Year: 2013

Fracking and Farmland

Fracking and Farmland

Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has launched new webpages, Fracking and Farmland: Stories from the Field, that provide the personal stories of farmers concerned about Ohio’s booming fracking industry and illustrations of how oil and gas extraction could impact Ohio’s food producers. High-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, […]

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    Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction Impacts Future of Beluga Whales

    Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction Impacts Future of Beluga Whales

    Natural Resources Defense Council By Taryn Kiekow National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Alaska Fisheries Science Center released last week its annual survey of endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales—and the findings don’t bode well for belugas. The 2012 population estimate is 312. According to NOAA, this is a “small, but not scientifically significant increase over […]