The UK-based nonprofit BirdLife International has launched an ambitious new campaign, dubbed the Species Champions Initiative, to save 189 critically endangered bird species around the world from extinction over the next five years
Environmentalists are praising an announcement by the federal government last week to spend $848 million to bolster efforts in five major cities to cut traffic congestion and improve overall urban transportation performance.
A study recently released by the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility points out the hypocrisy in the Kyoto Protocol whereby countries that have cut their forests and are now engaging in reforestation efforts are rewarded with so-called "carbon credits" for their efforts, while those that have worked to preserve intact forests receive no such benefit.
Worry over endocrine health as ingredients in personal-care products are shown to be hormonally active. And it’s not just moisturizing lotion: cosmetics, fragrances, deodorant and even sun block need closer scrutiny. It can make average consumers feel they are awash in a sea, or at a least bathtub full, of toxic chemicals.
Beverage distributors like Coca-Cola and retailers like Stop & Shop have resisted adding bottled water to the deposit-based system, and the mountain of bottled water litter continues to grow.
The National Organics Standards Board decided to defer recommendations for organic status for fish citing concerns about controlling fish environment and food supply.
Focus the Nation, an ambitious organizing project, is coordinating teachers and students at more than 1,000 schools to find solutions to global warming.
The largest private game reserve in California is banning lead bullets, part of a comprehensive plan to keep condors soaring.
Following on the heels of the nationwide climate rallies last April, environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben announced plans for fall follow-up events aimed at lobbying politicians to pass meaningful legislation to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. On November 3, thousands of activists and concerned citizens are expected to gather at places across the country named after historic leaders to demand that Congress address four key priorities to stop global warming.
The nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last week announced its annual list of America’s best and worst beaches from an environmental and health safety perspective. Much to the group’s chagrin, pollution at the nation’s 3,500 ocean, lake and bay beaches resulted in 25,000 closing or swimming advisory days in 2006—a record number that represents a 28 percent increase from just the previous year.
