WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is it safe to swim in the Hudson River and other waters around New York City? The environmental group Riverkeeper is releasing a report Thursday on water quality based on samples taken over the past two years.
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Environmental organizations faxed a letter to Gov. Jon Corzine's office today, detailing why they believe he needs to veto the Highlands Council's regional master plan, a blueprint for the future development and preservation of much of North Jersey. The plan,...
asap news (Free subscription) | yesterday
... SEI Heathrow consultation has been called biased by local residents, opposition politicians and environmentalists - who have also voiced their concerns about what they see as overly-close cooperation between the government and the owner-operator of Heathrow, the BAA, during the process. www.baa.com Copyright © 2008 The Latest Travel News and Information - The Latest Travel News and Information...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Despite Vermont's clean-and-green self image, a national environmental group says it is not among the top states in taking steps to reduce dependence on oil.
First Read (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
From NBC's Mark MurrayIt's not surprising news, but the liberal-leaning League of Conservation Voters is endorsing Obama today. However, it's doing it in several battleground states, as well as in DC. The events: Cincinnati, OH (featuring Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer); Denver, CO (featuring former Energy Secretary Federico Pena); Santa Fe, NM (Gov. Bill Richardson); Missoula, MT (Gov. Brian Schweitzer);...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
WASHINGTON - In an election all about change, environmental groups are doing the usual — endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate.The League of Conservation Voters will become the latest green group to back Democrat Barack Obama in five separate events across the country Monday. Its pick shouldn't be a surprise. Its scorecard of votes on environmental issues for the...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian environmental group Green Patrol said on Monday a series of planned submersible dives to the bottom of Siberia's
SPQR Aquila non captat muscas (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
As the years have passed and now with increasing speed and intensity I have grown from being supportive to being skeptical to scornful to contemptuous to outright hostility toward the environmental movement. My...
Colorado Media Matters (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
In a July 17 article about prospects for natural gas development in Colorado, The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction uncritically quoted "Greg Schnacke of Americans for American Energy " (AAE) as declaring, "Every time I turn around, they (environmental groups) are launching lawsuits or administrative or legislative challenges across the West." But the article by Gary Harmon failed to...
Articles Database (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Tenerife, a Canary Island off the coast of Africa, is paving the path of using alternative energy sources in the future. Global warming is having an impact on the world now and it is only expected to worsen. Fuel prices are soaring, and that is causing the price of everything to go up. In an effort to go green, a new Tenerife action group, Asociacion de Transicion, is finding alternative forms...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
"Beyond Oil: The Transportation Fuels That Can Help Reduce Global Warming" was released by the Environmental group in conjunction with Audubon Ohio, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club. The report evaluates popular alternative fuels in light of their overall impact on global warming and the environment.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A coalition of farmworker, public health and environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday in an attempt to stop farmers from using endosulfan, a pesticide banned in the European Union and several other countries.
The American Street (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Uh, this was a brand new UO student environmental group. Supposedly they were worried the group would walk a few blocks away to deliver a petition to US Congressional Reps. Which is, after all, a legitimate means of expression and pretty common. Mundane, even. But the Dept. of Homeland Security heard the group was tied to another environmental group, the Pitchfork...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Big U.S. companies obviously want a seat at the table when it's time to draw up America's plan to fight climate change. A year after issuing its "Call for Action," the U.S. Climate Action Partnership--a group of 30-odd companies like Alcoa, GE, GM, Ford, and several environmental groups--released today the list of nine principles it wants policymakers to keep in mind when they're...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
By STEVE PATTERSON A collection of environmental groups warned Wednesday that airborne mercury released from cement factories poses unrecognized risks in states with mercury-rich rivers, such as Florida. "The American public has a big stake in this. ...
