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Announcing the Youth Groups Joining in Earth Protect Youth Launch Castle View High School Green 2, Colorado, USA Environmental Charter High School, California, USA Earth Charter Youth Initiative of Liberia Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.University for Peace, Costa Rica, American...
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Hello I am Anilorac. You can see me as the writer of this blog. My background: I am a tenth grade student at Environmental Charter High School and I belong to this organization known as Green Ambassadors. You may have heard of us or you may have not. As Green Ambassadors,we have done a lot for bei...
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Posted by on in Buy Local
We all have a carbon footprint. And during the Holidays, our carbon footprints are way larger than our shoe sizes as we tend to consume more than during other times in the year.  However, we can all still be true to our Green sides by following some Eco-friendly tips this Thanksgiving: Buy l...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
The Associated Press has some mixed news for environmentalists. The economic downturn may "make it more difficult to pass a law to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gases." On the plus side, it may very well make it more necessary. Members of both parties argue against one of the most popular carbon ...
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Posted by on in General Environment
"We the people here in Boise, Idaho have strong family and community based views and values.  We love and care for our children and the community in which we live with a deep passion." - Corey S. Godfrey Idaho is one of the few states that still has vast amounts of natural beauty to admire and...
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Posted by on in Animals
The Canadian government is being sued by environmentalists demanding they use the countries' Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. Ecojustice, on behalf of 8 environmental groups recently filed the suit to force officials to use the legislation to safequard the habitat o...
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Posted by on in Clean Water
The population of California is more than that of Canada, accounting for more than 12% of all U.S. citizens living in the Golden State. With already strained water and energy resources, work to build consensus on appropriate environmentally sustainable alternatives is at the center of Clean Water Fu...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
Each year, millions if not billions of people are affected by an ever increasing onslaught of rapid environmental pollution brought about by gas fumes, weapons testing, factories, and wasteful energy use. One year ago, www.SixWise.com put together a list of the ten top most polluted places in the w...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
"A Drop Of Blood" Campaign (a national/international call for action) Draw a red drop on a small piece of paper and, using cellophane tape, put it on a gas pump. Reason: The people of the U.S. (and much of the world) are basically addicted to oil. We have grown so dependent on our cars and trucks ...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
In China's rush to become the factory for the world, they forgot to protect their own people and the rest of us who live in the pollution offshoots they create and who often unwittingly are buying and using Chinese made products. Now we learn from the LA Times, Oct 14th article by John M. Glionna th...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Good news on the environment re US Congressional actions and Pres Bush is a rare thing, but under bi-partisan leadership with Mr Bush expected to sign, new legislation would ban in 2013 and the Energy Dept would be required to store mercury toxic stockpiles permanently instead of dumping it on the w...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
In 1973, President Nixon passed the Endangered Species Act in an attempt to curb the extinction of large groups of animals based on the Congress' findings that "...various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and de...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
The U.S. Department of Energy has just launched a major operation tracing climate change. They do this by using their new Climate Change Prediction technology,the Department of Energy, through the Office of Environmental and Biological Research and the hard work of William Collins of Berkeley Lab’s...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
I want to share with Earth Protect users a list of people and their publications who have inspired me through the years. This is only a partial list - these are the books that I live with, and visit again and again. Every time I pick up one of these old friends, I find a new angle to marvel about a...
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Posted by on in Animals
About 4 out of 10 freshwater fish species in North America are in peril according to major study by Canadian, US and Mexican scientists. See The Associated Press, Seth Borenstein, The Denver Post, 9 11 08 for more. When will we get it, waterways are not toilets. Pollution kills and hurts the econom...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
A Bush Administration ruling barring states and local governments from requiring more air-pollution monitoring is illegal according to a ruling by the US Court of Appeals District of Columbia. "We can't have strong enforcement of our clean air laws unless we know what polluters are putting into the ...
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Posted by on in Transportation
We can help our pocket books and the environment by driving green according to The Denver Post article by John Ingold. He drew his tips from EcoDriving Campaign. Here are the highights-Smooth and Steady-use cruise control, no rapid starts and stops, maintain steady speed Avoid idling-total waste a...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
T. Boone Pickens made a fortune in oil and other fossil fuels. So, I was skeptical when I first heard of the Pickens' Plan to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Could an old oil man become a born again environmentalist, can a leopard change its spots? Skeptical yet intrigued, I decided to c...
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Posted by on in Biofuels
When Henry Ford first introduced the Model T it came with an engine that could burn both gasoline and ethanol. It was the first flex-fuel vehicle. Farmers back then took advantage of this flexibility by distilling their own ethanol to run their vehicles, bypassing the pumps of the then nascent oil ...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
I believe that bio-diesel is the transportation fuel of the future. So does Pete Bethune and he has done something amazing to prove it to the world. If you don't already know who he is or what he has done then you should visit his website at www.earthrace.net. Pete is one of my heroes.
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