my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

Laura's News

Environment News

WWF Rewards Pakistan for Tree Planting World Record
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, green, GoodNews, trees, world, goodnews )

Cal
- 156 days ago - panda.org
Pakistan set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, beating India in a healthy and productive international competition contributing to preserving fragile and endangered forests.
Peru's 'Cold War' Against Indigenous Peoples
Environment  (tags: Peru, u.s., usa, capitalism, crime, imperialism, U.S. imperialism, US imperialism, neocolonialism, neo-colonialism, exploitation, oppression, business, corporate, corruption, corporation, corporations, oil, oil companies, racism, Indigenous, death, HumanRights, humanrights )

Simon
- 157 days ago - nacla.org
US-backed President García & his govt are waging a racist propaganda campaign & violent repression against Indigenous people, plus suspect legal mechanisms to steal 72% of Amazon land from Indigenous, for oil companies as part of U.S. Free Trade Agreement
Coal Giant CEO Reported to Police
Environment  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, globalwarming, greenhousegases, environment )

Doris
- 241 days ago - klimatet.org
CEO Lars G Josefsson of Swedish coal giant Vattenfall was reported to the Stockholm police today, Friday 24 in the afternoon. The action group Klimax in Sweden maintains that he is guilty of deliberately devastating the earth's atmosphere jeopardizi...
Afghans Get First National Park
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, conservation, habitat, GoodNews, nature, national park )

Suri
- 242 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Afghanistan has established its first national park in a spectacular region of deep blue lakes separated by natural dams of travertine, a mineral deposit. Declaring Band-e-Amir a park should help protect its fragile environment.
Monsanto's Herbicide Roundup Linked to Birth Defects
Environment  (tags: Monsanto, agrentina, birth defects, destruction, ecosystems, environment, pollution )

LaJana
- 242 days ago - organicconsumers.org
The herbicide used on genetically modified soy - Argentina's main crop - could cause brain, intestinal and heart defects in fetuses, according to the results of a scientific investigation released Monday.
TAKE ACTION----CLIMATE: SPOOF THE SPIN, UNBLOCK TALKS
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, humans, environment, MEDIA )

Cal
- 241 days ago - secure.avaaz.org
As Obama opens a new round of global climate talks in Washington DC next week, oil companies are flooding the US Capitol with lobbyists--and US airwaves with misleading ads to fend off strong action.
Yeast and Bacterium Turned Into Gasoline Factory
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, humans, pollution, yeast, fuels, interesting )

Rosa
- 242 days ago - newscientist.com
Take brewer's yeast, add a gene from a salt marsh plant, grow it with an obscure bacterium found in a French landfill, and what have you got? A cheap, renewable way to fuel our cars, claims Christopher Voigt, a synthetic biologist at the University of C..
'Mother' Gunnoe: W.VA Cherokee Mountaintop Removal Activist Wins Prestigious Goldman 'Environmental Nobel' Prize
Environment  (tags: Maria "Mother" Gunnoe, Goldman Prize, environmental 'nobel', mountain top removal, activist, Appalachian coalfields, Cherokee, ancestral land, community organizer, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West VA, numerous threats, King Coal thugs )

Alba
- 241 days ago - alternet.org
Fearless community organizer for OhioValleyEnvironmentalCoalition W VA, home sits on frontlines of atrocious mountaintop removal operation. Has always refused to back down to any threats from KingCoal thugs, heroine for justice in Appalachian coalfields..
Animal Waste Biomethane Gas Collection System Technician
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, pollution, protection, research, environment )

Ezra
- 242 days ago - greencareersguide.com
A Biomethane Gas Collection System Technician is responsible for the operation of equipment that processes animal waste and methane gas. The technician also tends to the day-to-day checking and maintenance of the equipment at a biomethane plant.
Venezuela Bans Controversial "Trawl" Fishing
Environment  (tags: Venezuela, socialism, revolution, Sustainabililty, animals, nature, protection, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, oceans, fishing, fishing trawlers, drag fishing, drift nets )

Simon
- 270 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
Small-scale Venezuelan fishers rejoiced on Sunday as a Venezuelan government ban on trawling, also known as drag fishing, went into effect, to protect biodiversity & increase production by small fishermen, who have petitioned govts to do this for decades.
 
 
Content and comments expressed here are the opinions of Care2 users and not necessarily that of Care2.com or its affiliates.
Laura Hovland

Laura H.
Laura's contributions:
Stories noted recently:
Stories submitted:
Laura's contributions
Stories submitted: 257
Front Page stories: 30
Noted in Past Week: 0
Analyst Ratio* : 0%
* Analyst Ratio is based on success in Note-ing news stories in the past week that make the Front Page, before they are promoted to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!





Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved