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Conservation

Report Says U.S. Birds in "Widespread Decline," Need Help

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change, Boreal Forest, Birds, Conservation, Canada, Endangered Species, Red-Tail Hawks, New York City, Green News
Scott Dodd

Nearly a third of the 800 species of birds in the United States are endangered, threatened or in decline. The decline of birds is a warning sign about the overall health of our environment -- or lack thereof.

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Si Se Puede: Every Chilean Can (and Does) Screw in a Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb

Larry Coben | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Savings, Chile, Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Saving Technology, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Latin America, South American Energy, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Conservation, South America, Green Energy, Green Politics, Green News
Larry Coben

The cleanest, greenest, cheapest and most secure energy is the energy we don't use. The empirical evidence from Chile is overwhelming and proves the savings.

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Jayhawks, Cardinals Should Be On Obama's Mind, Group Says (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: March Madness, Video, Obama Environment, Mining, Environment, Logging, Conservation, Pollution, Animals, Roadless Conservation, Green News

A new video asks President Obama to pay attention now to the jayhawks, cardinals, wildcats and wolverines -- but not the basketball ones -- and to uph...

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Making Something Out of Nothing

Matthew Owen | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: New York Times, Climate Change, Rainforest, Biodiversity, Secondary Rainforest, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Carbon Emissions, Conservation, Amazon Rainforest, Global Warming, Jungles, Green News
Matthew Owen

We need to take every meaningful step possible to offset climate change and there is no better way to do so than protecting endangered rainforests.

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The Seven Great Challenges of Sustainability

Tri Robinson | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Protection, Energy Sources, Sustainable Economics, Sustainability, Horses, Conservation, Alternative Energy Sources, Amish Community, Fresh Water, Wildlife, Environment, Green Living, Green News
Tri Robinson

I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.

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Tip #5: Deal With (Tire) Inflation

Emily Main | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Tire Inflation, Gasoline, Fuel Efficiency, Barack Obama, Smart Car, Climate Change, Environment, Oil, Conservation, Cars, Obama Inauguration Day, Reduce, Green News
Emily Main

Assuming all gasoline powered cars on American roads had properly inflated tires, drivers could cut gas consumption by 3.3 percent. That's about 13 million gallons of gas every day.

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Obama Steps Up For Wildlife

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Endangered Animals, Environment, Conservation, Wolves, Obama, Animals, Rocky Mountians, Nature, Politics News
Cindy Letchworth

Due to the "midnight regulations" of the Bush administration, many new environmental rules were published before they could be easily reversed.

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Coal Plants, Russia, Council on Foreign Relations, Central Europe, Gasoline Prices, Conservation, Cars, Obama Administration, Coal, Eu, Cheap Gas Prices, Oil Embargo, Solar Energy, Electricity, Oil Price, Washington, Arab Oil Embargo, Israel, Yom Kippur War, Natural Gas, Eu Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cfr, Opec, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Wind, Russian Gas Dependence, Ukraine, Suvs, Energy Efficiency, Eastern Europe, Increase, Geothermal, United States, Heat Oil, Carbon Dioxide, International Energy Agency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Sources of Energy, World News
Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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7 Best CFL Bulbs For The Green Shopper

Environmental Working Group | Sean Gray, Senior Analyst; Sonya Lunder, MPH EWG Senior Scientist; Elaine Shannon, Editor | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Reducing Energy Use, Conservation, Green Living, Cfls, Best CFLs, Best Light Bulbs, Green Technology, Green News

Over its lifetime, a single CFL can save the consumer $80 or more, depending on local electric rates. But all CFL bulbs aren't equal. Some have lower...

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Clean Water Act Challenged By Mining Industry

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Mining, Water, Clean Water Act, Clean Water, Environment, Supreme Court, Green, Conservation, Mine Tailings, Water Erosion, Alaska and Mining, Sarah Palin Environment, Earthjustice, Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine Sarah Palin, George Bush Environment, Green News
Cindy Letchworth

Mine tailings are waste. They are the left-overs after metal separation has occurred. Once the extractions are finished, the rocks remaining are often full of arsenic, lead and cadmium.

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Polar Bear Peril-Video Not To Be Missed

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Polar Bears, Enviornment, Animals, Bears, Nature, Wildlife, Melting Ice Caps, Climate Change, Polar Bears Extinction, Global Warming, Polar Bears and Global Warming, Green News
Cindy Letchworth

Annual sea ice is a necessity for polar bears but the problem is, the sea ice is melting. For these bears, no ice equals no place to land once you have been swimming for miles at a stretch.

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Thermal Police Fix Houses, Cut Costs By 30 Percent

New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Winterizing Homes, Winterize, Conservation, Energy Conservation, Insulation, Money Saving, Green News

Call it CSI: Thermal Police -- energy experts armed with mostly low-tech tools but strong sleuthing skills, finding flaws that let the air inside a ho...

