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Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. While the environmental disaster was unfolding in New Jersey, New York beaches seemed free of the plants but that all changed in October 2012. He kindly agreed to share his knowledge of this new threat to the beaches of New York and the animals and plants that rely on them. MORE
Like other apocalypic environmental disasters we've been warned about, this one, too, is 99.9% Craig Newmark: OMG! What will we do when all the bees die ? My suggestion: Don't worry. bogus. Work done by NC State economist Wally Thurman, Montana State economist Randy Rucker, and Oregon State entomologist Michael Burgett is extremely persuasive that there isn't a problem. See Wally briefly explain in this short video with John Stossel. MORE
Ground-Breaking Solar Agreement Between LA and Nevada Tribe » BP Should Pay Maximum Civil Damages for Deepwater Horizon Disaster. This was the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history, resulting in the loss of 11 lives and the release of 200 million gallons of oil and 1.8 MORE
Two years ago today, an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform killed 11 workers and marked the beginning of a prolonged environmental disaster now acknowledged as the worst in American history. MORE
In a world where we hear of environmental disasters more than environmental success stories, I like that thousands and thousands of birders across the world came together over one weekend to see and to count for a common cause. There is no doubt in my mind that the annual Great Backyard Bird Coun t (GBBC) is the most impressive citizen science endeavor in the world. MORE
As Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi prepares to take the Winter Olympics torch from Vancouver, conservationists are calling the area an environmental disaster. Read More The post Russia’s 2014 Winter Olympics an Environmental Disaster appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes Environment News Top News MORE
As her entry reads " Will a major oil company's greed and foolishness spawn an environmental disaster so serious it could threaten the earth itself? And can this horror be foiled by a most unusual team of environmental crime fighters? Two baby boomers, a parrot and a French bulldog take on a greedy oil company to save the world. So starts the entry on kickstarter by one of our readers Kay Wood, and she's looking for $2500 to get this off the ground. MORE
Drawing inspiration from the environmental disaster, Barker created Soup , a photography series capturing trash salvaged from beaches Looking at these innovative images, it may seem as though UK photographer, Mandy Barker took cues from the I Spy children’s book series. MORE
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to open up a vast stretch of East Coast waters to oil and gas drilling, a decision that could have a profound impact on the economic and environmental future of states from Virginia to Georgia. Why else would the government try to stop mining in Alaska? MORE
Their burrows are being monitored daily by the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre to help the birds survive this environmental disaster. There is no 'good' time for an oil spill to happen. MORE
In light of the ongoing offshore oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico Greenpeace is demanding that President Barack Obama cancels Arctic drilling plans and calls for an offshore moratorium. BP Deepwater Disaster and Gulf Oil Spill (Greenpeace). MORE
He points to evidence, often in tropical countries, that political, economic and environmental disasters are compounding and amplifying each other, to the great detriment of some populations. MORE
Azzam Alwash (left), director of the environmental organisation Nature Iraq, talks with a Marsh Arab who lives in the Mesopotamian Marshlands of Iraq. A Profile of Iraq’s Environmental Woes. MORE
Located in the province’s well publicized Alberta Tar Sands, the big question being raised now is whether this industry, deemed to be one of the most environmentally damaging projects in North America, may be attributing to making it spread so quickly. MORE
It’s no secret that the biggest environmental disasters stem from our insatiable need for progress. The beautifully sad infographic illustrates the deeper impacts of environmental disasters, and hopefully makes us rethink our need for a fossil-fuel dependent economy. Thanks to the Vermont Law School Master of Environmental Law for this beautiful infographic. Climate Change/Global Warming climate change fossil fuel Natural Disaster oil spill MORE
Green Prophet writer Arwa has been hot on the trail of the war’s devastating environmental impact on Iraq. She created a profile of environmental problems caused in part by the war and talked to conservationists Nature Iraq about the requisite steps to restore Iraq’s marshlands. MORE
