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Bloggers Mine Irony of Gore School's Contamination

(Sept. 8) -- Conservative bloggers are abuzz over what they see as a delicious irony: A Los Angeles school named for environmentalist Al Gore was apparently built on contaminated soil. The Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences is jointly named after the former vice president and Rachel Carson, the late writer...

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Spring has returned to Vermont

Who could have thought that may would bring us so many hues of green?

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This Mother's Day, Mother Earth Wants You

How did a girl raised and hardened on the streets of New York City become a passionate environmentalist, geeky master gardener and full-fledged compost queen?

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Reflections on Earth Day

In 1994, I was asked by Rachel Carson's publisher to write the introduction for the 30th anniversary edition of Silent Spring.

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05/26/12 Rachel Carson and the legacy of Silent Spring - The... Source: Greenpeace UK Near a brook in south-east England, the bird-spotter JA Baker stumbled on a grim little scene in 1961.
05/23/12 Spring has returned to Vermont Source: The Huffington Post Who could have thought that may would bring us so many hues of green?
05/22/12 Our Silent Spring Source: OneWorld Fifty years ago, America was on its way to being the kind of place few species would want to inhabit.
05/17/12 MERI's 2012 ocean environment lecture series... Source: Penobscot Bay Press - Penobscot ME Fifty years ago, biologist Rachel Carson brought the worldÃ¢s attention to the toxic and persistent effects of pesticides like DDT on wildlife and humans through her landmark book, Silent Spring.
05/17/12 Rachel Carson's redwood dreams, and 50 years of... Source: High Country News - Paonia CO As a child of the 1950s, I remember hot summer nights that were only relieved when a truck came by spraying a cool mist that would kill mosquitoes.

Background on rachel carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

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