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557 million gallons of oil used for transportation each day

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 in Transportation

A recent statistic stated that transportation is responsible for 30% of greenhouse gas pollution in the United States. As we move forward, we need to make sure that we reduce this source of pollution through creating livable communities, making public transportation options more acce...

Save A Turkey

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 in Environmental Heroes

Adopt-A-Turkey Project seeks to end the misery of commercially-raised turkeys by offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving. Since 1986, Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 turkeys, placed hundreds into loving homes through our annual Turkey Express adoption even...

Our forests are our future

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 19 November 2010 in Forestry

Next year, 2011, will be the UN's International Year of Forests, aiming to strengthen the sustainable management of forests for the benefit of current and future generations. It would be a tragic legacy for the government if it marked this year by starting to sell off lar...

Plan To Save Blue Tuna Fails

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 18 November 2010 in Fishing

BRUSSELS — France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat Thursday from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the 27-nation EU abandoned a plan to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific a...

Wild Tigers Around the World

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

Next week may be make-or-break for the future of wild tigers around the world. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be hosting delegations from tiger-range countries for the first ever International Tiger Summit in Saint Petersburg. Heads of state from 13 tiger-range countries plus a...

Arnold Schwarzenegger focuses on environment

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 in General Environment

As California's governor, it may have been Arnold Schwarzenegger's last appearance on a world stage.His third and final Governor's Global Climate Summit concluded Tuesday at UC Davis with the forming of coalitions, signings of memorandums of understanding and other calls to action. There's R20 - Re...

Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $25 million

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 in Earth Violators

Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve complaints over its handling of a huge underground oil spill in New York City. The settlement with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and a related agreement with the environmental group Riverkeeper will settle years of litigation over the tox...

Is Global Warming Too Boring?

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 15 November 2010 in General Environment

You'll find huge budgeted projects examining public attitudes toward climate, doing focus groups, studying "framing," the use of language, symbolism, metaphor ... blah, blah, blah. But what about the simple fact that climate is quite possibly THE most boring subject the science world has ever had to...

Tom Coburn Stops Shark Finning

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 09 November 2010 in Earth Violators

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} Just one man is blocking the total ban on shark finning in American waters: Senator Tom Coburn. The senator from Oklahoma decided to block progress of the bill, due to concerns that it will cost too much money and is a "special intere...

New Jersey Governor Skeptical about Global Warming

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 09 November 2010 in Earth Violators

WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has developed a reputation for endearing political bluntness. But comments he reportedly made about global warming on Tuesday afternoon do seem a bit out of tune with a state that remains, generally, progressive on environmental matters. During a tow...

North Science Teacher Monica Marlowe is Ambassador of Ocean Education

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 09 November 2010 in Environmental Heroes

Sachem North science teacher Monica Marlowe attended the National Geographic Education, National Teacher Leadership Academy in Ocean Education this past summer. At the scenic Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., Marlowe was prepared as an ambassador of ocean ...

NOAA Should Do More to Protect Spawning Bluefin Tuna

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 09 November 2010 in Fishing

Atlantic bluefin tuna are remarkable creatures, growing up to 10 feet in length and more than 1,500 pounds, and capable of swimming across the Atlantic Ocean in just over a month. Harried by overfishing along the way, they enter the Gulf of Mexico to spawn, only to encounter longline fishe...

Banning the Bottle

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 08 November 2010 in General Environment

By INYOUNG KANG STUDENTS’ new green cause: promoting that most quotidian of beverages — tap water. According to the Earth Policy Institute, 86 percent of plastic water bottles in the United States end up as garbage. Not to mention the $2 students shell out for a bottle. Beginning this fall, Seattl...

Amazon Drought

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 03 November 2010 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

A drought is a nasty thing to happen. A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region has a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agricul...

Fighting the Alaskan wilderness mine

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 03 November 2010 in Mining

"Anglo American promised it would not touch the pristine habitat of Bristol Bay without our blessing. It must honour its word" Thousands of pink salmon swimming upstream in an Alaskan river. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Among our Alaskan native tribes, a promise made is a promi...

Thousands of pink salmon can be seen swimming upstream to spawn in Valdez, Alaska

Could you give up washing?

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 03 November 2010 in Water Conservation

If you are reading this article over breakfast, the chances are you have recently stepped into the shower, lathered up your hair and torso, rinsed off, towelled and blow-dried, before dousing your armpits with deodorant, and wafting on a fog of perfume or aftershave. Then ...

NOAA and FDA Announce Gulf Seafood well within safety standards

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Oil Spill

A study conducted by NOAA and the FDA, building upon the extensive testing and protocols already in use by federal, state and local officials for the fishing waters of the Gulf, NOAA and the FDA are using a chemical test to detect dispersants used in the Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill in fis...

Students and Campuses Leading the Way in Sustainability

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Sustainable Development

cross-Posted from The Point News, the campus paper of St. Mary’s College of Maryland While the United States Congress has yet to pass comprehensive climate change legislation and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seems to like negotiating more than creating legally binding t...

California unveils greenhouse gas trading plan

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 31 October 2010 in Sustainable Development

SAN FRANCISCO--California unveiled its final draft of a market system to curb greenhouse gases, relaxing expected rules in the face of a weak economy in a measure that could set the tone for the nation's climate policy. By agreeing to give away virtually all necessary permits to factori...

The Dalai Lama on Global Warming

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 25 October 2010 in Environmental Heroes

I was in the same room as his Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama for approximately 1.5 hours this afternoon. He made a visit to Toronto, Canada to address a crowd of over 30,000 in what could be summarized as a lesson of kindness. What emerged from his mouth, however, reached issues including global war...