Greenpeace protesters climbing 450-ft smokestack | Image via www.treehugger.comSmokestack Protest Tuesday morning, Greenpeace activists began their descent down from the top of a smokestack at Chicago’s Pilsen coal-fired plant, reaching an arrest once they arrived at the bottom. After spending their time at the top to hold up “quit coal” signs, the protesters felt as
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Marchers outside of the Liberty Place | Image via Sierra ClubYesterday, environmental groups, protesters, families, doctors, religious leaders, students, concerned citizens, and doctors gathered at the Westin in downtown Philadelphia to participate in a day long EPA public hearing and thirty minute press conference focused on the need for protection from mercury.
Mercury and air toxins,
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The last time was a pork sandwich, with greens, from the local pizza shop. The sandwich arrived soggy with grease; the pork, a glum gray; the broccoli rabe limp and lifeless. It was, for all intents, a waste of my 10 bucks. That was a Friday. April 8. I’d come home from work feeling tired,
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Last October’s successful Night Market | Image via www.nightmarket.orgThe Night Market is back! Celebrate some of Philly’s best ethnic restaurants and food trucks Thursday, June 9th, from 6 to 10 p.m. Brought to you by the Food Trust (responsible for the cult-inducing Headhouse Farmers’ Market) this is a great opportunity to taste a diverse array
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Three Mile Island | Image via www.eoearth.orgNot Nuclear After the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor, many nations are considering moving away from the use of nuclear energy. This may be a problem, however, as 20 percent of the United States’ energy is derived from nuclear power. (Link) Cheap is Better? Are there any environmental
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I confess. I judge books by their covers. I’ll happily lay down an extra couple of dollars for the bottle of wine with the well-designed label. And yes, this unfortunate tendency extends to my little garden. For the past several years, containers sprouting heirlooms with awesome names (Mr. Stripey, Dragon’s Egg, Boothby’s Blonde, Painted Lady)
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5/24: Handlebar Happy Hour This evening head on over to Johnny Brendas, between Frankford and Girard, for cheap drinks and bicycle chat, sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP). Experts in the field of cycling will be on hand to give you information about upcoming projects, bike laws and other fun biking tidbits.
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Susquehanna River (click to enlarge)/Image via American RiversIn Pennsylvania, development of natural gas resources is proving to come at a high price. Thanks to natural gas drilling (or fracking) the Susquehana River has been named the most endangered river in the U.S. by American Rivers for the second year in a row. Each year, American
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I have many photographs of garter snakes attacking. Some are biting my hand. The others are going after the camera, their pink mouths open wide and ready to do battle. I am usually trying for a more peaceful composition, but garter snakes are fighters—they don’t sit there passively while a monster lifts them way off
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One of the many proposed ideas for ocean cleaning | Image via nytimes.com Trash Tracker There is a vast amount of trash that ends up in the ocean each year, eighty percent of which is plastic. In the U.S., the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has created the “Marine Debris Tracker” in order to
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