Articles in the General Category

The Cove – the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins yearly
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 19 April 2010
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I’m sure many have read the news about this move winning the Oscar award and such. How many have really watched it? If u have not, I’ll highly recommend watching it. thecovemovie.com Dolphins and whales definitely do not like captivity. The recent Seaworld case is yet another reminder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/24/killer-whale-florida Capturing them for captivity for $150 [...]

Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 24 March 2010
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BBC A proposal to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting. Thursday’s decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure on the grounds it would devastate fishing economies. : Scientists and campaigners working with conservation organisations [...]

Species’ extinction threat grows
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, General on 3 November 2009
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BBC More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned. Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk. These included 21% of mammals, 30% of amphibians, 70% of plants and 35% [...]

‘The Age of Stupid’ – Cinema Documentary
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 8 September 2009
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www.ageofstupid.net ‘The Age of Stupid’ is the new cinema documentary from the Director of ‘McLibel’ and the Producer of the Oscar-winning ‘One Day in September’. This enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation hybrid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive’ footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we [...]

Whale shark caught and hacked into pieces in Johor
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, Endangered & Extinction, General on 25 August 2009
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STOMPer Eric was having lunch at a seafood restaurant in Johor when he saw a whale shark being hauled into the jetty and hacked to pieces.

“Seeing the poor guy being chopped up, I was quite sad.

“What you see in picture is very different from the actual situation. There was the noise from the hack saw, blood flowing out etc.”

San Fran’s Mayor Signs Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 1 July 2009
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www.sfgov.org Measure is Key to Reaching 75% Landfill Diversion 06/23/09 – Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed mandatory recycling legislation requiring residential and commercial building owners to sign up for recycling and composting services. Mayor Newsom’s ordinance will require all residences and businesses in San Francisco to take advantage of the city’s recycling and composting collection programs. [...]

Save Your Logo
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 25 June 2009
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www.saveyourlogo.org An innovative project for biodiversity Many companies and organizations use plant or animals in their logos, from the Lacoste crocodile to the MAAF dolphin. The principle of Save Your Logo is simple: Save Your Logo creates an opportunity for companies represented by a plant or animal in their logo to contribute to the conservation [...]

Another Year of Banner Growth in 2008, But Clean-Energy Sector Looks to Stimulus for Help in 2009
By solonavi
Posted in General, Technology on 18 March 2009
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CleanEdge Despite growing economic uncertainty over the last year, the three major clean-energy sectors — solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels — kept up a blistering growth rate, increasing 53 percent from $75.8 billion in 2007 to $115.9 billion in revenues in 2008, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2009 report released today by [...]

Google crashes the smart-grid party
By solonavi
Posted in General, Technology on 25 February 2009
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cnet Google now wants to organize your home’s energy information. The search giant on Tuesday muscled into the burgeoning smart-grid software business, showing off a prototype Web application that displays home energy consumption broken down by appliance. The software uses so-called smart meters, which can communicate home energy consumption back to utilities every few minutes. [...]

The Fuel Film
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General, Technology, Video on 30 January 2009
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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 [...]