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Why New York's Sea Level Is Rising Faster Than the World's

Posted by Aaron on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Sea level is rising around the world, but in many places on the U.S. East Coast, it's rising considerably faster than elsewhere. An oceanographer studying this phenomenon explains. A team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists recently discovered that the sea level along the East Coast of the United ...

Relax, Outer Banks: NC state legislature outlaws sea level rise

Posted by henryfool on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

by Kaid Benfield Sometimes, you just can’t make this stuff up. It’s really embarrassing for me to write this, but the legislature of my native North Carolina has made it illegal for public officials to consider current rates of sea level rise as they plan for the future. And, no, I did no...

A New Generation of Sustainable Investment, Trade and Development

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Sustainability wasn't always a hot theme, particularly in the world of finance. But looking at the new UNCTAD World Investment Report, that's quickly changing. Every year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes the World Investment Report, which looks at "non-equi...

In Developing Countries, Are Tourists Taking Clean Water Away From Locals?

Posted by Aaron on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Clean Water

Study finds visitors to Bali, the Gambia and Goa use 16 times as much water as locals, causing conflict and disease. The disproportionate use of fresh water by tourists in developing world destinations is causing local conflict, exacerbating poverty and helping to spread disease, says a report to b...

Denmark to Reach 100% Renewable Energy Target by 2050

Posted by bchristo on Wednesday, 04 July 2012 in Energy Efficiency

Under a comprehensive strategy, Denmark is leading the world in renewables by Carin Hall According to Denmark's Energy Strategy 2050, the country's aims are to reduce fuel consumption 33 percent by 2020 and to achieve complete independence from fossil fuels by 2050. How? Numerous new wind project...

Green Design Needs Style, Not Just Substance

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 04 July 2012 in Green Design

By Andrea Newell Can green be beautiful? Logically, it would seem like green and beauty would go hand-in-hand, yet sustainable design is widely considered unattractive. Sustainable Brands 2012 emcee Lance Hosey, CEO of GreenBlueand author of The Shape of Green, a...

Rio+20 U.N. environmental summit's unhappy ending

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 04 July 2012 in General Environment

It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit. Not within the legion of bleary-eyed government negotiators from 188 nations who met in a failed attempt to find a breakthrough at the U.N. conference on sustainable development. Not among the thousands of activists wh...

The Ick Heard Round the 'Green' Design World

Posted by bchristo on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Green Design

At May 2012 Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in New York, CEOs from various natural and organic cosmetic and personal care companies said one big issue with eco-friendly packaging is it's not attractive. Apparently these CEOs are not the only ones who think green products need a face lift. Gre...

It's So Easy Buying Green

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Green Products/Services

Environmentally-Friendly Consumption Sees Big Future According to a survey by Harris Interactive, 69 percent of consumers buy green and ecologically-friendly products. ListFinder, a searchable online data compiler headquartered in Evanston, IL, finds that its available data for green consumers has ...

Whaling: From 'bloody' to 'boring'?

Posted by EarthDude on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

by Richard Black The Australian minister for sustainability, environment, water, population and communities is due in Panama City for a couple of days to bang the drum for what has been his country's favourite environmental cause - whaling. But it might be a visit that no-one notices. When I cove...

Meat Consumption And The Environment: Study Calls For Eating Less Meat

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Food

Should people eat less meat? Meat consumption isn't just something that impacts your health; it's also played a huge role in problematic deforestation. Animals raised for meat use very large amounts of land -- land to graze and land used to raise crops that feed livestock -- and it's increasingly co...

Corporate hijack - the business lobby at Rio+20

Posted by bchristo on Monday, 02 July 2012 in General Environment

by Olivier Hoedeman There is a growing outcry at the corporate capture of United Nations action on sustainable development - a campaigner reports from the Rio Summit The lobbyists will be out in force at this week's Rio Summit on sustainable development - fighting to make sure that any proposals t...

Pet sense: Easy steps prevent overpopulation of animals

Posted by henryfool on Monday, 02 July 2012 in Animals

by Liz Friedenfels Did you know 10,000 to 15,000 perfectly healthy cats and dogs are euthanized in animal shelters throughout the United States every single day? Did you also know that there are nine incredibly easy steps to reduce the number of animals being euthanized due to lack of space? This i...

Tubing The Shenandoah Puts Importance Of Clean Water Into Focus

Posted by EarthDude on Monday, 02 July 2012 in Clean Water

by Stacey Detwiler Last weekend, I spent the day tubing down the Shenandoah River by Harper’s Ferry, close to where it meets the Potomac. There are few better ways to beat the heat of a Washington, DC summer than escaping downtown and spending some time on (or in) the water! Fortunately for me and...

World Population Day

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 02 July 2012 in Newsletter Archive

World Population Day Socially Speaking We’re a social lot at Earth Protect. Join us on any or all of these social media channels. friend on FaceBook follow on Twitter conn...

Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George dies

Posted by bchristo on Sunday, 01 July 2012 in Animals

Lonesome George, the last surviving Pinta Island giant tortoise, has died at his home in the Galapagos Islands. Scientists believe he was more than 100 years old. Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say George, the only remaining member of his subspecies (Chelonoidis abingdoni), was f...

Danger from oil spill may remain for turtles

Posted by Angel on Sunday, 01 July 2012 in Oil Spill

By Harvey Rice Ninety-four tiny members of the world’s most endangered sea turtle species struggled across the beach to reach the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as park rangers waved away gulls looking for a quick meal. Only a handful of the 3-inch Kemp’s ridley turtles will avoid predators and other ...

Report addresses painful whale deaths by entanglement in fishing line and gear

Posted by henryfool on Sunday, 01 July 2012 in Fishing

By Patricia Sullivan Q: How are a dead baby Humpback whale and our fisherman’s platter related? Read on for clues. In Vancouver, British Columbia a young Humpback whale comes ashore while alive, but dies hours after beaching himself. Necropsy (animal autopsy) results confirm the creature l...

U.S. Resolves to Take the Lead in Whale Conservation

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 30 June 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

By International Fund for Animal Welfare With President Barack Obama declaring June "National Oceans Month," the sanctity of the marine ecosystem resonates around the globe. Reaffirming their commitment to the oceans and those that inhabit them, Representatives Bill Keating and Howard Berman have i...

Designing microbes that make energy-dense biofuels without sugar

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 30 June 2012 in Biofuels

With metabolically engineered microorganisms hungry for levulinic acid rather than sugar, a University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) chemical and biological engineer aims to create more sustainable, cost-effective processes for converting biomass into high-energy-density hydrocarbon fuels. Curr...