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Green Your Thanksgiving

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 in Buy Local

We all have a carbon footprint. And during the Holidays, our carbon footprints are way larger than our shoe sizes as we tend to consume more than during other times in the year. However, we can all still be true to our Green sides by following some Eco-friendly tips this Thanksgiving: Buy l...

Climate Bill at Risk

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 27 October 2008 in Climate Change

The Associated Press has some mixed news for environmentalists. The economic downturn may "make it more difficult to pass a law to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gases." On the plus side, it may very well make it more necessary. Members of both parties argue against one of the most popular carbon ...

Please Help Our Community Reduce The Use of Plastic Shopping Bags

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 19 October 2008 in General Environment

"We the people here in Boise, Idaho have strong family and community based views and values. We love and care for our children and the community in which we live with a deep passion." - Corey S. Godfrey Idaho is one of the few states that still has vast amounts of natural beauty to admire and...

A Whale of a Violation

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 14 October 2008 in Animals

The Canadian government is being sued by environmentalists demanding they use the countries' Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. Ecojustice, on behalf of 8 environmental groups recently filed the suit to force officials to use the legislation to safequard the habitat o...

Clean Drinking Water - California

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 11 October 2008 in Clean Water

The population of California is more than that of Canada, accounting for more than 12% of all U.S. citizens living in the Golden State. With already strained water and energy resources, work to build consensus on appropriate environmentally sustainable alternatives is at the center of Clean Water Fu...

The Top ten most polluted places in the WORLD!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 30 September 2008 in Earth Violators

Each year, millions if not billions of people are affected by an ever increasing onslaught of rapid environmental pollution brought about by gas fumes, weapons testing, factories, and wasteful energy use. One year ago, www.SixWise.com put together a list of the ten top most polluted places in the w...

A Drop of Blood

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 30 September 2008 in Fossil Fuels

"A Drop Of Blood" Campaign (a national/international call for action) Draw a red drop on a small piece of paper and, using cellophane tape, put it on a gas pump. Reason: The people of the U.S. (and much of the world) are basically addicted to oil. We have grown so dependent on our cars and trucks ...

Chinese products and pollution

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 28 September 2008 in Earth Violators

In China's rush to become the factory for the world, they forgot to protect their own people and the rest of us who live in the pollution offshoots they create and who often unwittingly are buying and using Chinese made products. Now we learn from the LA Times, Oct 14th article by John M. Glionna th...

US Congress Gets Mercury Policy Right

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 28 September 2008 in Environmental Heroes

Good news on the environment re US Congressional actions and Pres Bush is a rare thing, but under bi-partisan leadership with Mr Bush expected to sign, new legislation would ban in 2013 and the Energy Dept would be required to store mercury toxic stockpiles permanently instead of dumping it on the w...

Endangered Species Act Almost Endangered!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 September 2008 in Wildlife Conservation

In 1973, President Nixon passed the Endangered Species Act in an attempt to curb the extinction of large groups of animals based on the Congress' findings that "...various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and de...

Science Daily reports a new environmental study!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 18 September 2008 in Climate Change

The U.S. Department of Energy has just launched a major operation tracing climate change. They do this by using their new Climate Change Prediction technology,the Department of Energy, through the Office of Environmental and Biological Research and the hard work of William Collins of Berkeley Lab’s...

People who inspire me

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 in Environmental Heroes

I want to share with Earth Protect users a list of people and their publications who have inspired me through the years. This is only a partial list - these are the books that I live with, and visit again and again. Every time I pick up one of these old friends, I find a new angle to marvel about a...

FISH BIG and small in Big Trouble

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 in Animals

About 4 out of 10 freshwater fish species in North America are in peril according to major study by Canadian, US and Mexican scientists. See The Associated Press, Seth Borenstein, The Denver Post, 9 11 08 for more. When will we get it, waterways are not toilets. Pollution kills and hurts the econom...

US Court of Appeals Says Bush Administration Wrong on Air Pollution Monitoring

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 in Earth Violators

A Bush Administration ruling barring states and local governments from requiring more air-pollution monitoring is illegal according to a ruling by the US Court of Appeals District of Columbia. "We can't have strong enforcement of our clean air laws unless we know what polluters are putting into the ...

Saving Money by Driving Green

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 25 August 2008 in Transportation

We can help our pocket books and the environment by driving green according to The Denver Post article by John Ingold. He drew his tips from EcoDriving Campaign. Here are the highights-Smooth and Steady-use cruise control, no rapid starts and stops, maintain steady speed Avoid idling-total waste a...

The Pickens Plan

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 20 August 2008 in Fossil Fuels

T. Boone Pickens made a fortune in oil and other fossil fuels. So, I was skeptical when I first heard of the Pickens' Plan to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Could an old oil man become a born again environmentalist, can a leopard change its spots? Skeptical yet intrigued, I decided to c...

Power to the People - Biodiesel and the University of New Hampshire

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 19 August 2008 in Biofuels

When Henry Ford first introduced the Model T it came with an engine that could burn both gasoline and ethanol. It was the first flex-fuel vehicle. Farmers back then took advantage of this flexibility by distilling their own ethanol to run their vehicles, bypassing the pumps of the then nascent oil ...

Pete Bethune and Earthrace

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 07 August 2008 in Environmental Heroes

I believe that bio-diesel is the transportation fuel of the future. So does Pete Bethune and he has done something amazing to prove it to the world. If you don't already know who he is or what he has done then you should visit his website at www.earthrace.net. Pete is one of my heroes.

A Cause for Celebration-125,000 Gorillas Found

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 04 August 2008 in Animals

Wildlife-Conservation Society and Republic of Congo said new census counted 125,000 newly discovered gorillas. Western lowland gorillas were believed to have been reduced by 50% due to hunting and disease. Primatologists in Edinburgh, Scotland warn that nearly half of the world's 634 types of prima...

Skeptics "rain" on global warming parade.

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 02 August 2008 in Climate Change

I have several uuber conservative friends that believe global warming is a political and media invention to raise gas prices and destroy the economy. I do find articles from scientists (180?) that disagree with the evidence for global warming. What do you think? Where does one go for clarification ...