Occupy Protests Against Washington Port Are A Descent Into Piracy

While claiming to hate banks, Occupy protestors have a creepy penchant for disrupting sea traffic. Their new plan is to halt ships in Washington state. Now Coast Guard escorts are being called in. It's not enough.

Human noise drowns out song of whales

The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world's oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday.

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Noise Pollution

Noise clutter in our environment is constant some times and often completely unnecessary. One traveling blogger rants about his experience and what can be done to change it.

The War on Ice Cream Trucks

With his Mister Softee ice cream truck parked in a familiar spot, its presence announced by a sprightly metallic jingle, Costas Vamvakas was having a good day on Wednesday, the holiday business brisk despite the drab weather.