While penguins who live in Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium don’t have to worry about oil spills or other environmental disasters, they have problems of their own. It’s been a busy week in bird news–some of it bad, some of it good, and some of it just plain head-scratchin’ Let’s start with the odd stuff first. MORE
The M editerranean risks becoming a soup of environmental disasters, with little investigative science to explain such disasters. MORE
In 2004, he setup Nature Iraq , the country’s first and only environmental organisation with the aim of restoring the Marshlands- a task many believed would be impossible. The worst engineered environmental disaster of the last century”- UNEP. MORE
What remains instead, say those who lived through the disaster, is the memory of their own power. But in MuxÍa, which was ground zero for the worst environmental disaster in Spain's history, the townspeople can't help noticing the similarities. "I MORE
Only time will tell whether one of the worst cruise liner accidents in Italian history will also lead to one of the worst environmental disasters. The human tragedy of the Concordia shipwreck is now largely known, but a possible marine tragedy is yet to unfold. Cruise ships: the good, the bad, the Concordia is a post from: Green Traveler Guides. Cruise News Concordia Cruise Lines Green Travel News Reuters MORE
We speak to Muslim green campaigner Sofiah Jamil about the environmental threats facing Southeast Asia and why climate justice alone isn’t enough. Green Prophet: What the main environmental threats that Southeast Asia faces? MORE
Tar sands production is one of the world’s most environmentally damaging activities. We can’t afford allowing such an environmental disaster to continue unchecked. President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. MORE
I'm one of those people who loves Las Vegas, aside from the environmental disaster it is. Fortunately, the vegan options are growing - since my first time there in 2006, several great places have opened and others have expanded their menus to accommodate the plant-based diet. MORE
Particular focus will be on environmentally and socially sustainable deployment of oil and gas processes. The conference will spotlight the latest developments and technological solutions essential to ensure effective and sustainable environmental practices in the energy sector. MORE
Sad to see the beautiful state of West Virginia suffer yet another environmental disaster. Not only does this have a major environmental impact, the spill also threatens to harm the health of the people living in the areas affected! environmental damage toxins water pollution MORE
This infographic shows the real costs of environmental disasters. ( Africa Animals Conservation Issues Environmental News International Science The Green Buzz The Nature Conservancy Antarctica Austin college professor cyborg cockroaches dumpster living elephant poaching environmental disaster infographic government shutdown Grist ivory MNN npr poaching shoot poachers sustainable living Tanzania Texas Treehugger Wired MORE
We also have the issue of the incredible environmental disaster that was BP. This is Naomi Klein on the era of 'extreme energy" and the BP Oil Spill. It's a transcript of a video that can be seen on Democracy Now. AMY GOODMAN: So, you have climate change. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah, yeah. AMY GOODMAN: You just wrote a piece in The Nation , "The Search for BP’s Oil.". MORE
Culture & Celebrity accident art eco disaster environmental disaster Europe Hungary photos pollution toxic MORE
green activist Dave Chameides, is typical: “The bottom line is, no matter who did their work poorly, or who shirked their responsibilities, at the end of the day, we are the ones who are responsible for the disaster at hand. MORE
Huge companies with massive operating budgets have ample resources to ensure they are not contributing to the worst environmental disaster on Earth, and until they do so, we will consider them complicit." MORE
In today's video Waylon talks about the carcinogenic and environmental disaster known as plastic PVC, BPA, and so on. It's even likely in your own. MORE
Still, after a week of bad news, environmental disasters, and a hurricane aiming right for my house, it felt good to watch a pair of Willets flying across the water. Originally, I had big plans for the October Big Day. MORE
According to Grist, a fire that size will have huge environmental impacts. “It As well as an official investigation, there have been calls for stricter legislation to avoid a similar disaster. : A fire which broke out in a Kuwaiti tire dump last week could be seen from space. MORE
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds speaks with environmentalists and the Native Canadians who say the plan for the controversial pipeline from Canada to China will result in oil tankers clogging narrow waterways, posing a potential risk to the nature preserve and local communities. MORE
We also have the issue of the incredible environmental disaster that was BP. This is Naomi Klein on the era of 'extreme energy" and the BP Oil Spill. It's a transcript of a video that can be seen on Democracy Now. AMY GOODMAN: So, you have climate change. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah, yeah. AMY GOODMAN: You just wrote a piece in The Nation , "The Search for BP’s Oil.". MORE
