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Ex-rangers ride to the rescue of the world's national parks

Posted by davebishop on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Environmental Heroes

Baoshan, China — On Sept. 30, 2009, Anne Castellina fielded an e-mail from Doug Morris, a fellow US National Park Service retiree. Did the former Alaska park superintendent, Mr. Morris wondered, feel like flying to China in November as a volunteer consultant? "Sure," Ms. Castellina said. ...

After oil spill cleanup, will we tighten the laws?

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Oil Spill

As the BP oil spill cleanup continued last week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) proposed new legislative action that would raise the BP's liability. Are we entering a new era of increased regulation? Earlier this week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) responded to the continuing Gulf oi...

My Expedition to Costa Rica to save the Leather-back Sea Turtles

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

Dear Family and Friends, In six months I will be taking on the challenge of volunteering to help save the Leatherback Sea Turtles in Costa Rica, the largest sea turtle in the world. I will be joining scientist and oth...

Make Us Proud - A Letter from Obama to the people affected by the Oil Spill

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

Yesterday, I visited Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana -- one of the first places to feel the devastation wrought by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While I was here, at Camerdelle's Live Bait shop, I met with a group of local residents and small business owners. Folks like Floyd Lasseigne...

It's Getting Hot in Here - A Letter from New Delhi

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

I’m writing this from New Delhi, thousands of miles away from the tragically polluted Gulf Coast, and I’m crying. This crisis has felt so far away from me over the past few weeks, as I’m sure the droughts of Andhra Pradesh and the water crises in Karnataka have felt far from people in Wa...

The End of Oysters? Oyster Party in New Orleans

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS — Aaron Jones made his way through the crowd to the foot of the stage, chin raised. An oyster shucking contest was under way, and the master of ceremonies was going around distributing oysters to audience members as if giving Communion, dropping one in Mr. Jones’s open mouth. “Plump and...

20 Days To The G20…20 Reasons The Youth Climate Movement Must Get Organized!

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Climate Change

With 20 days to go to the G8 and G20 summits in Toronto, here are 20 reasons that the youth climate movement needs to get mobilized. Every day you can become increasingly motivated to get organize, get mobilized, and know just why we need to have our voices heard. The G8 and G20 are a self-select...

Where is the oil going?

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

The oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico has steadily taken its toll on the waters of the gulf and surrounding coastlines. However, the prevailing currents will not allow the oil to be stationary. The Loop Current, which is a clockwise current in the Gulf that originates from Caribbean waters that flow ...

Don Young: Gulf Oil Spill 'Not An Environmental Disaster'

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Oil Spill

Don't worry about the oil spilling into the Gulf, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) says, because the worst spill in U.S. history is "not an environmental disaster," just nature taking its course. "This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again because it is a natural phenomenon...

Gulf oil spill's threat to wildlife turns real

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Oil Spill

ON BARATARIA BAY, La. – The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality. Pelicans struggled to free themselves from oil thick as tar that gathers in hip-deep pools, while others stretch out useless wings, feathers dripping with crud...

BP's cap starts collecting oil, but spill still threatens Florida

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Oil Spill

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continued to washed ashore Florida's Panhandle on Saturday, stunning tourists and locals alike, as government officials said the amount of oil a makeshift containment cap is capturing from the ocean-bottom gusher is slowly increasing. BP's cap, initially put into plac...

California moves toward banning plastic shopping bags

Posted by GreenDog on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

California, which has some of the nation's strictest environmental rules, may soon become the first state to ban plastic shopping bags. Its Assembly passed a bill Wednesday, by a 41-27 vote, to bar grocery stores from offering plastic bags beginning in Jan. 2012. The ban would extend to convenience...

Will James Cameron Save BP From Further Embarrassment?

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 04 June 2010 in Oil Spill

It has now been 45 days since the oil rig explosion in the Gulf began unloading oil and polluting our oceans and there’s only one man that can fix this problem – Mr. James Cameron. After countless problem solvers have come forward to help with the oil spill, what better solution than to have a hot-s...

How to Contain an Oil Spill

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 04 June 2010 in Oil Spill

At present there is a large oil release in the Gulf of Mexico. It is not the first of its kind. Obviously one must try to confine it and then clean it up but what it is the right and effective way? What is a waste of time and resources and what works? Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drill...

Oil still spilling after 42 days!!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Oil Spill

This is horrible. The amount of oil being spill is tremendous. This oil will cause mass devastation to the Earth. I think we are lucky it happened in America, any other country may have tried to ignore it and nothing would have been done. Something needs to be done to prevent this disaster from aff...

This Oil Leak Is Really Pissing Me Off

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Oil Spill

The BP Oil Spill in the Gulf is in my opinion the giant back step that anyone who cares about the environment did not need. So what to do about this? Anybody with an answer please leave a comment.

Sanyo and UCSD Sign Multi-Year Deal for Next Generation of Energy Management

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

Tokyo, June 4, 2010 -- The Sanyo Electric Group, including Sanyo North America Corporation headquartered in San Diego, Calif., (SANYO) and the University of California, San Diego have announced a research collaboration agreement designed to lead to the next generation of solar energy systems and ene...

The signal the start of a new, “green” chapter in transportation logistics

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Wind

When the first unit train carrying wind turbine components leaves Duluth this week, it will signal the start of a new, “green” chapter in transportation logistics at the westernmost tip of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system. The shipment of 24 Siemens wind turbine nacelles and spinn...

Siemens has won three wind farm maintenance contracts in Washington and Oregon.

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Wind

German wind turbine manufacturer Siemens has won three wind farm maintenance contracts in Washington and Oregon.The company said the deals were worth a combined $55 million.Under a deal with San Diego-based Cannon Power Group, Siemens will provide warranty maintenance services for 114 of its SWT-2.3...

The Largest Wind Farm in the World

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Wind

A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines in the same location. This may also be called a “wind power plant,” because many wind turbines working together can produce a lot of electricity—just like coal or nuclear power plants. Wind turbines are often grouped together in wind farms because...