Earth Day 2010: what will we leave our children?

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22 Apr 2010

Children in Maroantsetra, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2009.

A special op-ed for Earth Day looks at the global environmental problems facing us, and how we have so far failed to address them.

To read Mongabay’s Earth Day editorial: World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day.

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