Spring Break is just around the bend. But before you start silk screening T-shirts that read "I survived Spring Break 2009" for you and your buddies, or sign up for that wet T-shirt contest, consider an eco-friendly alternative.
Environmentalists were outraged last week when word leaked that California’s normally pro-environment governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was seeking waivers on environmental reviews for a dozen major transportation infrastructure projects slated to begin soon around the state.
Conservationists submitted an appeal to the U.S. Forest Service asking that it reconsider its recent decision to allow logging on some 300 acres of the Kilkenny Roadless Area in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
President-Elect Obama’s initial choices for his environmental team look promising in terms of their commitment to climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fund green jobs and develop renewable energy systems.
A coalition of environmental groups announced last week that it had reached a settlement that forces the U.S. Navy to complete a full environmental review on major sonar training exercises it conducts around the world.
Upwards of 15,000 poverty-stricken Indian people took part in a protest last week against their government’s planned extension of a new wildlife sanctuary at Mudumalai created to protect the country’s dwindling population of tigers.
The single most important factor in developing a low-carbon project is the early integration of sustainable strategies into the planning process.
Sixteen conservation and animal welfare groups called on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service last week to replace the prominent photograph of an endangered Mexican gray wolf on its website because the animal was trapped and inadvertently killed by the agency.
Last week, in the waning days of the Bush White House, officials from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) granted a controversial permit to expand mining operations on Native American lands in northern Arizona.
The Florida Everglades has shrunk to less than half its former size. Wading bird populations have plummeted by over 90 percent. Sixty-eight species of plants and animals are threatened or endangered with extinction. The patient is dying.
