Restoration Effort Moves Forward with Land Purchase as Part of $21 Million...
(Source: State of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG, Pa. (May 28) - State and federal environmental officials have announced that two land purchases have been made to benefit the wildlife, people and landscape...
View ArticleKeen care of nature helps widen reserves
The governments conservation efforts have been so successful that rather than lose key areas like wetlands, some have in fact been extended through partnerships with developers like hoteliers. Other...
View ArticleEnvironment awareness camp enthralls kids in Keri
KERI: Vivekanand Environment Awareness Brigade organized a two-day camp for 35 rural children from Bicholim and Sattari talukas at the foothill of Vagheri in...
View ArticleA haven for inhabiting birds
Over 2,000 Greater Flamingos living at Al Wathba Reserve throughout the year Some call it the Pink Lakes because of the thousands flamingos that make these waters home, but most know it as Al Wathba...
View ArticleAlarming declines seen in frogs, salamanders
BALTIMORE -- BALTIMORE-Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States....
View ArticleOil spill restoration overseers release draft plan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There's now a draft plan for using fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore the Gulf Coast's natural resources and economy. But the document released Thursday doesn't...
View ArticleVCU Celebrates 5th Annual Rice Center Research Symposium (Virginia...
(Source: Virginia Commonwealth University) From exploring the ecology of the James River, to developing a water distribution system to deliver potable water to an indigenous village in Bolivia, to...
View ArticlePedal to the Metal: Three Recommendations for The New U.S.-China Climate...
Co-authored by Barbara Finamore, existing blogger. The new Joint US-China Statement on Climate Change, signed during secretary of state John Kerry’s recent trip to China, is symbolic in recognizing...
View ArticleMolewa launches environmental-impact mitigation guideline for mining industry
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Wednesday launched a guideline document to provide the mining sector with directives on how to avoid, limit or...
View ArticleGreen holidays
Monitoring the health of Taitung’s coral reefs, cleaning beaches on the island of Penghu and maintaining wetlands in Yangmingshan (陽明山) are among the working holiday activities offered by the Taiwan...
View ArticleEurope's Green-Fuel Search Turns to America's Forests
By JUSTIN SCHECK and IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN WINDSOR, N.C.—Loggers here are clear-cutting a wetland forest with decades-old trees. Behind the move: an environmental push. The push isn't in North Carolina...
View ArticleLiving Oceans Foundation Cleans Up Urban Wetland
Download image LANDOVER, Md., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is leading a community cleanup of an urban wetland situated inside the Washington...
View ArticleBob Graham: Legislators gave away too much on environment
The Florida Conservation Coalition was founded after the devastating legislative session of 2011 which rolled back 40 years of bi-partisan environmental stewardship. Since the 1970's Florida's...
View ArticleBig Ag Agrees to Conserve Cropland, But At What Cost?
Taxpayers help subsidize crop insurance premiums for farmers to the tune of about , a figure that's growing each year. These policies protect farmers from major losses, and help support their income...
View ArticleGOVERNOR SCOTT CELEBRATES $880 MILLION PLAN FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION,...
(Source: State of Florida) Today, Governor Rick Scott signed into law HB 7065, which provides $32 million, annually, in state funding for the Governor's $880 million long-term Everglades restoration...
View ArticleGujarat-based unit to work for environment conservation
VARANASI: Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is going to take up environmental issues and begin work for conservation of environment. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CEE...
View ArticleNew Study Quantifies U.S. Investment in Conservation and its Economic...
(Source: The Wilderness Society) A new study provides a revealing look at America's economic stake in conservation, totaling the total public and private investments in fish, wildlife and natural...
View ArticleOur Commitment to Boreal Forest Protection: Stronger Than Resolute
This past Saturday, May 18, marked three years since I stood with 29 other environmental groups and logging companies and signed the world's largest conservation agreement, the Canadian Boreal Forest...
View ArticleSA’s green jobs: how are they growing?
SOUTH Africa faces many economic, environmental and social challenges. Inflation, constraints of energy, water and food, and a 24.9% unemployment rate are just a few. Environmental and sustainability...
View ArticleBird watching celebration marks improvements to Tommy Thompson Park
TORONTO, May 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Waterfront Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA), together with the Governments of Canada, Ontario and the City of Toronto celebrated the official opening of...
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