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Captain of Whale Wars: "Arrest Me or Shut Up"

Posted by grant on Monday, 06 June 2011 in Environmental Heroes

Amid scrambling to presentations at the World Science Festival and a United Nations screening of a remarkable new film, the “Journey of the Universe,” I slipped in 45 minutes to interview Paul Watson. He’s the founder of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and central charac...

Grants - Helping the Planet

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Sunday, 05 June 2011 in Agriculture

Support for Conservation Programs in the Western U.S. and Canada The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Environmental Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation works to resolve social and environmental problems in the U.S. and around the world. One of the focus areas of the Foundation’s En...

GRANT opportunity promotes a Sustainable World

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Sunday, 05 June 2011 in Agriculture

Grants Promote a Just and Sustainable World The Glaser Progress Foundation The Glaser Progress Foundation aims to build a more just, sustainable, and humane world by supporting nonprofit organizations with a national focus and a strong history of success in targeted program areas. The mission of th...

The Carbon President

Posted by EarthDude on Friday, 03 June 2011 in Fossil Fuels

He promised to slow the ocean's rise, but Obama has opened the mine gates. Luckily, tough terrain is fighting back In our globalised world, old-fashioned geography is not supposed to count for much: mountain ranges, deep-water ports, railroad grades – those seem so 19th century. The ...

Is Extreme Weather Linked to Global Warming?

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 02 June 2011 in Climate Change

In the past year, the world has seen a large number of extreme weather events, from the Russian heat wave last summer, to the severe flooding in Pakistan, to the recent tornadoes in the U.S. In a Yale Environment 360forum, a panel of experts weighs in on whether the wild weather may be ...

The Amazon Mega Dam Project

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 02 June 2011 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Brazilian authorities gave final approval to the controversial Belo Monte dam, reports AFP The project — which has been widely opposed by human rights groups, environmentalists, and indigenous tribes — will dam the Xingu river, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River. The $11 billion dam...

Chemical Dispersants More Harmful Than Effective

Posted by henryfool on Wednesday, 01 June 2011 in Oil Spill

New findings about the BP Oil Spill. The chemical sprayed in the Gulf to break up the BP oil spill may not have been effective and could be damaging the ecosystem more than the oil alone, according to preliminary findings by University of West Florida researchers. When mixed with oil, Corexit, the ...

BP Oil Spill to Blame for Dolphin Deaths

Posted by Wolf on Wednesday, 01 June 2011 in Earth Violators

MOBILE, AL (WEAR/CNN) - Marine researchers say the BP oil spill may have played an indirect role in the unusual number of dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast. The researchers said the dispersants used to clean the oil may have disrupted their food chain. "I used to say I had the best job in the wo...

Shocking slaughterhouse abuse

Posted by grant on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 in Food

The live animal export industry has gone into damage control, following the release of graphic footage of the inhumane slaughter of Australian cattle in our largest overseas market. Late yesterday, the Agriculture Minister, Senator Joe Ludwig, ordered his department to conduct an immediate investig...

Suffering... an Indonesian worker with an Australian-supplied restraint box.

British Blowing Up Dead Whale

Posted by grant on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

A 13-metre sperm whale that became beached in north-east England has died, rescuers said. Firefighters used their jet to spray the mammal, which was reported alive but partially submerged on the beach at Redcar in Cleveland on Tuesday. A Cleveland fire brigade spokesman said the whale died despite...

The Dirty Truth About Recyclable Plastics

Posted by amir on Monday, 30 May 2011 in Recycling

by Daniel Goleman On a visit to India a while back I came upon a fenced empty field that was practically buried in flimsy white throwaway plastic bags, the kind you carry your purchases home in from the store. The locals joked that this was “the garden where plastic bags grew.” But when I return...

Arctic Access will Diminish, With Global Warming

Posted by grant on Monday, 30 May 2011 in Climate Change

Global warming over the next 40 years will cut through Arctic transportation networks like a double-edged sword, limiting access in certain areas and vastly increasing it in others, a new UCLA study predicts. "As sea ice continues to melt, accessibility by sea will increase, but the viabi...

Oceana launches seafood fraud campaign

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 26 May 2011 in Food

Oceana turned its press conference yesterday at the National Press Club into a pop quiz: Organizers laid out skinless fillets of halibut next to skinless fillets of fluke, both without labels, and then asked the gathered audience to identify each fish by sight. Oceana then repeated the test ...

Two Greenland Glaciers Lose Enough Ice to Fill Lake Erie

Posted by EarthDude on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 in Climate Change

A new study aimed at refining the way scientists measure ice loss in Greenland is providing a "high-definition picture" of climate-caused changes on the island. And the picture isn't pretty. In the last decade, two of the largest three glaciers draining that frozen landscape have lost enough ice tha...

Environmental Filmmaker Zeina Aboul Hosn

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 in Environmental Heroes

Shortlisted for the Amnesty International 2008 Media Award for journalists covering human rights, Zeina Aboul Hosn is clearly passionate about the world around her and conveying important messages through her films. As well as working on the widely influential Age of Stupid film, she has participate...

Is Organic Food Really Better For The Environment?

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 22 May 2011 in Food

I eat a lot of organic food. In fact, about 80% of the food that goes into my body is organic. I cannot tell you how many times I get teased about eating “dirt” from many of my friends, and even my family. A friend recently quizzed me about my reasons for eating organic. I claimed that one ...

CO2 to Make Fuel: A Long Shot for Green Energy

Posted by henryfool on Sunday, 22 May 2011 in Clean Technology

What if the ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide that are heating up the atmosphere could be used to produce an abundant supply of liquid fuels? The U.S. government and private labs are pursuing that Holy Grail of renewable energy — but for now the cost of large-scale production is prohibitive....

KIDS - Fighting Climate Change Through Innovative Initiatives

Posted by EarthDude on Friday, 20 May 2011 in Environmental Heroes

Floods and droughts may be the "new normal" and sea levels may be rising faster than previously thought, but the younger generation isn’t willing to accept these climate change consequences for their future. As the grownups duke it out in Washington, kids take action with visible r...

A Looming Oxygen Crisis and Its Impact on World’s Oceans

Posted by grant on Thursday, 19 May 2011 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

As warming intensifies, scientists warn, the oxygen content of oceans across the planet could be more and more diminished, with serious consequences for the future of fish and other sea life. by carl zimmer The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is overshadowing another catastrophe that’s also un...

China Power Rations

Posted by bchristo on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 in Earth Violators

State-owned power generating companies are dealing with high global energy prices that have cut their profits. China has also banned the export of diesel, to try to meet domestic demand. Power cuts occur every summer, but this year rising coal costs and a drop in hydropower output mean they...