Fracking Sand May Threaten Health For Drillers, Communities

November 19, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Fracking Sand May Threaten Health For Drillers, Communities The first time Bill Ferullo saw the white plumes drifting from a natural gas fracking site, he got out of his car to take pictures. "I didn't know what it was," he recalled. "But two minutes later my chest was burning. It burned all night." Continue reading... World Bank Head: Climate Change 'One Of The Single Biggest Challenges' After Sandy, Communication Breakdown Hampered Efforts To Find Evacuated Seniors Amid Climate Change Inaction in Washington, Activist Urges Americans To 'Do The Math' World Bank Climate Change Report Says 'Turn Down The Heat' On Warming Planet Dolphins Shot In Gulf Of Mexico, Rampage Concerns Officials (GRAPHIC PHOTO) Animal Photos Of The Week World Bank Climate Change Report Says 'Turn Down The Heat' On Warming Planet Dolphins Shot In Gulf Of Mexico, Rampage Concerns Officials (GRAPHIC PHOTO) World Bank Climate Change Report Says 'Turn Down The Heat' On Warming Planet Bill and Lou and Shifting the Paradigm: Now Is the Time to Go Vegan The World Bank's Shocking, Cautionary Tale on Climate Change ELLEN CANTAROW Frack Fight There's a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent movement. The weaponry may be humdrum, but the stakes couldn't be higher. Continue reading... BILL CARTER The Hidden Costs of Going Green Going green will drive the open-pit copper mining industry with a new demand for copper components. Going green is best for the planet, but doing so will mean digging enormous holes in the Earth, all of them bleeding toxic metals into watersheds in the name of clean technology. Continue reading... FRANCESCA KOE Ordinary People Helping Our Oceans in Extraordinary Ways With the help of people just like you and me, collectively we will know a whole lot more about the numbers and types of sea life in our waters, how best to respond to a major disturbance, and how much success we're having in protecting vulnerable habitats. Continue reading... EVAN WINIKER Bull in a Tofu Shop Unlike most 7 footers with a knuckle set full of gold, John Sally opted not to open a car wash with his NBA loot, but rather to invest in a way of life, one he believes in so strongly, he kicked his daughter out of the house for not following. Continue reading... KATHY STEVENS Bill and Lou and Shifting the Paradigm: Now Is the Time to Go Vegan To be authentically sustainable means to be vegan. No matter how animals are grown, growing plants to feed humans is easier on the earth than growing plants to feed animals and then turning those animals into food. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.