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Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 in Sustainable Development

Almost every day of his childhood, He Xin remembers the skies in his hometown of Shenyang being gray. “If I wore a white shirt to school, by the end of the day it would be brown,” recalls He, who was born in 1974, “and there would be a ring of black soot under the collar.” He grew u...

Amazon River Dolphin Populations in Rapid Decline

Posted by bensor on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Animals

Of all the remarkable species that inhabit the Amazon river basin, few are as iconic or as threatened as Amazon river dolphins. For decades, the pinkish hued dolphins have been targeted by fishermen who view the skilled aquatic hunters as competitors for food -- leading to thousands o...

New Solar Farms at Edwards Air Force Base

Posted by bchristo on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Solar

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With today's fiscal climate, Edwards Air Force Base is always looking for good ways to save money. One area where Edwards is looking to save is energy costs. After three years of planning and coordination with Southern California Edison, the California Pub...

Attenborough's Global Warming Fears

Posted by amir on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Climate Change

Sir David Attenborough has warned that life will get tougher for future generations as they battle the effects of global warming - and revealed how the "natural world" had helped him cope with grief. The natural history presenter, 85, who is back on-screen presenting a BBC1 seven-part ser...

What's really in your kid's lunch?!

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Food

As a child in elementary and middle school I was always sent to school with a funky looking lunch box or bag. Inside my personal lunch container were items most kids had never seen or heard of. I had rice milk in a box, multi-grain sprouted bread, sprouts on my sandwich and organic peanut butter wit...

First Consumer Standard Label for Wind Power

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 14 October 2011 in Wind

The technical standard for the first global consumer label for companies to buy wind power and other clean renewable energy has been launched today. The program is backed by companies including WWF, Vestas Wind Systems, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the LEGO Group, Bloomberg and Pri...

Offshore drilling contractors to be regulated under the same rules as rig operators

Posted by peter.gephart@gmail.com on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 in Oil Spill

The effects of Deepwater Horizon disaster are still being felt in the Gulf Coast region. However, there have been steps made to keep this from happening again, and not just in the Gulf. These types of disasters will be much less likely to happen off of U.S. waters everywhere, thanks to new e...

Will Alaska voters establish a new coastal management program?

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Alaska has given up local input on federal projects off state shores, according to a coalition of lawmakers from coastal boroughs. And absent leadership from the Alaska Legislature, they're determined they have a say on development that's proposed -- or planned. Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho and other...

Geek Farmers Gamble on Global Warming

Posted by bchristo on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 in Climate Change

An alliance of data fanatics, geek farmers and high-priests of advanced computing are attempting to crack the code on the business of bad weather. Originally established by a group of Google veterans as WeatherBill, the effort is now known the Climate Corporation and is growing by leaps and bo...

Oyster Season delayed by test

Posted by EarthDude on Sunday, 09 October 2011 in Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS Louisiana may delay the start of the oyster season on most public seed grounds while scientists collect oysters and sediment to check for any damage from last year's BP PLC oil spill. National Resource Damage Assessment teams will begin next week to look for informati...

New Zealand Wildlife Feeling the Oil Spill

Posted by EarthDude on Sunday, 09 October 2011 in Oil Spill

Four oil-covered little blue penguins have been found off Papamoa Beach this afternoon, as the Transport Minister admits he isn't under any illusions about the job ahead to salvage the Rena from a reef off Tauranga. Oiled Wildlife Response member Kerri Morgan said the oil-covered penguins...

Climate Change A Concern For European Citizens

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 08 October 2011 in Climate Change

Those who doubt the earth's climate is changing are a diminishing breed in Europe, according to a new survey released Friday. It shows large majorities in the European Union see climate change as a very serious problem – and fighting it as an opportunity to create jobs and boost the economy. ...

Fair Trade with Chocolate

Posted by bensor on Thursday, 06 October 2011 in Food

The Ivory Coast is the world's largest cocoa producer, providing about 43 percent of the world's cocoa. According to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, there were about 284,000 children working on cocoa farms in hazardous conditions in 2002. U.S. cocoa manufactures such a...

Demand labels on genetically altered food

Posted by amir on Wednesday, 05 October 2011 in Food

As dusk settled over the tree-lined parking lot, the first marchers wandered in. Wearing sneakers and athletic gear, they’d walked all day, and the day before that. Many of them had started at the United Nations in New York City on Oct. 1, and they were stopping for the ni...

Top 5 Eco-Tourism Destinations

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 05 October 2011 in Ecotourism

In recent years, a heightened awareness of our impact on the environment meant it was inevitable that the tourism industry would soon start to reflect the public mood. Although we’re not yet at a place where companies can offer budget holidays are entirely geared around environmental concerns (such ...

Low Carbon Holidays

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 05 October 2011 in Ecotourism

There can be a tremendous sense of environmental guilt attached to the prospect of taking a holiday abroad these days. Fuel-guzzling jetplanes are certainly not the greenest mode of transport, but thankfully there are ways to minimize your carbon footprint and still have a great time. One of the gr...

Japan Whale Hunt Plan

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 03 October 2011 in Agriculture

Japan plans to go ahead with its Southern Ocean whaling program this year despite threats from activists to disrupt the annual hunt. Japan's fisheries minister said measures would be taken to ensure the safety of the whalers and the hunt would go ahead. It is expected to begin in ...

Oil and Water don't mix in Nebraska

Posted by raindancer on Monday, 03 October 2011 in Fossil Fuels

The old adage that oil and water don't mix is proving true in Nebraska, where hundreds of people filled a small town gymnasium to protest a proposed oil pipeline they fear could pollute a major U.S. drinking water source. They came on Thursday in tour and school bu...

Fair Trade: Even in Tough Times, Growing Fast

Posted by amir on Monday, 03 October 2011 in Food

The proliferation of labels and claims at the grocery store can befuddle even the most conscientious consumer. What to buy? Organic produce? Locally grown vegetables? MSC-certified fish? Fair Trade coffee or chocolate? Paul Rice, the president and CEO of Fair Trade USA, isn’t worried by the clutter...

FAIR TRADE – WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Posted by CindyJennings on Sunday, 02 October 2011 in Newsletter Archive

FAIR TRADE – WHY DOES IT MATTER? Fair trade is a market-based, and some say marketing approach that helps producers in developing countries receive a fair and equitable trade for their goods. Fair trade advocates higher wages and prices to reviewed producers along with higher social and environment...