The juxtaposition of regulators losing their jobs so soon after the environmental disaster at Dan River that spilled coal ash into the state’s waterways is jarring. The NC legislature is arguing that reductions in monitoring and enforcement will not reduce environmental quality. In terms of technological efficiency, the state of NC is cutting costs while also cutting units of environmental quality produced. MORE
By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife. Kudos to this awesome group, which has changed minds, laws, and continues to raise awareness of an environmental disaster which too many people don’t even realize has been taking place. MORE
The goal is to ensure that President Obama rejects the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it is an environmental disaster in the making. This coming Sunday, February 17th , an enormous “ forward on climate ” rally is to take place in Washington. MORE
The environmental devastation caused by the blowout led to the deaths of thousands of dolphins, sea turtles, fish, deep sea corals and countless plankton and fish larvae. So what has the government learned in the three years since the worst environmental disaster in U.S. MORE
“We have formed a team of environmental experts to monitor the impact of the cargo spill from the ship,” Sulaiman Bin Nasser Al Akhzami, a senior official at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, said on Sunday. MORE
Now jump on the warbler train or be recognized as being as bad as the company at the root of the worst environmental disaster in American history. MORE
The unending string of environmental disasters that the news media toss at me can be overwhelming. Raging wildfires. Huge tsunamis. Massive hurricanes. Rising sea levels. Extinctions everywhere. The tragedies are real, as people lose homes, possession, even lives. But is there another way to look at it, away from the news hype and hysteria? […]. MORE
As forests gradually erode or die en masse, environmental disasters multiply. In a Warming World, What Happens to the Trees? Plant a tree Across the American West, increasing heat and drought have killed a number of old-growth forests. MORE
Environmental Disaster Related Topics Eccorazzi
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
As Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi prepares to take the Winter Olympics torch from Vancouver, conservationists are calling the area an environmental disaster. Read More The post Russia’s 2014 Winter Olympics an Environmental Disaster appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes Environment News Top News
Celsias
JUNE 9, 2012
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds speaks with environmentalists and the Native Canadians who say the plan for the controversial pipeline from Canada to China will result in oil tankers clogging narrow waterways, posing a potential risk to the nature preserve and local communities.
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Green Living Ideas
NOVEMBER 30, 2013
It’s no secret that the biggest environmental disasters stem from our insatiable need for progress. The beautifully sad infographic illustrates the deeper impacts of environmental disasters, and hopefully makes us rethink our need for a fossil-fuel dependent economy. Thanks to the Vermont Law School Master of Environmental Law for this beautiful infographic. Climate Change/Global Warming climate change fossil fuel Natural Disaster oil spill
Green Prophet
JUNE 25, 2013
“We have formed a team of environmental experts to monitor the impact of the cargo spill from the ship,” Sulaiman Bin Nasser Al Akhzami, a senior official at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, said on Sunday.
Green Prophet
APRIL 25, 2012
According to Grist, a fire that size will have huge environmental impacts. “It As well as an official investigation, there have been calls for stricter legislation to avoid a similar disaster. : A fire which broke out in a Kuwaiti tire dump last week could be seen from space.
Green Prophet
MAY 31, 2011
In 2004, he setup Nature Iraq , the country’s first and only environmental organisation with the aim of restoring the Marshlands- a task many believed would be impossible. The worst engineered environmental disaster of the last century”- UNEP.
Green Prophet
JULY 13, 2011
Green Prophet writer Arwa has been hot on the trail of the war’s devastating environmental impact on Iraq. She created a profile of environmental problems caused in part by the war and talked to conservationists Nature Iraq about the requisite steps to restore Iraq’s marshlands.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 2, 2012
Particular focus will be on environmentally and socially sustainable deployment of oil and gas processes. The conference will spotlight the latest developments and technological solutions essential to ensure effective and sustainable environmental practices in the energy sector.
