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Obesogens: An Environmental Link to Obesity
Environmental Health Perspectives - 2/3/2012. 
Obesity is rising steadily around the world. Convincing evidence suggests that diet and activity level are not the only factors in this trend—chemical “obesogens” may alter human metabolism and predispose some people to gain weight. Fetal and early-life exposures to certain obesogens may alter some individuals’ metabolism and fat-cell makeup for life. Other obesogenic effects are linked to adulthood exposures.
From mountain to sea: a vision for the rebuilding of Tohoku
OurWorld 2.0 - 2/3/2012. 
By Anne McDonald and Brendan Barrett – Why would a fisher care about the forest? The person to ask is Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, an oyster farmer from Kesennuma in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture. We can learn a great deal from Hatakeyama. He is one of those rare types of people who can see beyond the day-to-day preoccupation of how to make a living – in his case, with an oyster farm – and instead embrace the world around them.
Welcome to Maine, Sunshine State of the North
Kennebec Journal - 2/3/2012. 
By Denis Thoet – y my count, Maine has more sunny and partly sunny days per year than any other New England state. In the four years since 2008, Maine (at least here at Long Meadow Farm) has averaged 205 sunny days, with a high of 241 in 2011 and a low of 184 in 2009. By contrast, Nashua, N.H., averages 201; Burlington, Vt., 159, and Springfield, Mass., 134.
Protein: the lay of the lamb
Grist - 2/2/2012. 
By Twilight Greenaway – When it comes to carbon emissions, lamb is said to be the worst possible thing to eat. They’re small, gassy animals that spend most of their lives on pasture. Wait, what’s that last part? Yes, some of the animals who seem to spend the least time in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) – a good thing, as far as I’m concerned – also have the largest carbon hoofprints.
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