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Maria was an intern with the Communications department in the San Francisco, CA headquarters.

December 27, 2012

The Top 10 unEarthed Stories of 2012

By Maria Beloborodova

Blog posts about Earth’s magnificent places and creatures were the most popular themes for unEarthed readers in 2012. By far the most-read post concerned Arctic drilling, followed by reports of bison being restored and wolves losing protection. Not shown in our top 10 blog posts, below, are the delightful tales of curious critters painted in …

December 20, 2012

"Chasing Ice" Shows Unsettling Effects of Climate Change

By Maria Beloborodova

Last month, a movie premiered with a graphic visual of climate change—enough to disconcert viewers across the country. Jeff Orlowski’s "Chasing Ice" depicts a photographer’s brave and relentless journey through the vast Arctic in the face of treacherous weather, technological failure and a bad leg injury. The photographer was documenting rapidly vanishing glaciers over years …

September 14, 2012

Taking Wyoming Wolf Hunting To Court

By Maria Beloborodova  /  Northern Rockies Office

The tragic delisting of Wyoming’s gray wolves from the Endangered Species List has many wildlife defenders up in arms, and with sound reason: the removal of protections for the wolves marks an end to many years of successful recovery efforts of a species that was once on the verge of extinction. To hand over the …

August 6, 2012

Winning The Debate On Fracking

By Maria Beloborodova  /  Northeast Office

Earthjustice attorney Deborah Goldberg came out victorious in a recent Intelligence Squared debate over whether the natural gas boom in America is doing more harm than good. Arguing against the super intensive development of natural gas, she targeted the reckless, breakneck speed at which the industry is progressing. She asked, “So, what characterizes a boom?" …

June 19, 2012

Tipping Toward Point of No Return

By Maria Beloborodova

An increasing number of experts are reaching consensus on the devastating and possibly irreversible effects of climate change linked to human activity, according to the Nature journal. The “tipping point” – that moment when the planet’s capacity to support all of its systems collapses – could be near, scientists say. Environmental conditions on Earth that …