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Posted by on in Animals
  WASHINGTON — Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States commend a bipartisan group of 17 United States Senators for joining on a letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to require the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling Commission to vote to uphold...
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Posted by on in Wind
Renewable energy pioneer Cannon Power Group, based in Del Mar Heights, announced Wednesday it was awarded a cash grant from the Department of Treasury through the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act to enable the further build-out of the Windy Point/Windy Flats project in rural Klickitat County,...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
On the eve of an international meeting to decide the fate of thousands of whales, New Zealand's foreign minister is warning  that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is facing total collapse. Murray McCully told TVNZ's Q and A programme that could result in anarchy on the high seas and ...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem.   Michael DeMocker / The Times-Picayune     The Discoverer Enterprise burns off n...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
A massive oil slick caused by the BP oil drilling platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the U.S. Gulf Coast. Efforts are already underway to protect sensitive ecological areas. Many organizations are preparing to mobilize along the coast from Louisiana to Florida to help rescue anima...
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Posted by on in Clean Technology
The first trials of controversial sunshielding technology are being planned after the United Nations failed to secure agreement on cutting greenhouse gases. Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire, is funding research into machines to  up ten tonnes of seawater every second and spray it upwards....
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
  As Oil Execs Testify About Drilling Safety, GOP Rallies with Same Old "Drill, Baby, Drill!" WASHINGTON, DC – Despite tens of thousands of gallons of oil continuing to gush from BP’s oil well and executives from five major oil companies testifying before Congress today about off-shore drilli...
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Posted by on in Green Design
Greening America's Capitals is a project of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities between EPA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help state capitals develop an implementable vision of distinctive, environmentally frie...
Washington, DC: A rooftop in Washington, DC, provides a good view of the U.S. Capitol.
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Oil supplies the United States with approximately 40% of its energy needs. Billions upon billions of gallons are pumped out of our wells, brought in from other countries, and shipped around to refineries all over the states. 1.3 million gallons of petroleum are spilled into U.S. waters from vessels ...
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Posted by on 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 other...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is an environmental disaster that also threatens profound social and economic damage. NRDC has sent a team of experts to the gulf to document the environmental and health impacts of the spill and to advocate for every possible action to limit the damage to ...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
WASHINGTON (June 15, 2010) -- In his first Oval Office address, President Obama laid out his plans for cleaning up the millions of gallons of oil that have already escaped and talked about what we must do to decrease our dependence on oil. "Tonight, President Obama made it clear that he plans to pu...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Oil giant BP is to put $20bn (£13.5bn) in a  compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill and  will not pay shareholders a dividend this year.  Barack Obama announced the compensation deal after  talks at the White House with senior BP executives.   Shortly a...
BP bosses including chief executive Tony Hayward (L) at the White House meeting Preisdent Obama (2nd R)
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Louisiana, Florida and other Gulf Coast states face worse that thought environmental damage as the estimates of how much oil is spilling rise, the latest estimate is as much as 40,000 barrels!!! a day. Moody Investors Services site unemployment, tempered in the short term by clean up jobs but a long...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
We arrived in Calgary, Alberta today on the first leg of a trip to see firsthand the strip mining and drilling for oil in the tar sands region of Canada’s Boreal forest.  NRDC’s Executive Director, Peter Lehner, and others in leadership positions with the organization will be touring the region...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Biodiversity is starting to be become another buzz word like green products and carbon footprints. Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth...
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Kevin Costner, actor, musician and environmentalist is ready to help clean up the Gulf oil spill with a centrifuge device that is already in the Gulf waters, ready for action. Concerned about the short-term and long-term ramifications of oil spills in 1993, Costner procured a technology transfer fr...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Today marks the 100th birthday of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The Cousteau Society will commemorate the centennial of his birth with a year-long celebration in Paris, as well as various events planned around the world.  The Society is currently accepting proposals for other officially sanctioned ...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
In a world of increasing complexity, accidents happen.  This accident is a tragedy with 11 dead and 17 injured in an explosion that created the worst oil spill in the history of the United States.  Let's start the clock over on these events and explore what a Citizen Engineer would do. Ma...
NASA photo taken May 24 from web site http://2010gulfoilspill.com/
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Posted by on in Oil Spill
Kevin Costner presented his oil spill solution to Congress and demonstrated his machine that recycles and separates oil from water with a 99.9% success rate. Actor, Kevin Costner said that he was inspired by the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989 to come up with an idea that would safely separate oil fr...
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