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World’s Smallest Frog Discovered


Do not adjust your computer monitors. Yes, this is a frog. On the end of a pencil. Yes, he is smaller than the average frog and yes, he is a damn cute amphibian! The world’s smallest amphibian has reecently been discovered and has been dubbed by scientists: the Microhyla nepenthicola. Adult frogs of this species range [...]

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Monsanto Will Pay $2.5M Fine To EPA


$2.5 Million. That’s the amount of the largest fine ever given out under a U.S. pesticides law, and it will be agricultural powerhouse Monsanto that will pay it. The Environmental Protection Agency will be collecting the $2.5 million fine, which considering other payments Monsanto has had to pay out in the past, is barely a [...]

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Woody Harrelson Appeals to Congress for Healthy School Meals Act


Worried about what kind of food they’re feeding your little monkies in school? We all are. Since Food Inc., as well as Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, there has been heightend awareness regarding the nutrition the public school system is offering the youth of today. Now, actor Woody Harrelson has jumped on board, becoming an advocate [...]

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Cold Weather Killing the Florida Manatee


The Florida Manatee, is already an endangered species due to human impact and habitat loss but one of the main contributing factors is cold water which leads to these animals to get sick. So far this year more than 100 manatees have been found dead in Florida waters and according to the Florida Fish and [...]

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London Planting 2 Million Trees By 2025


London Mayor Boris Johnson’s environmental adviser, Isabel Dedring, said climate projections show that the average summer temperatures in London could be at least 3.9C higher by 2080, and as much as 6C to 10C on the hottest days. A recent study suggested that increasing the amount of greenery in a city by 10% could offset [...]

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Pakistan Breaks Tree Planting Record


Three hundred volunteers in Pakistan planted 541,176 mangrove trees (by hand) in one day, subsequently breaking the Guinness World Record for tree planting. The volunteers managed to do it all without the aid of mechanical equipment. They planted the mangroves in the Indus River Delta wetland ecosystem in the Southern Sindh Province of Pakistan. WWF [...]

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California’s First LEED Certified Winery


HALL Wines recently announced that it has received theLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification for its Napa Valley St. Helena winery, becoming the first winery in California to be distinguished as a Gold certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System. “The certification of HALL Wines not [...]

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Saving Water By Using Rainwater Barrels


Watering plants with rainwater, instead of water from city reservoirs, has a number of positive benefits: it increases populations of beneficial soil microbes, which can be harmed by the chlorine that is added to municipal water, and it prevents too much salt buildup in the soil. Rainwater is the right pH and, if stored properly, [...]

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Belgian City Goes Vegetarian One Day A Week


The Belgian city of Ghent plans to make a name for itself by becoming the first city on the planet to go vegetarian for one day each week. The city has decided, collectively (we love those European sensibilities) that there will be a regular weekly meatless day, in which civil servants and elected councilors will [...]

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Google Hires Goats to Mow The Lawn


At Google’s Mountain View headquarters, there are a few large grassy fields that need mowing on occasion – as large grassy field often do, in order to clear pesky weeds and reduce fire hazards (common is this area of California). This spring the forward thinkers at Google have decided to take a low-carbon approach to [...]

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