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The Pinnacles National Monument, located in Southern California just northeast of Los Padres National Forest, is looking for an upgrade in status. First established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, this wilderness area is a well-known nesting place for the endangered California Condor, the largest airborne bird in California with a wingspan of 9 feet or less. It is also a culturally significant land for some Native American tribes. Approximately 165,000 visitors a year come to see the condors and the beautiful landscape formed on an eroded volcano. However, this amount of visitors is not enough to keep the economy up to speed. Read more…
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Drilling…drilling…and more drilling. It seems as though oil drilling has become one of the most prevalent topics in recent times, which is exactly why a ground-breaking agreement to refrain from drilling in Ecuador represented a fresh, much-needed change on a global scale. Read more…
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Energy-efficient homes have significantly lower default and delinquency rates than typical homes, according to an internal analysis conducted for a major financial institution last year. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have recently killed Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), which is a financing tool that has helped make energy efficiency improvements affordable. Read more…
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Effective energy management has become a necessity for successful businesses. In the past, companies were relatively unaware of the implications of their environmental footprint. However, with the help of Hara Environmental and Energy Management Software, many businesses, and even entire cities, have found ways to minimize environmental impact while maximizing profits. Read more…
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Recently, China has been working on the development of new energy policy. This comes at a time when the United States and President Obama have placed emphasis on a similar agenda. The Chinese, like the Americans, are making progress toward greater reliance on renewable energy, however for reasons of national security it seems the Asian superpower will remain behind the environmental curve for some time. Read more…
While the consumption of bananas—even organic or fair trade bananas—has been taboo for decades, the $5 billion banana industry is slowly adopting sustainable forms of production. Bananas have historically caused massive degradation of rainforest land across the tropics—not to mention exploited farm workers and spread chemicals throughout watersheds—but organizations like the New York-based non-profit the Rainforest Alliance are working to change the industry. Read more…
Brothers Rinchen Samdrup, Jigme Namgyal, and Karma Samdrup. Photo Credit: The International Campaign for Tibet
China has sent award-winning Tibetan environmentalist, Rinchen Samdrup, 44, to jail for five years on a charge of “inciting separatism in the country.” Samdrup’s supporters believe this charge is the latest sign of what human rights groups call “increasing repression of intellectuals,” as the charge was set off after Samdrup challenged powerful local authorities and accused a local police officer of poaching. Read more…
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A new nationwide New York Times/CBS poll reveals that there is a major disconnect between Americans’ expectations about finding alternative forms of energy to replace oil and an unwillingness to pay high gasoline prices. The poll was conducted by telephone from June 16 to 20 with 1,259 adults and examined the public’s reaction to the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more…
The EPA has partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development along with the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a vision that is set to green the nations capital cities. The program will assist three to four cities a year with the first projects beginning in late 2010. Read more…
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The worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, which is still currently taking place in the Gulf of Mexico, has illuminated the complications that arise when corporations, in this case BP, are held accountable for their actions. It’s common knowledge that BP’s Deepwater Horizon oilrig exploded in the Gulf while drilling… However, what’s not common knowledge is that the Deepwater Horizon was built in South Korea, operated by a Swiss company contracted by BP, and regulated by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny developing nation, in charge of overseeing the Deepwater Horizon’s main safety inspections. Read more…
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