Most Common Trash Found in Oceans
It’s pretty impossible to go to the beach without finding a piece of trash tossing about in the surf, or half buried in the sand. Unfortunately, with monstrosities like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch swirling ...
March 22, 2012: World Water Day
This March 22nd is World Water Day. Founded in 1993 by the United Nations, this global observance highlights the need for the care and management of the world’s water resources. This year’s theme, “Water and F...
Obama Banned Mining Near Grand Canyon For 20 Years
The Obama administration announced Monday, January 9, that it has banned new uranium mining claims for the next 20 years on more than a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon, an area rich in uranium depos...
What is Sustainability?
By TreeLiving Sustainable development is the development that meets needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Three operational rules that define the ...
Obama’s Congressional Budget Would Provide Funding for Sustainable Fisheries
WASHINGTON, Feb 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Defense Fund praised President Obama's congressional budget request that would provide funding for sustainable fisheries and shift some of ...
French Court Has Found U.S. Chemical Guilty of Pesticide Poisoning
(Beyond Pesticides, February 14, 2012) A French court has found U.S. chemical giant Monsanto Co. guilty of pesticide poisoning in the case of a French farmer who became ill after exposure to one of the company’...
Good News!: US Fishing Has Become More Sustainable
Responding in part to the strength of a wildly popular Care2 petition, the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association implemented restrictions to commercial and recreational fishing throughout...
Which U.S. City Would Recover Quickest From A Natural Disaster?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Which U.S. city do you think would recover quickest in the event of a severe earthquake? Memphis, Charleston, Seattle or Los Angeles? (more…...
Belo Monte Dam and Its Impacts
Formerly known as Kararaô, the Belo Monte Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The planned installed capacity of the dam complex is 11,233 megawatts (MW) ...
New Groundwater Contamination Sites Found Across the United States
The Environmental Integrity Project released results of water testing last week indicating that coal ash from power plants in 10 states had contaminated nearly 20 sites previously overlooked by the U.S. Environ...