06:07 PM ET // Alice Truong
LEGOs were among my favorite toys growing up, but their plastic make them less than eco-friendly. Earth Blocks, however, borrow from the toy-brick idea while using natural, environmentally minded materials. The blocks are made from a composite of cedar tree bark, compressed dust from sawn cedar log...
Jan 3, 2012 05:18 PM ET // Stephanie Pearson
Roz Savage was the first woman to row the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The 44-year-old Brit spent 550 days of her life at sea, for up to five months at a stretch, which gave her plenty of time to see the damage plastic can do to the marine ecosystem. That's why this March the [...]
Aug 24, 2011 05:30 AM ET // Erik Trinidad
Flagstaff lies just outside the San Francisco Peaks, a wintery wonderland in the state of Arizona (in the winter that is), with elevations up to 12,000 ft. This is a prime location for skiing; Arizona Snowbowl, the ski resort of the area, has been taking skiers and snowboarders up their lifts for d...
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