projectpowerplant.com

thefuelfilm.com
Oscar contender FUEL is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry—from Rockefeller’s strategy to halt Ford’s first ethanol cars to Vice President [...]

Center for Biological Diversity
Governor Sarah Palin won’t give wildlife a break. Last week, she announced the state of Alaska will sue to strike down Endangered Species Act protection for the imperiled Cook Inlet beluga whale. This rare white whale’s population has already plummeted from thousands to just 375 in the last two decades. They will [...]

reusablebags.com
Join our movement and make it one of your goals to waste less this year To help, we’re counting down our Top 10 Ways to reduce use-and-toss items and we’re giving you the tools to do it! We chose these products based on their impact and practicality to help you consume less (and save money).
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Center for Biological Diversity
SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida – NOAA’s Fisheries Service is increasing its protection of threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands through a new rule to prohibit activities that result in death or harm to either species.
The new regulations took effect on November 21 and five days [...]

You can fight climate change by protecting forest as a member of Team Earth. Learn more by watching the video.

The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials say.

Satellite images show 11,968 sq km of land was cleared in the year to July, nearly 4% higher than the year before.

Destruction of forests equals global warming. The math is really that simple.
But too often, this urgent fact gets ignored. That’s why I’m asking you to forward these 10 Forest And Climate Change Facts to your friends and family.
Help us spread the word about Lost There, Felt Here and encourage your network to learn more [...]

reuters
Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said.
The seals swimming under winter sea ice have overcome a “blind-spot” for scientists by allowing them to calculate how fast sea ice forms during winter.
Sea [...]

International Herald Tribune
The nation’s mayors voted Monday against spending taxpayer money to buy bottled water, a blow to the beverage industry that has enjoyed growing profit from water sales in recent years.
A majority of about 250 mayors at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Miami voted to phase out regular use of bottled water for [...]

independent.co.uk
Lobsters have boomed in Britain’s first marine nature reserve, where fishing is banned. The large crustaceans have soared in numbers in the “no-take zone” around Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, which was established five years ago as a prototype for sea-life reserves around Britain.

Lobsters of takeable size are now nearly seven times more [...]