Conservation

EPA Grants California Emissions Enforcement Standards

 |  Jul 8, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it is granting a waiver request that will allow the state of California to enforce emissions standards for new vehicles. EPA Administrator … Read more

Global Warming Report Sounds Alarm for Flood-Prone Communities

 |  Jul 8, 2009

The United States is seeing more heavy storms and major floods, and it seems global warming is partly to blame. The National Wildlife Federation is set to release “Increased Flooding … Read more

Global Warming Report Sounds Alarm for Flood-Prone Communities

 |  Jul 8, 2009

The United States is seeing more heavy storms and major floods, and it seems global warming is partly to blame. The National Wildlife Federation is set to release “Increased Flooding … Read more

Quote of the Week

 |  Jul 8, 2009

"Most people here in the Senate believe the issue is real. They believe action is appropriate to put a price on carbon." —Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), chairman of the Senate … Read more

Oxfam Says Climate Change Will Ravage Global Food Supply

 |  Jul 8, 2009

According to a major anti-poverty organization, unchecked global warming will exacerbate a crisis already being called "the defining human tragedy of this century": hunger. Oxfam International says that global warming … Read more

Momentum Continues as Senate Gears Up for Major Energy Legislation

 |  Jul 8, 2009

Just two weeks after the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Senate is preparing to build on their victory with a broad base of bipartisan support. … Read more

New Report: Imperiled Species of the World — The Red List

 |  Jul 7, 2009

The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently issued its Red List report — assessing the status of species in the global environment.  The news is The New York Times … Read more

Thousands Year-Old Process Could Help Defeat Global Warming

 |  Jul 7, 2009

Welsh scientists are looking at the ancient practices of Amazonian Indians who developed a process some 6,000 years ago that could help to trap carbon dioxide and lower greenhouse gas … Read more

Dramatic Trout Rescue in New Mexico

 |  Jul 7, 2009

This time when horsmen came to the rescue, it was to relocate trout. Associated Press reports: “As a lightning-sparked fire charred thousands of acres in southwestern New Mexico, biologists and … Read more

Efforts to Save the Rare Pallid Sturgeon

 |  Jul 7, 2009

A large white and very ancient fish lives in the waters of the Missouri River basin but it is becoming more rare. The Constitution Tribune reports: Pallid sturgeon, which are … Read more