by Amazon Watch While the Brazilian Government prepares to host the Rio+20 United Nations Earth Summit, 3,000 kilometers north in the country’s Amazon region indigenous peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, activists and local residents affected by the construction of the massive Belo Monte Dam […]
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Xena, Eco-Warrior Princess, Pleads Guilty to Environmental Trespass
By Christie D’Zurilla / La Times Lucy Lawless did it, and she isn’t sorry she did it. Of course, the “Spartacus” actress hopes her conviction on trespassing charges won’t hurt her career in the future by preventing her from entering countries that […]
Continue readingNearly 6,500 Acres Protected as Critical Habitat for Endangered Mississippi Gopher Frogs
by the Center for Biological Diversity JACKSON, Miss.— In response to a lawsuit and advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 6,477 acres of protected critical habitat for endangered Mississippi gopher frogs. The critical […]
Continue readingOceans in Peril: How Carbon Dioxide is Changing Our Oceans
by Jaclyn Lopez / Latina Lysta You may have heard the news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have pushed past 400 parts per million at monitoring stations in the Arctic. Carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas, in fact the most pervasive […]
Continue readingImploding Coal Plant Video of the Week: the Mohave Generating Station 6/8/2012
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Continue reading‘My place is destroyed’: Albertan in wake of Red Deer River oil spill
Nathan VanderKlippe and Dawn Walton / The Globe and Mail Gord Johnston grew up on the banks of the Red Deer River, at a place his family first settled in 1939. On Thursday evening, just before 7, he returned home to the […]
Continue readingClearcutting Redwoods for Wine Vineyards?
by the Center for Biological Diversity SANTA ROSA, Calif.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a controversial proposal by a Spanish corporation to clearcut 154 acres of redwood forest to plant wine grapes in northwestern Sonoma County. The Sierra Club’s Redwood […]
Continue readingWarming Trend Worries Wildlife Managers
By Candace Krebs / Ag Journal Stillwater, Okla. — A mild winter and spring that triggered early blooming and plant maturity, preceded by last summer’s record heat, is re-focusing attention on the controversial notion of whether the globe is on a warming […]
Continue readingNOAA: Carbon dioxide levels reach milestone at Arctic sites
by Katy Human The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Barrow, Alaska, reached 400 parts per million (ppm) this spring, according to NOAA measurements, the first time a monthly average measurement for the greenhouse gas attained the 400 ppm mark […]
Continue readingLawsuit Filed to Protect Threatened Marbled Murrelets From Clearcutting in Oregon State Forests
by the Center for Biological Diversity PORTLAND, Ore.— Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Audubon Society of Portland filed a lawsuit today in federal court charging that the state of Oregon’s clearcutting practices illegally harm threatened marbled murrelets within […]
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