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What are the environmental risks associated with beach resorts?

EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental risks associated with beach resorts?   –– Shine Shoukkathali, via e-mail While they may put up with a lot of stress from wind, waves and weather, beaches and the coastal environments surrounding them are surprisingly fragile. The ecosystems which make up coastal areas […]

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The Gulf of Mexico three years after BP

Dear EarthTalk: The three-year anniversary of the 2010 BP oil spill just passed. What do green groups think of the progress since in restoring the region? — Mary Johannson, New York, NY When an undersea oil well blew out 50 miles off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010 and caused an explosion on the […]