Sierra Club Compass
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Ground-Breaking Solar Agreement Between LA and Nevada Tribe » BP Should Pay Maximum Civil Damages for Deepwater Horizon Disaster. This was the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history, resulting in the loss of 11 lives and the release of 200 million gallons of oil and 1.8
Green Blog
AUGUST 3, 2012
Culture & Celebrity accident art eco disaster environmental disaster Europe Hungary photos pollution toxic
Green Blog
MARCH 29, 2011
green activist Dave Chameides, is typical: “The bottom line is, no matter who did their work poorly, or who shirked their responsibilities, at the end of the day, we are the ones who are responsible for the disaster at hand.
Green Blog
MAY 3, 2010
In light of the ongoing offshore oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico Greenpeace is demanding that President Barack Obama cancels Arctic drilling plans and calls for an offshore moratorium. BP Deepwater Disaster and Gulf Oil Spill (Greenpeace).
Conservancy Talk
OCTOBER 9, 2013
This infographic shows the real costs of environmental disasters. ( Africa Animals Conservation Issues Environmental News International Science The Green Buzz The Nature Conservancy Antarctica Austin college professor cyborg cockroaches dumpster living elephant poaching environmental disaster infographic government shutdown Grist ivory MNN npr poaching shoot poachers sustainable living Tanzania Texas Treehugger Wired
Environmental Economics
AUGUST 26, 2013
Like other apocalypic environmental disasters we've been warned about, this one, too, is 99.9% Craig Newmark: OMG! What will we do when all the bees die ? My suggestion: Don't worry. bogus. Work done by NC State economist Wally Thurman, Montana State economist Randy Rucker, and Oregon State entomologist Michael Burgett is extremely persuasive that there isn't a problem. See Wally briefly explain in this short video with John Stossel.
Green Traveler Guides
JANUARY 17, 2012
Only time will tell whether one of the worst cruise liner accidents in Italian history will also lead to one of the worst environmental disasters. The human tragedy of the Concordia shipwreck is now largely known, but a possible marine tragedy is yet to unfold. Cruise ships: the good, the bad, the Concordia is a post from: Green Traveler Guides. Cruise News Concordia Cruise Lines Green Travel News Reuters
Elephant Journal
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
The unending string of environmental disasters that the news media toss at me can be overwhelming. Raging wildfires. Huge tsunamis. Massive hurricanes. Rising sea levels. Extinctions everywhere. The tragedies are real, as people lose homes, possession, even lives. But is there another way to look at it, away from the news hype and hysteria? […].
Elephant Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
In today's video Waylon talks about the carcinogenic and environmental disaster known as plastic PVC, BPA, and so on. It's even likely in your own.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Still, after a week of bad news, environmental disasters, and a hurricane aiming right for my house, it felt good to watch a pair of Willets flying across the water. Originally, I had big plans for the October Big Day.
Green Earth Journey
JUNE 29, 2010
What remains instead, say those who lived through the disaster, is the memory of their own power. But in MuxÍa, which was ground zero for the worst environmental disaster in Spain's history, the townspeople can't help noticing the similarities. "I
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 28, 2015
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to open up a vast stretch of East Coast waters to oil and gas drilling, a decision that could have a profound impact on the economic and environmental future of states from Virginia to Georgia. Why else would the government try to stop mining in Alaska?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2013
While penguins who live in Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium don’t have to worry about oil spills or other environmental disasters, they have problems of their own. It’s been a busy week in bird news–some of it bad, some of it good, and some of it just plain head-scratchin’ Let’s start with the odd stuff first.
Celsias
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
The goal is to ensure that President Obama rejects the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it is an environmental disaster in the making. This coming Sunday, February 17th , an enormous “ forward on climate ” rally is to take place in Washington.
Celsias
MAY 4, 2013
The environmental devastation caused by the blowout led to the deaths of thousands of dolphins, sea turtles, fish, deep sea corals and countless plankton and fish larvae. So what has the government learned in the three years since the worst environmental disaster in U.S.
Celsias
OCTOBER 23, 2011
Their burrows are being monitored daily by the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre to help the birds survive this environmental disaster. There is no 'good' time for an oil spill to happen.
Environmental Economics
MARCH 10, 2014
The juxtaposition of regulators losing their jobs so soon after the environmental disaster at Dan River that spilled coal ash into the state’s waterways is jarring. The NC legislature is arguing that reductions in monitoring and enforcement will not reduce environmental quality. In terms of technological efficiency, the state of NC is cutting costs while also cutting units of environmental quality produced.
