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Are Urinating Swimmers Killing Fish?

German officials have banned swimmers from Eichbaum Lake while studying the link between fish death and public urination.

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Earth Day 2012: How the World Celebrates

Join as us we cozy up on our eco-friendly moss carpet, put on our favorite eco-friendly solar-powered fan hats and take a look at the Earth Day celebrations across the globe.

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Where Are America’s Greenest Cities?

Travel + Leisure ranks the top 20 most environmentally friendly cities. Did your hometown make the cut?

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Study: For Millennials, It’s Not So Easy Being Green

Do those coming of age in the wake of global warming simply see climate change as inevitable?

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Actress Lucy Lawless Arrested While Protesting Arctic Oil Drilling

Lawless and five others were arrested on Monday, three days after they climbed onto an oil-drilling ship to prevent it from making exploratory wells in the Arctic.

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Edible Opportunities in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth

Six years after Katrina, it’s still a challenge to find basic resources in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. But a local community garden and education center is trying to change that.

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Sleepy Dormouse is YouTube Sensation

Here’s your obligatory cute animal video of the day.

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Bangkok Struggles With Massive Floods

“In the worst-case scenario, if all the dikes break, all parts of Bangkok would be more or less flooded.” — SERI SUPHARATID, Rangsit University’s disaster director, on the city’s ongoing flooding (via MSNBC)

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Up to 20 Million Tons of Japan’s Tsunami Debris Expected on U.S. Shores

The scenic shores of Hawaii are bracing for a surge of waves, but not of water.

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Unknown Disease Killing Ringed Seals in Alaska

Scores of ringed seals along the coast of Alaska have fallen victim to a mysterious disease that has been afflicting the area since July.