Rachel Carson conducts Marine Biology Research with Bob Hines in the Atlantic. (Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Peter Dykstra: Your Environment 101 syllabus

I've often wondered what it would be like to teach a class based on my life immersed in environmental issues. Lucky for you, I have my own column.

I've struggled with getting to sleep my entire life. The only things that ever reliably worked for me were college lectures—up all night in the dorm, then lights out for Comparative Biology 101.

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The US is responsible for 26% of global warming emissions & is morally responsible to help solve it

Is America to blame for global warming? Yes, it has the single biggest slice of that ugly pie. The entire EU together is in the ballpark of shame.

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How can we stop the air we breathe from slowly poisoning us?

A human breath begins in the deepest reaches of the brain, where—far beneath consciousness—the body's most basic and essential functions are regulated.

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VIDEO from Sir David Attenborough: Climate change - The facts

Hour-long BBC documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough on the urgent need for action on climate change.

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New healthy soil guide gives cooks a better recipe for climate change

This restaurant duo wants to spread the gospel that healthy soil on farms and ranches can play a major role in slowing global warming.

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Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

Peter Dykstra takes Host Steve Curwood to Norway, where the government has decided against investing in drilling in the oil-rich Lofoten Islands. The opposite may happen in Florida, as President Trump moves towards developing offshore oil and gas drilling.

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More than 80 percent of waste from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas drilling stays in the state: Report

Exposure to oil and gas drilling waste has been linked to numerous health impacts, including cancer.

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Kids in Southwestern Pennsylvania are exposed to carcinogenic coke oven emissions at shockingly higher rates than the rest of the country

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After a decade of research, here’s what scientists know about the health impacts of fracking

"This should be of serious concern to policymakers interested in protecting public health."

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Peter Dykstra: The potential of ocean protection

Under assault from climate change, acidification, and a plastics barrage, the oceans get a boost from the marine reserve movement.

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Peter Dykstra: The 800-lb (cheap, plastic) gorilla in our oceans

Decades of warnings. A global environmental threat. Climate change isn't the only mess we're ignoring.

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Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill

Peter Dykstra: Your Environment 101 syllabus

I've often wondered what it would be like to teach a class based on my life immersed in environmental issues. Lucky for you, I have my own column.

The US is responsible for 26% of global warming emissions & is morally responsible to help solve it

How can we stop the air we breathe from slowly poisoning us?

High-school students prepare for wind jobs

VIDEO from Sir David Attenborough: Climate change - The facts

New healthy soil guide gives cooks a better recipe for climate change

Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

More than 80 percent of waste from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas drilling stays in the state: Report

Exposure to oil and gas drilling waste has been linked to numerous health impacts, including cancer.

Kids in Southwestern Pennsylvania are exposed to carcinogenic coke oven emissions at shockingly higher rates than the rest of the country

"Kids breathe about four times as much air as an adults, so they have proportionately more of these chemicals in their bodies."

After a decade of research, here’s what scientists know about the health impacts of fracking

"This should be of serious concern to policymakers interested in protecting public health."

Peter Dykstra: The potential of ocean protection

Under assault from climate change, acidification, and a plastics barrage, the oceans get a boost from the marine reserve movement.

Peter Dykstra: The 800-lb (cheap, plastic) gorilla in our oceans

Decades of warnings. A global environmental threat. Climate change isn't the only mess we're ignoring.

Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill

"We don't want you here. Go somewhere else."

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I've often wondered what it would be like to teach a class based on my life immersed in environmental issues. Lucky for you, I have my own column.

Exposure to oil and gas drilling waste has been linked to numerous health impacts, including cancer.

"Kids breathe about four times as much air as an adults, so they have proportionately more of these chemicals in their bodies."

"This should be of serious concern to policymakers interested in protecting public health."

Under assault from climate change, acidification, and a plastics barrage, the oceans get a boost from the marine reserve movement.

Decades of warnings. A global environmental threat. Climate change isn't the only mess we're ignoring.

"We don't want you here. Go somewhere else."

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