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SIGN PETITION PLEASE: Take a Stand Against Rainforest Destruction
Environment  (tags: palmoil, rainforest, destruction, environment )

Celine
- 53 days ago - ga3.org
Today you can help stop rainforest destruction by sending each of these companies a letter. It's easy, just one click will forward a letter to all 350 companies asking them to join our campaign.
Help Save Canadian Wildlife!
Environment  (tags: Arctic wildlife, globalwarming, ecosystems, environment, habitat, nature, wildlife, protection, politics, science, Sustainabililty, endangered, conservation, climate-change )

Elena
- 54 days ago - naturecanada.ca
Rising temperatures due to Global Warming are threatening the Arctic wildlife of Canada. Let the Canadian Government know that you're concerned - Sign the petition below!
How Long Does It Take a Rainforest to Regenerate?
Environment  (tags: trees, science, research, protection, habitat, habitatdestruction, forests )

Chris
- 53 days ago - environment.newscientist.com
According to a study focusing on the Brazilian Atlantic forest, certain aspects can return surprisingly quickly - within 65 years. But for the landscape to truly regain its native identity takes a lot longer - up to 4000 years.
Pesticides Are Killing Billions Of Honeybees Worldwide
Environment  (tags: destruction, humans, pollution, food supply )

Dan
- 68 days ago - latimes.com
Highly toxic insecticides are believed to be killing off honeybees on a global scale. France and Germany have banned them, but not the US. Bayer (the aspirin people) make them. Predicted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
Stop the BLM From Cutting Down Your Old Growth
Environment  (tags: treecutting, old growth forest, habitatdestruction, destruction, trees, Sustainabililty, protection, nature, wildlife, environment, conservation, ecosystems )

Elena
- 68 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The Medford district of the Bureau of Land Management is at it again. They are proposing clear-cut logging on 418 acres of old-growth forest in southern Oregon. In an apparent effort to mask how nasty this sale is, they have given it a rather cute name...
Americans Drove 9.6 Billion Fewer Miles in May 2008, Biggest Drop in 66 Years
Environment  (tags: gasoline, usage, conservation, CO2emissions )

Eric
- 68 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
If you look at the numbers from the US Federal Highway Administration (FHA), you'll find that Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008, biggest drop in 66 years. This means less C02 emissions, which translates into less global warming.
Judge Rules Against Selling Pollution Credits to Power Plants in Southern CA
Environment  (tags: pollution )

Kristi
- 68 days ago - latimes.com
The decision delays construction of new plants in Vernon and Grand Terrace. Advocacy groups hail the ruling as a protection against environmental discrimination in some L.A. and Mojave air districts.
Feds Press Congress to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
Environment  (tags: oil drilling )

Kristi
- 68 days ago - sfgate.com
The U.S. Interior Department ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to open more of the country's coastline to offshore oil drilling, a move petroleum companies have sought for decades.
Bangladesh Gaining Land, Not Losing: Scientists
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, research, science, water, world )

Judy
- 68 days ago - news.yahoo.com
DHAKA (AFP) - New data shows that Bangladesh's landmass is increasing, contradicting forecasts that the South Asian nation will be under the waves by the end of the century, experts say.
Greenland Again
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, energy, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, humans, nature, oceans, research, science, world, weather )

Judy
- 68 days ago - icecap.us
Greenland actually was warmer in the 1930s and 1940s than it has been in recent decades. For the period from the 1960s to the 1990s, temperatures actually declined significantly as the Atlantic went through its multidecadal cold mode.
 
 
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