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Carbon Pawprints: How Our Dogs & Cats Contribute to Global Warming

Georgina Guiney animal, animals, Buttons, carbon dioxide, carcinogen, cat, cats, CO2, compostable, dog, dogs, doo, emissions, Fido, Fluffy, gas, greenhouse, International Agency for Research on Cancer, kitten, litter, mine, mining, non-point, nonpoint, pet, pets, pollutant, poop, puppy, rights, silica, source, strip, stripmining, vegetarian, vegetarianism, waste, Worldwatch Institute

Unfortunately, our beloved dogs and cats do produce shockingly high amounts of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming…

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Worse Than Fracking? Lithium Extraction For Batteries Hardly A Concern

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer batteries, battery, BHP, Bolivia, cell phone, Chile, electric car, Escondida Mine, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, laptop, Li-ion, lithum, meme, mine, mining, oil sands, Proud, salt flats, Saskatchewan, tar sands, Tesla

Lithium extraction for the batteries that power our cell phones, laptops & electric cars is hardly as risky for the environment as fracking…

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