Celsias
JUNE 17, 2011
We also have the issue of the incredible environmental disaster that was BP. This is Naomi Klein on the era of 'extreme energy" and the BP Oil Spill. It's a transcript of a video that can be seen on Democracy Now. AMY GOODMAN: So, you have climate change. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah, yeah. AMY GOODMAN: You just wrote a piece in The Nation , "The Search for BP’s Oil.".
Celsias
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
As her entry reads " Will a major oil company's greed and foolishness spawn an environmental disaster so serious it could threaten the earth itself? And can this horror be foiled by a most unusual team of environmental crime fighters? Two baby boomers, a parrot and a French bulldog take on a greedy oil company to save the world. So starts the entry on kickstarter by one of our readers Kay Wood, and she's looking for $2500 to get this off the ground.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
Now jump on the warbler train or be recognized as being as bad as the company at the root of the worst environmental disaster in American history.
Celsias
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Drawing inspiration from the environmental disaster, Barker created Soup , a photography series capturing trash salvaged from beaches Looking at these innovative images, it may seem as though UK photographer, Mandy Barker took cues from the I Spy children’s book series.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2013
Tar sands production is one of the world’s most environmentally damaging activities. We can’t afford allowing such an environmental disaster to continue unchecked. President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Celsias
APRIL 21, 2012
Two years ago today, an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform killed 11 workers and marked the beginning of a prolonged environmental disaster now acknowledged as the worst in American history.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 14, 2011
We speak to Muslim green campaigner Sofiah Jamil about the environmental threats facing Southeast Asia and why climate justice alone isn’t enough. Green Prophet: What the main environmental threats that Southeast Asia faces?
Celsias
JUNE 20, 2011
He points to evidence, often in tropical countries, that political, economic and environmental disasters are compounding and amplifying each other, to the great detriment of some populations.
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 24, 2014
Huge companies with massive operating budgets have ample resources to ensure they are not contributing to the worst environmental disaster on Earth, and until they do so, we will consider them complicit."
Celsias
JUNE 16, 2011
We also have the issue of the incredible environmental disaster that was BP. This is Naomi Klein on the era of 'extreme energy" and the BP Oil Spill. It's a transcript of a video that can be seen on Democracy Now. AMY GOODMAN: So, you have climate change. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah, yeah. AMY GOODMAN: You just wrote a piece in The Nation , "The Search for BP’s Oil.".
Eco-Vegan Girl
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
I'm one of those people who loves Las Vegas, aside from the environmental disaster it is. Fortunately, the vegan options are growing - since my first time there in 2006, several great places have opened and others have expanded their menus to accommodate the plant-based diet.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2014
By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife. Kudos to this awesome group, which has changed minds, laws, and continues to raise awareness of an environmental disaster which too many people don’t even realize has been taking place.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
In a world where we hear of environmental disasters more than environmental success stories, I like that thousands and thousands of birders across the world came together over one weekend to see and to count for a common cause. There is no doubt in my mind that the annual Great Backyard Bird Coun t (GBBC) is the most impressive citizen science endeavor in the world.
Green Home Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2012
As forests gradually erode or die en masse, environmental disasters multiply. In a Warming World, What Happens to the Trees? Plant a tree Across the American West, increasing heat and drought have killed a number of old-growth forests.
Living In a Toxic World
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
Sad to see the beautiful state of West Virginia suffer yet another environmental disaster. Not only does this have a major environmental impact, the spill also threatens to harm the health of the people living in the areas affected! environmental damage toxins water pollution
Green Prophet
APRIL 8, 2014
The M editerranean risks becoming a soup of environmental disasters, with little investigative science to explain such disasters.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. While the environmental disaster was unfolding in New Jersey, New York beaches seemed free of the plants but that all changed in October 2012. He kindly agreed to share his knowledge of this new threat to the beaches of New York and the animals and plants that rely on them.
Green Prophet
MAY 9, 2016
Located in the province’s well publicized Alberta Tar Sands, the big question being raised now is whether this industry, deemed to be one of the most environmentally damaging projects in North America, may be attributing to making it spread so quickly.
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