Growing up in New Jersey, it didn’t quite feel like summertime until I was eating Kohr’s ice cream on Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach or riding a bike on the promenade in Cape May. My family and I have gone down the shore every summer since I was born. I have spent a lot […]
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Eyeless Shrimp?
As a “Millennial,” the constant bombarding of information on the web has become engrained in my daily routine. I am able to access news stories and reports in the blink of an eye. I can read my Twitter timeline for up-to-the-second information from various environmental groups. On the surface, this seems to be a clear […]
Changes to the water, air and land in coal country have caused trouble for vast amounts of biodiversity in the region. The biodiversity of the Appalachian headwater streams is second only to the tropics. The southern Appalachian mountains are home to the greatest diversity of salamanders on the globe, accounting for 18% of the known […]
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Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia
The Appalachian region of the United States, extending from southern New York to northern Mississippi, is home to more than 25 million people in 420 counties across 13 states. The majority of the Appalachian population is poor whites dispersed over large rural areas. The Appalachian economy is extremely reliant on mountaintop removal (MTR) mining, despite […]
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Ethanol is Not the Answer
With oil at $104/barrel, it seems only logical to invest in alternative sources of fuel for our cars in the United States. The increase in oil prices has led to the apparently beneficial act of diverting grain from food supply to ethanol production. Ethanol is an alcohol made by fermenting sugar components of plant materials, […]
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The “Peak Oil” Debate
For the last 20 some-odd years, natural resource experts have estimated we have 30 years of oil left. This seems counter-intuitive. How can 20 years pass, but the amount of oil we have left on the planet stay the same, especially as we continue to consume it at an exponential rate? The answer lies in […]
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