Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) proposed legislation that would postpone meaningful action on global warming pollution for at least twenty years. The Voinovich bill is dressed up as a way to take action, but in fact is a detailed prescription for doing
These photos,which vividly capture the scope of the tragedy that befell Myanmar were taken by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Terra satellite's visual-infrared instrument.The U.N. estimates that over 1.5 million individ
The most powerful lobby group in Australia - the polluting industries like coal, cement, aluminium and mining - is currently swarming the halls of Parliament, trying to convince Kevin Rudd to allow them to continue to destroy our climate.
We all know that mountains get mined. However, George W. Bush signed a paper letting coal companies save money. The way they save the money is harmful to everyone, animals and humans. They simply blow up the top of the mountain, then push the dirt off
The number of Indonesians concerned with preserving North Sulawesi's flora and fauna -- one of the country's most precious natural treasures -- has been rising amid the uncontrollably high rate of deforestation. Beginning with an awareness on how to
In the Southwest U.S., biologists are talking about returning beavers to rivers they once inhabited in order to fight droughts — which are expected to get worse as the globe warms. Beaver dams create great sponges that store lots of water.
UP DATE ON DOVE.International — Despite insisting a week ago that they wouldn’t be bounced into taking action, Unilever boss, Patrick Cescau performed a swift about turn today and announced that his company is supporting our call for a moratorium – a com
You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility.
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush called on Congress to increase domestic production in response to soaring gasoline prices by approving legislation allowing oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Just a few short years ago, the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming, a major migration corridor for wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, was known for its pristine air and water quality and 100-mile views.
Wolves should not have been delisted, because they remain threatened by biased, inadequate state management plans, as well as by the lack of connections between largely isolated state wolf populations.
Many sources agree that, “Some 90 percent of the Pacific Northwest’s old growth forests have been destroyed in the past century.” Many enraged environmentalists, however, marched into battle to save what is left of these old trees.
Every year thousands of tons of toxic pollution is released into our environment. That’s why we’re working to substitute, replace, and eliminate industrial toxics.Please sign petition
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot is found only in high mountain meadows near the town of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains,N.M.The species is threatened by road maintenance and construction,livestock grazing,invasive plants,climate change,pestic
