OrganicFacts

Facts about the environment, renewable resources and a healthier tomorrow. All tweets, RTs, faves, follows and followers are 100% organic.

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America - vote for your future! Our environment depends on you! #Election2016 #USADecides #Vote2016

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#Chicago leads all U.S. cities with 821 active urban farming sites. (h/t @EcoWatch)

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An oil spill from #shell's offshore #Brutus platform release 2,100 barrels of crude into the #GulfofMexico

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In 2014, a new #solar project was installed in the #US every 3 minutes. #renewableenergy

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Greenland’s ice sheet hold the equivalent of 7.4 meters of sea level rise.

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In the last 4 decades, humans have lost 33% of the Earth’s #topsoil due to development and poor farming practices.

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#SanDiego is the largest US city to commit to 100% #renewable energy.

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In 2014, #hydropower supplied 60% of #Idaho’s electricity, making it the 2nd largest hydropower user, after #Washington state.

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In 2013, #RhodeIsland increased its solar energy production by 62%.

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In 2013, #Maine's wind turbines generated 431 megawatts of capacity- enough to power 61,000 homes for the year. (#ENN)

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Scientists gave warned that a global temperature rise of more than 2 degrees (C) would bring about irreparable extreme weather events.

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1 in 8 people in the world suffer from food scarcity.

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Since 1979, Artic sea ice has been melting at a rate of 6.9% per decade.

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Central America has lost 40% of its forest land to pasture over the last 4 decades.

[Mark Gately @GatelyMark]

'All big cats are losing habitat, much of it eaten away by human sprawl.’ #BigCatWeek https://t.co/VGGcFJSzw0

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A global change of temperature of 1 degree Celcius would cause ~16% of coral to die.

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10 to 20 million tons of #plastic end up in the #ocean each year.

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Less than 1/3 of plastic bottles in the U.S. currently get #recycled.

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Meat production uses over 70% of the world's water resources, and 1/2 of all land goes to growing animal food or for animals to graze.

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Weasel (Mustela nivalis). #lovewildlife