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Eaten Into Extinction

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Conservation, Turtles, Charlie Crist, Florida, Animals, China, Commerical Hunting, Animal Rights, Florida Turtle Trade, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, The Humane Society of America, Hunting Regulations, Orlando Sentinel, Turtle Trade, Turtly Meat, Softshell Turtles, Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Turtle Export, Tampa Tribune, Living News
Michael Markarian

One principle of modern wildlife management is that wild animals, such as Florida's softshell turtles, are a public resource, and should not be killed for private commercial gain.

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The Myth of the Wild

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal Rights, L.A. Zoo, Free Billy, Elephants, Zoo, Billy the Elephant, Conservation, Animals, Los Angeles Zoo, Wildlife Sanctuary, Pachyderm Forest, Living News
Brenda Scott Royce

Most animal lovers would agree they'd prefer that exotic animals live in the wild than in captivity. But with our planet increasingly in peril, how many truly wild places remain?

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10 Ways To Prepare For A Post-Oil Society

Newsmax | James Howard Kunstler | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Food Matters, Monsanto, Alternative Energy, Oil, Renewable Energy, Environment, Governmental Policy, Conservation, Cars, Pollution, Green Policy, Global Warming, Transportation, Green News

In the public arena, essayists often are criticized for not offering solutions to our looming energy crisis. Here are some suggestions for those tired...

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Earth Hour: An Hour Of Darkness For The Planet (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Conservation, Earth Hour, Green News, Green News

The World Wildlife Fund has announced that Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco would lead the list of U.S. cities co...

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Watch Flamingo Chicks Flutter Via Live Cam

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Sewage, Polllution, Green News, Environment, Flamingo, Conservation, Birds, Animals, Green News

Kamfers Dam, a large wetland near Kimberley, South Africa, is one of only four places in the whole of Africa where the spectacular Lesser Flamingo bre...

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Zoo Is Not a Dirty Word

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Wildlife Sanctuary, Zoos, Zoological Gardens, Elephants, Pachyderm, Conservation, Animals, Los Angeles Zoo, Living News
Brenda Scott Royce

A small, vocal group of animal activists in Los Angeles is mounting a campaign to halt construction on the new elephant exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo, and to send its Asian bull elephant to a sanctuary.

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Politicians Save

Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environmental Policy, Natural Resources, S Renewable Energy, Mining, Boreal Forest, Environment, Green News, Oil, Conservation, Logging, Climate Change, Deforestation, Global Warming, Canada, Green News

Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this ...

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Climate Change Policy: The Good News and the Challenge Ahead

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: 111th Congress, Energy Efficiency, United Nations Climate Change, Green Jobs, Energy Action Coalition, Clean Coal, 350.Org, Ipcc, S Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Climate Change, Green Business, Coal, Global Warming, Barack Obama, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

30 national organizations working to combat global warming came together on a set of recommendations delivered to President-elect Obama earlier this month.

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Sixth Mass Extinction Underway: Save the Buttercup?

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Biology, Extinction, New Research, Flowers, Environment, Santa Barbara, Science, Conservation, Endangered Species, Green Living, News, University of Santa Barbara, Buttercup Flower, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Marc Cadotte, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

In general, loss of species that perform unique functions and have few close relatives (in evolutionary terms) would cause the most disruption.

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Follow Austin's Example -- Cut Back On Energy And Save Big (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Video, S Renewable Energy, Kilowatt Ours, Energy Use, Environment, Conservation, Green Living, Money Saving, Green News

"Kilowatt Ours," an educational documentary on the climate crisis and how some people are combating it by cutting back on energy use, recently started...

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Endangered Species Sashimi: The Plight Of Bluefin Tuna

Johanna Smith | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food Matters, Environmental Policy, Politics of Food, Fish, Food Politics, Environment, Conservation, Sustainability, Sushi, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Endangered Species, Fishing, Oceans, Bluefin Tuna, Nobu, Green News

Bluefin tuna, one of the world's most highly prized marine species, have met their plight. These tuna, which the Monterey Bay Aquarium's reputed Seafo...

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Our Trash, Our Treasure: Make Every Monday Matter

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Trash, Ennui, Matthew Emerzian, Spirituality, Election, Tikkun Olam, Every Monday Matters, Learning Cpr, Green Activism, Conservation, Amber Alert, Mentoring a Child, Collective Action, Social Activism, Litter, Green News
Cathleen Falsani

The ideas in the book, Every Monday Matters, are simple -- small acts that collectively add up to an enormous impact for the greater good.

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Your Daily Fuel Saving Reminders

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Gas Prices, Humor, Energy, Daily Living Advice, Economic Crisis, Fuel Waste, Fuel Efficiency, Long-Distance Trips, Green News
Jeffrey Shaffer

High fuel prices are not going away. You can fight back by following these simple but effective suggestions. 1) Use fuel slowly. If you use it fast, it won't last as long.

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