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What is Earth Day? The History

Posted by archerzhh on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 in General Environment

There is an video talks about the history of Earth Day.

Climate Change No Longer a Hoax?

Posted by acox on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Climate Change

(CBS News) Withering drought, vast wildfires, town-leveling tornadoes, fierce heat -- not to mention superstorm Sandy -- all made 2012 one of the worst years in terms of lives lost and property destroyed from extreme weather. Most scientists believe climate change is partly to blame for last year's...

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2012: A Year of Weather Extremes

Posted by joeycello on Friday, 21 December 2012 in Climate Change

From unprecedented drought to killer cold, 2012 was a year of weather extremes. Becky Oskin In 2012, the United States suffered 11 weather-related events that cost $1 billion apiece, according to a preliminary list released Thursday (Dec. 20) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Biofuel Can Be an Alternative Energy Source

Posted by thatsenough on Saturday, 03 November 2012 in Biofuels

During his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama said: “With only 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper...

Sustainable Energy for All

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 30 September 2012 in Energy Efficiency

2012 has been declared as the 'International Year of Sustainable Energy for All' by the UN. Sustainable Energy for All is an initiative launched by the United Nations Secretary-General and guided by his High Level Group that brings all key actors to the table to make sustainable energy for all a rea...

Extreme Drought And Its Challenges To The US's Clean Water Supply

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 04 August 2012 in Clean Water

by Jenny Hoffner This summer we have seen and felt the impacts of one of the worst droughts in the last 50 years. As of late June, over 55% of the country was experiencing moderate to extreme drought. The map to the right illustrates the drought's far-reaching impacts; and while the most extreme ef...

2012 London Olympics Go for the Green

Posted by amir on Thursday, 26 July 2012 in Green Design

with Its Energy Efficient, Sustainable, and Recyclable Design Tomorrow the 2012 London Olympics will be officially underway, and the 500-acre Olympic Park constructed for the world competition is home to nine brand new sports facilities. With the enormous task of keeping tens of thousands of specta...

Water Quality Conference Coming to Denver

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 in Clean Water

DENVER, July 24, 2012 -- Experts on Stormwater and post-fire damage control will gather here August 19 - 23 to explore the newest water pollution prevention and mitigation technologies, share recent experiences and discuss strategies that are most effective in minimizing surface water pollution and ...

Climate change in action: Weird weather continues across U.S.

Posted by Jen on Sunday, 15 July 2012 in Climate Change

by Dorsi Diaz Notable climate anomalies began in March when more than 15,000 warm weather records across the country were broken. Many people are starting to ask the same question: As the climate changes, can we expect more of this? The answer is yes, according to climate change scientists...

U.S. Abrupt Climate Change 2012

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Sunday, 15 July 2012 in Climate Change

by Glen Barry Where Will You Be the Day Earth's Death Became Unavoidable? The world’s and especially America’s environment has gone mad during the summer of 2012. Abrupt climate change is clearly upon us, and life-giving ecosystems are visibly failing, portending doom for our shared biosph...

Colorado fires, severe storms, floods and record-setting heat: The summer of hellfire and brimstone?

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 14 July 2012 in Climate Change

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite “They will be tormented with fire” (Revelation 14:10) and burn (Revelation 19:20). Those are the biblical images of hellfire and brimstone that best describe the burning heat and violent storms this country is experiencing. They also describe the hellish cond...

About the Rio+20 Conference

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 31 May 2012 in General Environment

At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the fut...

Memo to Rio+20: 'green economy' doesn't mean monetising nature

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 31 May 2012 in General Environment

by Hannah Griffiths Official support for marketising nature to stop its destruction means the practical action at Rio+20 will be at People's summit The 1992 Rio Earth summit established "sustainable development" firmly in the global political lexicon – even though the term meant, and continues to ...

Rio Dialogues Part I: WHY Should I Even Care?

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 31 May 2012 in General Environment

by Elischia Fludd In the big lead up to Rio+20, the community concerned about sustainable development is all a-buzz. There is talk of PrepCom, side-events and dialogues at the Rio+20 conference. Despite all the momentum, critics note that the level of civil society input lacks luster. There must be...

Brazil World Environment Day Host Country

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 in Peace

Brazil, a country with one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will host World Environment Day 2012 (WED) on 5 June. Brazil had previously hosted WED in 1992, on the eve of the first Earth Summit, when world leaders, government officials and international organizations met to refocus, re...

Earth Day 2012 - Mobilize the Earth

Posted by bchristo on Sunday, 01 April 2012 in Peace

As the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day approaches, people are becoming frustrated with the failure of governments to take any steps toward protecting and preserving the environment. The Earth Day 2012 campaign is designed to provide people with the opportunity to unite their voices in a call for a sus...

Better World Forum 2012

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 09 March 2012 in Sustainable Development

Sharing Solutions, Taking ActionApril 21-22 and April 28-29betterworldforum2012.com Participate Online and by Phone Anywhere Worldwide! Earth Protect is a proud Affiliate Partner of Better World Forum 2012.Please click THIS LINK and enter the Promotional Affiliate code "bwf-earthpro" to save $10 c...

Sustainability Predictions for 2012

Posted by Greg Lavery on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 in Sustainable Development

Our 2011 predictions were about 80% right. So we have made 4 predictions for 2012: Sustainability as a profit driver; Focus on the ‘how’ of sustainability; Innovation, and; LED lighting. To see whether our predictions for 2012 are worth reading, let’s see how 2011’s predictions fared (for the origi...