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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...

Climate Scientists Stepping Out by the 100's

Posted by GreenDog on Sunday, 07 November 2010 in Climate Change

Finally, American Geophysical Union, the country's largest association of climate scientists, plans to announce that 700 climate scientists have agreed to speak out as experts on questions about global warming and the role of man-made air pollution. A "Climate Rapid Response Team" is being organized...

Denver Airport Parking, World's Greenest, to Open November 2010

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 06 November 2010 in Agriculture

In today's world, parking garages are important elements of the urban infrastructure. So it's exciting that Denver International Airport's (DIA) newest parking facility incorporates cutting-edge technologies to provide both environmental conservation and energy efficiency. DIA is the fifth ...

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...

US Adopts 30% Energy-Efficiency Savings for Buildings

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Sustainable Development

More than 500 U.S. state and local code officials voted to adopt new building codes that will achieve 30 percent in energy savings, using the 2006 model code as the baseline, for commercial and residential buildings, reports the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). ...

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...

Why California’s Solar Industry Is Cheering The Defeat Of Prop. 23

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Solar

Tom Rooney is one happy guy today. The chief executive of SPG Solar, California’s second largest solar installer, says that California voters’ rejection of energy-related Proposition 23 is a boost for the solar industry in California. “The double positive for the solar industry was [Jerry] Brown get...

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...

Is the ice at the South Pole melting?

Posted by joeycello on Saturday, 30 October 2010 in Climate Change

Gravity field satellites observe for the first time the fluctuations of ice mass of the Antarctic ice sheet due to El Nino The change in the ice mass covering Antarctica is a critical factor in global climate events. Scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences have now found that t...

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...

Water Scarcity in American Southwest Gets Serious

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 23 October 2010 in Water Conservation

Water scarcity has always been a problem in the southwestern desert, with practically everyone relying on one river, the Colorado, to quench their thirst and the thirst of their crops. Increased water demands coupled with a long protracted drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin has created a pote...

White House Lifts Ban On Offshore Drilling

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 23 October 2010 in Oil Spill

The Obama administration announced Tuesday that companies able to meet new safety standards will be allowed to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, ending a six-month moratorium that had been scheduled to end next month. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the new rules imposed after the BP spill — the wor...

GOP Victory May Be Defeat For Climate Change Policy

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 23 October 2010 in General Environment

The more carbon that gets released into the atmosphere, the higher the average temperature rises. That's a scientific fact. Human activities, such as driving, flying, building and even turning on the lights, are the biggest contributor to the release of carbon. That too, is a fact. And yet the ma...

Is coal power headed for a downsizing in US?

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 19 October 2010 in Mining

Tougher federal air pollution rules coming next year could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal-burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions controls, according to a recent Wall Street analysis. The regul...