Ecology
200 Miles of River Proposed for Protection
Saving Endangered Fish in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee ... Full story
Degrading the Tallow Banks of Jean Lafitte
Louisiana still has not applied the pressure needed to restore the most obvious damage to its marshes. ... Full story
1Sky's Announcement on Big Oil
We haven’t been winning enough. ... Full story
Government Releases Partial List of Chemicals Found in Oil Spill Dispersants
A year after the BP Gulf oil disaster and under pressure from environmental groups, the EPA finally released a list of the chemical components in oil dispersants. ... Full story
The Basics of Climate Change
Climate change is the most important global challenge we face today. It threatens our security, our quality of life, our economic future, and our very lives. ... Full story
Turning Toward the Sun for Energy
Solar is even more ubiquitous than wind energy and can be harnessed with both solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal collectors. ... Full story
Government Approval of New Deepwater Oil Drilling Ignores Gulf Disaster
Groups File in Court After Regulators Claim No Potential for Significant Harm From Deepwater Drilling in Wake of Gulf Disaster ... Full story
Developing countries pledge bigger climate emissions cuts than world's richest nations: Oxfam
A new study for Oxfam reveals that developing countries are making more of an effort to cut their greenhouse gas emissions than developed countries. Oxfam estimates that over 60 per cent of emissions cuts by 2020 are likely to be made by developing countries. ... Full story
Patagonia’s Wildest Rivers to be Dammed
Chilean authorities have approved a $7 billion project to dam two of the world’s purest free-flowing rivers. ... Full story
Fundación Pachamama Convenes Rights of Nature Seminar in the Galápagos
he seminar was a part of the work of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature to promote and implement a new jurisprudence system in Ecuador that will serve as a global model. ... Full story
Lawsuit Challenges Delay in Protecting Vanishing Bluefin Tuna
Endangered Status Sought for Giant, Warm-blooded Fish ... Full story
Growing Influence of Water Corporations at the UN
Widespread lobbying of the United Nations ... Full story
- Investors globally call for greater transparency on climate change exposure from oil and gas companies
- Leading Civil Rights Groups Urge Rep. Waxman (D-CA) to Pass Rep. Bobby Rush's Children's Health Care Amendments
- Profile: Bunker Roy and Barefoot College
- Profile: Losang Samten
- Bread for the World Offers Free "Tax Day" Resources to Help Churches Bring Good News to Hungry, Poor People