Conservation

The conservation of habitat and species is THE GOAL of environmentalism.  As caretakers of the earth why do we want to protect a species we may never see or habitats that we may never visit?  What is the cost?  What is the benefit?  Who decides?

Earth’s Population to hit 7 Billion by the end of October with five babies born every second

By Staff DAILY MAIL (UK) 20th July 2011 A little over a decade ago, the world’s population stood at 6billion. By the end of October, it will reach 7billion. With five babies being born every second, 78million people are added to the global community each year. The population was fewer than 1billion in 1800, 3billion

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Flipping amazing… the moment a humpback whale ‘thanks’ rescuers who saved it from dying tangled in fishing nets

A humpback whale which was freed from almost certain death by three men off the coast of California repaid the favour to its rescuers with a breathtaking display of breaches and dives. The amazing hour-long performance was caught on camera moments after the creature was cut free from fishing nets. When the boat came across

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40 Million Hunters & Fishermen Fed Up With GOP’s Anti-Environment Agenda

By Brian Merchant treehugger.com 07.13.11 There are an estimated 40 million sportsmen in the United States: hunters, sport fishermen, and outdoor enthusiasts. They’re a traditionally right-leaning voting bloc, and an influential one at that; they reliably turn out in high numbers to vote at the polls. And fellow Treehugger John Laumer is always telling me

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Greenpeace report links western firms to Chinese river polluters

Supplier to Nike, Adidas, Puma, H&M and Lacoste accused of discharging dangerous chemicals into Chinese water systems A Chinese conglomerate supplying Nike, Adidas, Puma and other leading brands has discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into the country’s major water systems, according to a new Greenpeace investigation that raises questions about corporate responsibility for the

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The positive side to Montana’s wet year: Fire danger is down

By BRETT FRENCH The Billings Gazette July 11, 2011 Here’s the positive side to the record moisture that Montana has received in the past seven months: The fire danger is average to below average. “Everywhere I go, everyone wonders what I’m going to do with all my firefighting folks because they think there’s not going

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Life on Ecological Credit Is over Say EU Environment Ministers

By Staff egovmonitor.com 12 July, 2011 Today in Sopot the European ministers of environment talked about the crisis. Though it did not concern money but lack of ecological “cash”, that is resources such as water or ecosystems, which do a specific job work humans.Ecological crisis is not so violent as financial crises, yet the effects

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PEDALING FOR A CAUSE: Students see Keene as a model

By Kyle Jarvis The Keene Sentinel [New Hampshire] July 11, 2011 For a group of college students pedaling around the Granite State on bicycles to raise awareness about climate change, Keene is apparently a model community. New England Climate Summer is an unpaid internship program that sends students from around the country out on bicycles,

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Young Enterprise 2011: final hots up as environment game group seals deal

By Richard Tyler The Telegraph (UK) 10 Jul 2011 A climate change board game designed by schoolgirls taking part in this year’s Young Enterprise competition launched this week at the Christmas in July gifts showcase in London. The girls from Oxford High School are hoping to collect £30,000 in royalties from sales of Emission Impossible

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Student-Built Car Gets 2,487.5 MPG in Shell Eco-Marathon

By Staff gas2.org March 29, 2010 For the second year in a row, a student team from Laval University in Canada has won the prototype category of the Shell Eco-Marathon competition in Houston, Texas. Last year the team achieved a mind-blowing 2,757.1 mpg, and this year — even with the addition of an actual street

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