On a rainy wet day in Clarendon just outside Washington DC, not far from the Potomac River and forest that lines it, I folded my umbrella and placed it in a container by the front door as to not make the polished...
Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...
opinion by njmagel | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 82 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Malaysia seems to have found a clever way to increase forest cover: Plant more rubber trees. But if you have to clear virgin jungle to do it, this may not do planet earth any good. The news items may be long, but...
created by Lazylizards | 23 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 89 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Everyday the words save our world come into play. Firstly the media are great at bringing us all up to date, when discussing the delicate issue of our beloved planet earth. Then there is the recent attempt of...
After being dogged by numerous delays since the late 90's Asian financial crisis and lack of a clear direction for completing this massive project - rainforests the size of Singapore will be flooded - the...
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This article is the second part of a two-part series covering some issues leading to the Fifth Summit of the Americas. It is also a follow-up from the preview of Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's Digital...
created by Pythiian1 | 35 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 306 views | 69 recommendations | 8 comments
BC's Great Bear Rainforest has been saved, but the trophy hunting that takes place there every year has not been stopped like some advocates would have liked. Currently the BC province is still allowing hunters...
created by Amy Judd | 37 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 235 views | 15 recommendations | 5 comments
BC's Great Bear Rainforest is going to be saved tomorrow, by the March 31st deadline, but what about the decision on bear trophy hunting in the area? The government is going to announce tomorrow a new approach to...
created by Amy Judd | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 313 views | 35 recommendations | 1 comment
Three years ago the BC government made a promise to save what is known as 'the Great Bear Rainforest'; an area of old-growth trees in British Columbia that is playing key role in the ability to prevent climate...
created by Amy Judd | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 199 views | 33 recommendations | 5 comments
Scientists at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen this weekend, deliver some alarming news for the Amazon Rainforest: a rise in 4 degrees will kill off 85% of the whole forest in the next 100 years. The fact...
created by Amy Judd | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 999 views | 8 recommendations | 6 comments
A massive bio-dome is being planned at a British Zoo. The £90 million project will be called "Heart of Africa" and will be the only domed ecosystem in the UK." The bio-dome will be an African rainforest-themed sanctuary for a band of gorillas, a large troop of chimpanzees,...
The rainforests of the South Nguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania were virtually unexplored until the arrival of Michele Menegon, a researcher from the Natural Science Museum of Trento, Italy, in 2004. She...
created by rpshen | 49 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 775 views | 17 recommendations | 7 comments
The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall...
created by Amy Judd | 49 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 680 views | 27 recommendations | 17 comments
United Nations Climate Change talks currently taking place in Poznan, Poland, have yielded few results. Even topics that had been anticipated to be resolved quickly aren't being agreed upon. One such topic is...
created by josiemitchell | 1 year ago | updated 52 wks ago 244 views | 31 recommendations | 4 comments