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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk An uptick in the intensity of hurricanes, prolonged periods of drought precipitating wildfires, flooded out coastal regions, melting ice caps—most of us can agree that man-made climate change is at least a contributing factor for these modern-day environmental maladies that seem to be...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Those leaf blowers sure can be annoying, just for the noise alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, using a commercial-grade gas-powered leaf blower for just two hours can cause hearing damage, and repeated use is a sure recipe for...
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Sierra Club Washington, DC — The Sierra Club has just released a Spanish-language video encouraging Latinos to participate in the upcoming November 6th election and to call a bilingual toll-free number to find out where to vote. The video lists a number of events that have led to extraordinary levels of anxiety and concern for...
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Sierra Club Washington, DC — El Sierra Club acaba de lanzar un video en español que anima a los latinos a participar en las elecciones del 6 de noviembre y llamar a una línea bilingüe gratuita para saber dónde y cuándo votar. El video enumera varios eventos que han causado extraordinarios niveles de ansiedad y...
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Javier Sierra Sierra Club Con un nuevo monstruo amenazando la Costa Este de Estados Unidos y un año después del peor desastre en la historia de Puerto Rico, la isla sigue cubierta por el velo negro del Huracán María. Puerto Rico finalmente anunció el verdadero saldo mortal de la tormenta y...
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Soundbite Services LOS ANGELES — Chances are you or someone you know live near a potentially hazardous chemical facility and may not even know it. A new interactive map and report from the Environmental Justice Health Alliance identifies 12,000 such facilities that it said present health and safety risks. Based on...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic in the ocean is a big problem that first came to widespread public attention in the late 1980s when mariners began sharing reports of what turned out to be a 1.6 million square kilometer garbage patch (that’s about three times the size...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk No one doubts that time spent outdoors in nature is time well-spent, especially in this age of smartphones, tablets and laptops vying for our attention. Research consistently shows links between higher levels of health and well-being when people have access to parks, gardens,...
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Javier Sierra Sierra Club Como país estamos retrocediendo hacia la era de Jim Crow, en los años 1940 y 50, cuando para la gente de color, votar era más una victoria que un derecho constitucional. Hoy, en los Estados Unidos de Donald Trump, a solo tres meses de las cruciales...